ML20198P141

Informs That PECO Is Unable to Agree to 60 Days Response Time to NRC RAI Re Unresolved Safety Issues A-46 Because of Need to Evaluate Resource Requirements After RAI Was Received.Conference Call to Reach Mutual Date Is Requested

ML20198P141
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	12/29/1998
From:	Geoffrey Edwards PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
REF-GTECI-A-46, REF-GTECI-SC, TASK-A-46, TASK-OR NUDOCS 9901060335
Download: ML20198P141 (1)

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PECO NUCLEAR' nco e-965 Cresterbrook Boulevard t-

~A Unit of PECO Energy wayre. PA 19M74691 j

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Docket Nos. 50-277 50-278 j

License Nos. DPR-44 DPR 56 i

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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i

Attn: Document Control Desk Washington,DC 20555 l

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Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 i

l desponse to Request for Additional Information Regarding l

Unresolved Safety Issue (USI) A-46, Seismic Adequacy of m

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Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Refe' rence:

Letter from Mohan C. Thadani, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

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Commission (USNRC), to Garrett D. Edwards, PECO Energy Company, dated November 9,1998

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Dear Sir:

i Your request for additional information (RAI), which was transmitted by the reference letter, i

requested our response within sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of the reference letter.

e Contrary to the language of the reference letter, we were unable to agree to the sixty (60) day

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response time because of the need to evaluate resource requirements after the RAI was received. This was discussed with the Project Manager upon receipt of the RAl.

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PECO Energy is a member of the Seismic Qualification Utility Group (SQUG). SQUG has proposed that Nine Mile Point I and Ginna serve as lead plants to resolve methodology issues l

for the industry. Final agreement on the proposal is pending. Rather than providing our b

responses now to your questions that concern methodology, or to other questions posed in the

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. RAI, we are deferring response pending further dialogue between PECO Energy and the NRC l

staff. This approach was discussed with and agreed to by the NRC Project Manager for PBAPS.

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. We request a conference call to reach a mutually agreeable date for submission of our

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if you have any questions, please contact us.

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