ML20206F134
| ML20206F134 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/27/1999 |
| From: | Strosnider J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Terry C AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED, NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
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| ML20206F139 | List: |
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| TAC-M98708, NUDOCS 9905060002 | |
| Download: ML20206F134 (4) | |
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' Cari Teny, BWRVIP Chairman Niagara Mohawk Power Company; Post Office Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093
SUBJECT:
SAFETY EVALUATION OF THE BWRVIP VESSEL AND INTERNALS PROJECT, "BWR STANDBY LIQUID CONTROL SYSTEM / CORE PLATE AP INSPECTION AND FLAW EVALUATION GUIDELINES (BWRVIP-27)," EPRI REPORT TR-107286 (TAC NO. M98708)
Dear Mr. Terry,
The NRC staff has completed its review of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) proprietary report TR-107286, "BWR Vessel and Intemals Project, BWR Standby Liquid Control System / Core Plate AP inspection And Flaw Evaluation Guidelines (BWRVIP-27),"
transmitted by letter dated April 25,1997, and supplemented by letter dated July 13,1998.
The BWRVIP-27 report provides generic guidelines intended to present the appropriate inspection recommendations to assure safety function integrity of the subject safety related reactor pressure vessel (RPV) intemal components.
. The staff has completed its review of the BWRVIP-27 report, as supplemented, and finds in the enclosed safety evaluation that the guidance of the BWRVIP-27 report is acceptable for inspection and flaw evaluation of the subject safety-related RPV intemal components. The
- staff has concluded that licensee implementation of the guidelines in the BWRVIP-27 report, as supplemented, will provide an acceptable level of quality for inspection and flaw evaluation j
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' Please contact C. E (' Gene) Carpenter,-Jr., of my staff at'(301) 415-2169 if you have any further questions regarding this subject.
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SUBJECT:
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Dear Mr. Terry,
The NRC staff has completed its review of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) proprietary report TR-107286, "BWR Vessel and Internals Project, BWR Standby Liquid Control i
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The staff has completed its review of the BWRVIP-27 report, as supplemented and finds that
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Please contact C. E. (Gene) Carpenter, Jr., of my staff at (301) 415 2169 if you have any further questions regarding this subject.
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- BWR STANDBY LIQUID CONTROL SYSTEM / CORE PLATE AP INSPECTION AND FLAW EVALUATION GUIDELINES (BWRVIP-27)," EPRI REPORT TR-107286 (TAC NO. M98708)
Dear Mr. Terry,
The NRC staff has completed its review of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) proprietary report TR-107286, "BWR Vessel and intemals Project, BWR Standby Liquid Control System / Core Plate AP Inspection And Flaw Evaluation Guidelines (BWRVIP 27),"
transmitted by letter dated April 25,1997, and supplemented by letter dated July 13,1998. <
The BWRVIP-27 report provides generic guidelines intended to present the appropriate inspection recommendations to assure tafety function integrity of the subject safety-related reactor pressure vessel (RPV) Intemal components.
The staff has completed its review of the BWRVIP-27 report, as supplemented, and finds in the enclos9d safety evaluation that the guidance of the BWRVIP-27 report is acceptable for inspection and flaw evaluation of the subject safety related RPV intemal components. The staff has concluded that licensee implementation of the guidelines in the BWRVIP-27 report, as supplemented, will provide an acceptable level of quality for inspection and flaw evaluation of the safety related components addressed.
Please contact C. E. (Gene) Carpenter, Jr., of my staff at (301) 415-2169 if you have any further questions regarr"c y this subject.
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1 cc:
Karl W. Singer, Executive Chair Steve Lewis, Technical Chairman BWRVIP Assessment Task BWRVIP Assessment Task Tennessee Valley Authority Entergy PO Box 2000 '
P. O. Box 756 Decaltur, AL 35602-2000 Waterloo Road b
Port Gibson, MS 39150 Bill Eaton, Executive Chair inspection Committee Carl Larsen, Technical Chairman Entergy Operations, Inc.
BWRVIP inspection Task PO Box 756, Waterloo Rd Yankee Atomic Port Gibson, MS 39150-0756 580 Main Street Bolton, MA 01740 H. Lewis Sumner, Executive Chairman BWRVIP Mitigation Task.
John Wilson, Technical Chairman Southern Nuclear Operating Co.
BWRVIP Mitigation Task WS BIN B051, PO Box 1295 Clinton Power Station, WC T-31C 40 inverness Center Parkway P.O. Box 678 Birmingham, AL 35201 Clinton,IL 61727 Harry P. Salmon, Executive Chairman Vaughn Wagoner, Technical Chairman BWRVIP Integration Task BWRVIP Integration Task New York Power Authority Carolina Power & Light Company 123 Main St., WS 11 D One Hannover Square 9C1 White Plains, NY 10601-3104 P.O. Box 1551 Raleigh, NC 27612 George T. Jones, Executive Chair BWRVIP Repair Task Bruce McLeod, Technical Chairman Pennsylvania Power & Light, Inc.
BWRVIP Repair Task WS GEN A 61 Southern Nuclear Operating Co.
2 N 9* Street Post Office Box 1295 Allentown, PA 18101-1139 40 inverness Center Parkway s
Birmingham, AL 35201 Robert Carter, EPRl'BWRVIP Assessment Manager Warren Bilanin, EPRI BWRVIP EPRI NDE Center integraticra Manager -
P. O. Box 217097 Raj Pathania, EPRI BWRVIP 1300 W. T. Harris Blvd.
Mitigation Manager Charlotte, NC 28221 Ken Wolfe, EPRI BWRVIP Repair Manager
. Greg Selby, EPRI BWRVIP Electric Power Research Institute inspec* ion Manager P. O. Box 10412 ~
EPRI NDE Center 3412 Hillview Ave.
P. O. Box 217097 Palo Alto,CA 94303 1300 W. T. Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28221 James P. Pelletier, BWRVIP Liaison to EPRI Nuclear Power Council Joe Hagan, BWRVIP Vice Chairman Nebraska Public Power District PEPCO Energy Co.
1200 Prospect Avenue MC 62C-3 PO Box 98 965 Chesterbrook Blvd GrownvNe, NE 68321-0098 Wayne, PA 19807-5691 -
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