ML20202B945

Forwards SE Accepting Relief Requests 2VR-7 & 2VR-8 from ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI Requirements for Inservice Testing Program

ML20202B945
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	11/26/1997
From:	Bateman W NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Maynard O WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
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TAC-M97883, NUDOCS 9712030222
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Post Office Eu 411 Burlington. Kan.3s 66839

SUBJECT:

REllEF REQUEST FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF ASME CODE. SECTION XI. WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (TAC ND. M97883)

Dear Mr. Maynard:

By letter dated January 28. 1997, and supplement dated September 2. 1997. Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation submittto requests for relief pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3). The licensee seeks relief from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.Section XI requirements for the Inservice Testing Program. Relief Request 2VR-7 proposes use of the alternative to quarterly stroke-time testing of motor-operated valves described in ASME Code Case OMN-1. Relief Request 2VR-8 proposes the use of ASME OMa-1996. Subsection ISTC 4.5 including the Mandatory Appendix 11.

The staff has reviewed the information concerning the requests for relief and the staff's evaluation and conclusions are contained in the enclosed Safety Evaluation. Relief Requests 2VR-7 and 2VR-8 are approved until such time as the NRC staff's generic positions on OMN-1 and the ASME guidelines for a check valve condition monitoring program, respectively, are issued through rulemaking or some other means. At that time. if the licensee intends to continue to implement Relief Request 2VR-7 or 2VR-8 the licensee is to follow the provisions of OMN 1 or the ASME guidelines for a check valve condition monitoring program, respectively, with any limitations or conditions specified in the NRC staff endorsement of those ASME documents. Therefore the use of the 3roposed alters:tives is authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(i),

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Jay Silberg. Esq. Chief Operating Officer l Shaw. Pittman. Potts & Trowbridge Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 2300 N Street, NW P. O. Box 411 Washington. D.C. 20037 Burlington. Kansas 66839 Regional Administrator, Region IV Supervisor Licensing i' U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 611 Ryan Plaza Drive. Suite 1000 P.O. Box 411 Arlington, Texas 76011 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Senior Resident inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident inspectors Office P. O. Box 311 8201 NRC Road .

Burlington, Kansas 66839 Steedman, Missouri 65077-1032 Chief Engineer Utilities Division

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