ML20203H793
| ML20203H793 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 02/17/1999 |
| From: | Hannon J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Cottle W HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
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| ML20203H801 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-MA1643, NUDOCS 9902230123 | |
| Download: ML20203H793 (3) | |
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SUBJECT:
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Dear Mr. CoMie:
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By letter dated April 8,1998, South Texas Project Operating Company (STPNOC) submitted a request for relief from the ASME Code,Section XI requirements, to defer Code repair of a flaw in the Essential Cooling Water System piping at the South Texas Project, Unit 2. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the request as discussed in the enclosed Safety -
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l The staff finds that the performance of an immediate Code repair would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. The staff, therefore, concludes that STPNOC's proposed alternative to the Code requirements are l
authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii).
i Sincerely, ORIGIllAL SIGilED BY:
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President and Chief Executive Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth,TX 77483
SUBJECT:
INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM - RELIEF REQUEST RR-ENG-19, SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 2 (TAC NO. MA1643)
Dear Mr. Cottle:
By letter dated April 8,1998, South Texas Project Operating Company (STPNOC) submitted a request for relief from the ASME Code,Section XI requirements, to defer Code repair of a flaw in the Essential Cooling Water System piping at the South Texas Project, Unit 2. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the request as discussed in the enclosed Safety Evaluation.
The staff finds that the performance of an immediate Code repair would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. The staff, therefore, concludes that STPNOC's proposed alternative to the Code requirements are authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii).
Sincerely, N
John N. Hannon, Director Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects ill/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-499
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encis: See next page
' Mr. William T. Cottle STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas, Units 1 & 2 cc:
Mr. Cornelius F. O'Keefe Jack R. Newman, Esq.
Senior Resident inspector:
. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- 1800 M Street, N.W.
~ P. O. Box 910 Washington, DC 20036-5869
. Bay City, TX 77414 Mr. T. H. Cloninger Vice President
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Cityof Austin STP Nuclear Operating Company
- Electric Utility Department P. O. Box 289 721 Barton Springs Road Wadsworth,TX 77483 Austin,TX 78704 Office of the Govemor Mr. M. T. Hardt ATTN: John Howard, Director Mr. W. C. Gunst Environmental and Natural City Public Service Board Resources Policy P. O. Box 1771 P. O. Box 12428 San Antonio,TX 78296 Austin,TX 78711 Mr. G. E. Vaughn/C. A. Johnson Jon C. Wood Central. Power and Light Company Matthews & Branscomb P. O. Box 289 One Alamo Center MailCode: N5012 106 S. St. Mary's Street, Suite 700
- Wadsworth, TX 74483 San Antonio, TX 78205-3692 INPO Arthur C. Tate, Director Records Center Division of Compliance & Inspection 700 Galleria Parkway Bureau of Radiation Control Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Texas Department of Health-1100 West 49th Street Regional Administrator, Region IV Austin,TX 78756 U.S. Nuclear Regalatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Jim Calloway j
Arlington, TX. 76011 Public Utility Commission of Texas Electric Industry Analysis D. G. Tees /R. L. Balcom P. O. Box 13326
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Austin, TX 78711-3326 P. O. Box 1700 Houston,TX 77251
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