ML20206G640

Forwards Safety Evaluation Authorizing Relief Requests IR-032 to IR-035 & IR-037 to IR-040 Re Implementation of Subsections IWE & Iwl of ASME Section XI for Containment Insp.Relief Requests IR-36 & IR-41 Withdrawn

ML20206G640
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	05/03/1999
From:	Anthony Mendiola NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Myers L CENTERIOR ENERGY
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ML20206G643	List: ML20206G640 ML20206G645
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TAC-MA3426, NUDOCS 9905100098
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A RE L UNITE ~) STATES g j NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. Samas anny May 3, 1999 Mr. Lew W. Myers Vice President - Nuclear, Perry FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 97, A200 i Perry, OH 44081 -

SUBJECT:

SAFETY EVALUATION OF RELIEF REQUESTS IR-032 to IR-041 IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBSECTION IWE AND IWL OF ASME SECTION XI FOR CONTAINMENT INSPECTION - PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (TAC NO. MA3426)

Dear Mr. Myers:

The second 10-year interval for the inservice Examination Program at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant began on November 18,1998. Therefore, the latest edition and addenda of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applicable to Class MC and CC components incorporated by reference in 10 CFR 50.55a(b)(2) 12 months prior to the start of Perry's second inspection interval isSection XI Division 1,1992 Edition with the 1992 Addenda, subject to the limitation listed in paragraph 10 CFR 50.55a(b)(2)(vi) and the ,

modifications listed in paragraph 10 CFR 50.55a(b)(2)(ix) and (x). By letter dated August 20,  !

1998 (PY-CEl/NRR-2291L), and as supplemented by submittal dated April 1,1999 (PY- l CEl/NRR 2383L), FirstEnergy submitted relief requests pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iii) and  ;

(iv) from certain examination requirements of Section XI of the ASME Code.

l The staff, with technical assistance from the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) has completed the review of the subject relief requests. The staff concludes that for Requests for Relief Nos. IR-033, IR-034, IR-35, IR-038, and IR-039, the licensee's ,

proposed alternatives will provide an acceptable level of quality and safety. Therefore, these proposed alternatives are authorized for the second 10-year inservice inspection (ISI) interval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(i). For Requests for Relief Nos. IR-032, IR-037, and IR-040, the staff concludes that compliance with the Code requirements would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety and that the licensee's proposed alternatives will provide reasonable assurance of containment structural integrity. Therefore, these proposed alternatives are authorized for the second 10-year ISI g interval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii). / O\

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• L; Myers Requests for Relief Nos. IR-036 and IR-041 have been withdrawn.

Enclosure'1 contains the staff's safety evaluation and Enclosure 2 is the INEEL Technical Letter Report.

Sincerely, Original signed by Anthony J. Mendiola, Chief, Section 2 Project Directorate til Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation -

Docket No. 50-440

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.o L. Myers Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operaiting Company cc:

James R. Williams Mary E. O'Reilly Chief of Staff FirstEnergy Corporation Ohio Emergency Management Agency 76 South Main St. 2855 West Dublin Granville Road Akron, OH 44308 Columbus, OH 43235-7150 Resident inspector's Office Mayor, Village of Perry U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 100 P.O. Box 331 Perry, OH 44081-0100 Perry, OH 44081-0331 Radiological Health Program i Regional Administrator, Region til Ohio Department of Health U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commisalon P.O. Box 118 801 Warrenville Road Columbus, OH 43266-0118

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Lisle, IL 60532-4531 Ohio Environmental Protection Sue Histt Agency OCRE Interim Representative DERR--Compliance Unit l 8275 Munson ATTN: Mr. Zack A. Clayton Mentor, OH 44060 P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Regulatory Affairs Manager Chairman FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Perry Township Board of Trustees Perry Nuclear Power Plant 3750 Center Road, Box 65 P.O. Box 97, A210 Perry, OH 44081 Perry, OH 44081 State of Ohio William R. Kanda, Jr., Plant Manager Public Utilities Commission l FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company East Broad Street  !

Perry Nuclear Power Plant Columbus, OH 43266-0573 i P.O. Box 97, SB306 .

Perry, OH 44081 Mayor, Village of North Perry North Perry Village Hall  !

4778 Lockwood Road i North Perry Village, OH 44081 Donna Owens, Director Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance Bureau of Operations & Maintenanos 6606 Tussing Road P. O. Box 4009 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009

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