ML20206L466

Forwards SE Accepting Request to Delay Submitting Plant, Unit 1 Class Piping ISI Program for Third Insp Interval Until 010430,to Permit Development of Risk Informed ISI Program for Class 1 Piping

ML20206L466
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	05/10/1999
From:	Emch R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Ohanlon J VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.)
Shared Package
ML20206L473	List: ML20206L466 ML20206L483
References
TAC-MA4513, NUDOCS 9905140033
Download: ML20206L466 (3)

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May 10, 1999

' bri J. Pi O'Hanlon 3

Senior Vice President - Nuclear Virginia Electric and Power Company 5000 Dominion Blvd.

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

SUBJECT:

NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, UNIT 1 - ASME SECTION Xl INSERVICE lNSPECTION (ISI) PROGRAM - REQUEST OF A DELAY IN SUBMITTING CLASS 1 PIPING ISI PROGRAM -(TAC NO. MA4513)

Dear ME. O'Hanlon:

By your letter dated December 22,1998, you submitted a request to delay submitting the North

Anna Power Station (NAPS) Unit 1 Class 1 piping ISI program (NDE, Categories B-F and B-J) for the third inspection interval until April 30,2001, to permit development of a Risk Informed ISI (RI ISI) program for Class 1 piping. You stated that time constraints will not permit you to develop an RI ISI program for NAPS Unit 1 without a schedule delay for implementing a revised ISI program. As such, the limited time to develop an ISI program places an unnecessary hardship on the plant without a compensating increase in safety, as it would require development and implementation of a 1989 ASME Code ISI program for compliance.

The staff finds the alternative stated to be acceptable and the request to be reasonable. The staff finds alternatives are authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3(ii) because compliance with the requirements would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensatirg increase in the level of quality and safety. The staffs evaluation and conclusions are contained in the Enclosure.

The' staff has completed its evaluation of the relief request; therefore, we are closing out

' TAC No; MA4513.-

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SUBJECT:

NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, UNIT 1 - ASME SECTION Xl INSERVICE l

INSPECTION (ISI) PROGRAM - REQUEST OF A DELAY IN SUBMITTING CLASS 1 PIPING ISI PROGRAM - (TAC NO. MA4513)

Dear Mr. O'Hanloni l

By your letter dated December 22,1998, you submitted a request to delay submitting the North l

Anna Power Station (NAPS) Unit 1 Class 1 piping ISI program (NDE, Categories B-F and B-J)

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for the third inspection interval until April 30,2001, to permit development of a Risk Informed ISI l

(Rl-ISI) program for Class 1 piping. You stated that time constraints will not permit you to l

. develop an RI-ISI program for NAPS Unit 1 without a schedule delay for implementing a revised l

lSI program. As such, the limited time to develop an ISI program places an unnecessary hardship on the plant without a compensating increase in safety, as it would require development and implementation of a 1989 ASME Code ISI program for compliance.

I The staff finds the altemative stated to be acceptable and the request to be reasonable. The I

staff finds attematives are authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3(ii) because compliance l

with the requirements would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating i

increase in the level of quality and safety. The staff's evaluation and conclusions are contained I

in the Enclosure.

The staff has completed its evaluation of the relief request; therefore, we are closing out TAC No. MA4513.

Sincerely, I

^f Richard L. Emch Jr., Chief, Se n1 Project Directorate ll Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-338

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/ encl.: See next page a

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Mr. J. P. O'Hanlon North Anna Power Station Virginia Electric & Power Company Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. J. Jeffrey Lunsford Mr. W. R. Matthews County Administrator Site Vice President Louisa County North Anna Power Station P.O. Box 160 P. O. Box 402 Louisa, Virginia 23093 Mineral, Virginia 23117 f

Mr. Donald P. Irwin,' Esquire Mr. E. S. Grecheck l

Hunton and Williams Site Vice President I

Riverfront Plaza, East Tower Surry Power Station -

951 E. Byrd Street-'

Virginia Electric and Power Company Richmond, Virginia 23219 5570 Hog Island Road Surry, Virginia 23883 Dr. W. T. Lough Virginia State Corporation Robert B. Strobe, M.D., M.P.H.

Commission State Health Commissioner Division of Energy Regulation Office of the Commissioner

- P. O. Box 1197 Virginia Department of Health Richmond, Virginia 23209 P.O. Box 2448 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Old Dominion Electric Cooperative 4201 Dominion Blvd.

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Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Mr. J. H. McCarthy, Manager Nuclear Licensing & Operations

~ Support Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office of the Attomey General Commonwealth of Virginia 900 East Main Street

' Richmond, Virginia 23219 i

Senior Resident inspector North Anna Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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1024 Haley Drive j

Mineral, Virginia '23117 i

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