ML20206A203

Discusses EOI Second 10-year IST Program for River Bend Station Submitted on 980106 & 980910 Which Included One Pump Relief Request & Two Valve Relief Requests.Forwards SE Authorizing Pump Relief Request & One Valve Relief Request

ML20206A203
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	04/21/1999
From:	Gramm R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Edington R ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Shared Package
ML20206A206	List: ML20206A203 ML20206A211
References
TAC-MA0619, TAC-MA619, NUDOCS 9904280099
Download: ML20206A203 (3)

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'Mr. Randall K. Edington April 21, 1999 Vice President - Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station

- P. O. Box 220 St. Francisville, LA 70775 ,

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SUBJECT:

RIVER BEND STATION - EVALUATION OF RELIEF REQUESTS FOR THE SECOND 10-YEAR INTERVAL PUMP AND VALVE INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM (TAC NO. MA0619)  ;

Dear Mr. Edington:

By letter dated January 6,1998, and supplemented Septembe: 13,1998, Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOl), submitted its second 10-year inservice testing (IST) program, which became :

effective on December 1,1997, for the River Bend Station.- EOl submitted one pump relief request and two valve relief requests. The staff has evaluated these relief requests in the enclosed Safety Evaluation.

' The pump relief request PRR-001 and valve relief request VRR-001 are authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii), on the basis that compliance with the Code requirements would result in hardship without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. As stated in the enclosed Safety Evaluation, relief request VRR-002 is denied; however, the associated proposed attemative may be used in conjunction with the Code-required test.

The changes in the scope of the IST program, cold shutdown justifications, refueling outage justifications, and IST program commitments have not been reviewed in detail, but are subject to inspection by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

I Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Robert A. Gramm, Chief, Section 1 Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-458

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation ' ,

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\*****/ April 21, 1999 Mr. Randall K. Edington Vice President - Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.

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SUBJECT:

RIVER BEND STATION - EVALUATION OF RELIEF REQUESTS FOR THE SECOND 10-YEAR INTERVAL PUMP AND VALVE INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM (TAC NO. MA0619)

Dear Mr. Edington:

By letter dated January 6,1998, and supplemented September 10,1998, Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOl), submitted its second 10-year inservice testing (IST) program, which became effective on December 1,1997, for the River Bend Station. EOl submitted one pump relief request and two valve reliaf requests. The staff has evaluated these relief requests in the enclosed Safety Evaluation.

The pump relief request PRR-001 and valve relief request VRR-001 are authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(li), on the basis that compliance with the Code requirements would result in hardship without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. As stated in the enalosed Safety Evaluation, relief request VRR-002 is denied; however, the associated proposed alternative may be used in conjunction with the Code required test.

The changes in the scope of the IST program, cold shutdown justifications, refueling outage justifications, and IST program commitments have not been reviewed in detail, but are subject to inspection by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Sincerely, b

Robert A. Gramm, Chief, Section 1 Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-458

Enclosure:

Sciet/ Evaluation cc w/ encl: See next page i

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~Mr. Randall K. Edington Entergy Operations, Inc. River Cond Station cc:

Winston & Strawn Executive Vice President and

1400 L Street, N.W. Chief Operating Officer

Washington, DC 20005-3502 Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995 Manager- Licensing Jackson, MS 39286 Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station General Manager - Plant Operations P. O. Box 220 Entergy Operations, Inc.

St. Francisville, LA 70775 River Bend Station P. O. Box 220 Senior Resident inspector St. Francisville, LA 70775 P. O. Box 1050 St. Francisville, LA 70775 Director- Nuclear Safety Entergy Operations, Inc.

President of West Feliciana River Bend Station Police Jury P. O. Box 220 P. O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, LA 70775 St. Francisville, LA 70775 Vice President - Operations Support Regional Administrator, Region IV Entergy Operations, Inc.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 31995

- 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Arlington,TX 76011 Attorney General Ms. H. Anne Plettinger State of Louisiana 3456 Villa Rose Drive P. O. Box 94095 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Baton Rouge, LA 70804&J05 Administrator Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway Louisiana Radiation Protection Division P. O. Box 651 P. O. Box 82135 Jackson, MS 39205 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2135 l l

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