ML20203A473

Forwards Safety Evaluation Re Request for Relief B-6,C-2 & C-3 for Plant,Unit 2

ML20203A473
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	02/03/1999
From:	Hannon J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Terry C TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
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ML20203A479	List: ML20203A473 ML20203A488
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TAC-MA2037, NUDOCS 9902100012
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i February 3, 1999= l

' Mr. C. Lance Terry TU Electric

' Senior Vice President & Principal Nuclear Officer Attn: Regulatory Affairs Department '

P. O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043

SUBJECT:

REQUESTS FOR RELIEF NOS. B' 3 THROUGH B-6, C 2, AND C-3 FOR COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 2 (TAC NO. MA2037)

Dear Mr. Terry:

By letters dated July 23,1996 (TXX-96426), and March 5,1998 (TXX-98058), Texas Utilities Electric Company (TU Electric) proposing First Ten-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Relief

, Requests Nos. B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6, C-2, and C-3 for Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 2.. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the request as - ',

- discussed in the enclosed Safety Evaluation. >

The NRC staff finds the licensee's six requests for reltsf Nos. B-3, B-4, B 5, B-6, C-2, and C-3,

' are impractical to perform to the extent required by the Code. In each case, the examinations

/ performed provide reasonable assurance of the continued inservice structuralintegrity of the

- subject components. Therefore, the licensee's requests for relief are granted, pursuant to 310 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(i) for the current interval. The relief granted is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property, the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public

interest giving due consideration to the burden upon the licensee if the requirements were imposed on the facility. This closes TAC No; MA2037.

Sincerely. -

ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

6 John N. Hannon, Director Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.'50 446

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Senior Vice President & Principal Nuclear Officer i Attn

• Regulatory Affairs Department ' ,

P. O. Box 1002 i ' Glen Rose TX 76043

SUBJECT:

REQUESTC FOR RELIEF NOS. B-3 THROUGH B-6, C-2, AND C-3 FOR COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 2 (TAC NO. MA2037)

Dear Mr. Terry:

I By letters dated July 23,1996 (TXX-96426), and March 5,1998 (TXX-98058), Texas Utilities

_ , - Electric Company (TU Electric) proposed First Ten-Year Interval inservice Inspection Relief

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Requests Nos. B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6, C-2, and C-3 for Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 2. The Nuclear Regulatory Commisa!on (NRC) staff has reviewed the request as discussed in the enclosed Safety Evaluation.  ;

The NRC staff finds the licensee's six requests for relief Nos. B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6, C-2, and C-3, are impractical to perform to the extent required by the Code. In each case, the examinations 4 performed provide reasonable assurance of the continued inservice structural integrity of the subject components. Therefore, the licensee's requests for relief are granted, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(i) for the current interval. The relief granted is authorized by law and will

. not endanger life or property, the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest gMng due consideration to the burden upon the licensee if the requirements were

' imposed on the facility.~ This closes TAC No. MA2037.

4 Sincerely,

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John N. Hannon, Director Project Directorate IV-1 DMsion of Reactor Projects lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-446

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Honorable Dale McPherson  !

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission County Judge P. O. Box 2159 P. O. Box 851

. Glen Rose, TX 76403-2159. Glen Rose, TX 76043

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- Dallas,TX 75224 - Division of Compliance & Inspection l Bureau of Radiation Control Mr. Roger D. Walker Texas Department of Health TU Electric 1100 West 49th Street Regulatory Affairs Manager. Austin, TX 78756-3189 P. O. Box 1002 Glen Rose,TX 76043 ~ Jim Calloway Public Utility Commission of Texas  !

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- 1800 M Street, N.W. Austin, TX 78711-3326 l Washington, DC 20036-5869  !

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