ML20206P491
| ML20206P491 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 05/14/1999 |
| From: | Tam P NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Gordon Peterson DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20206P495 | List: |
| References | |
| GL-96-05, GL-96-5, TAC-M97030, TAC-M97031, NUDOCS 9905180246 | |
| Download: ML20206P491 (5) | |
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Nay 14, 1999 Mr. G. R. Peterson Site Vice President -
Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745-9635
SUBJECT:
. CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 RE: SAFETY EVALUATION OF YOUR RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 96-05 (TAC NOS. M97030 AND M97031) j On September 18,1996, the NRC issued Generic Letter (GL) 96-05, " Periodic Verification of Design-Basis Capability of Safety-Related Motor-Operated Valves," requesting each nuclear power plant licensee to establish a program, or to ensura the effectiveness of its current program, to verify on a periodic basis that safety-related motor-operated valves (MOVs) continue to be capable'of performing their safety functions within the current licensing bases of the facility. On November 14,1996, Duke Energy Corporation (then Duke Power Company)
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submitted a 60 day response to GL 96-05 notifying the NRC that it would implement the
- requested MOV periodic verification program at the Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. On March 17,1997, Duke submitted a 180-day response to GL 96 05, providing a summary description of the MOV periodic verification program planned for implementation at Catawba. In a submittal dated March 31,1998, Duke updated its commitment to GL 96-05. On March 19, 1999, Duke responded to our January 27,1999, request for additional information.
.We have reviewed Duke's submittals and applicable NRC inspection reports. We recognize Duke's commitment to implement the Joint Owners Group (JOG) Program on MOV Periodic Verification to include all three phases of that program. Based on our understanding of Duke's commitment with respect to GL 96-05, we find that Duke has established an acceptable program to verify periodically the design-basis capability of the safety-related MOVs at Catawba.
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- Therefore, we conclude that Duke has adequately addressed the actions requested in GL 96-05 for Catawba Nuclear Station. We may conduct inspections at Catawba to verify the '
implementation'of the MOV periodic verification program is in accordance with (1) Duke's -
commitments; (2) the enclosed Safety Evaluation (SE); (3) the SE dated October 30,1997, on 1the JOG Program on MOV Periodic Verification; and (4) the NRC SE dated April 14,1998, on the Westinghouse Owners Group methodology for ranking MOVs by their safety significance,
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i lt G. R. Peterson May 14, 1999 This completes our efforts on Duke's response to GL 96-05 for Catawba Nuclear Station.
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414
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1 Catawba Nuclear Station CC:
Mr. Gary Gibert North Carolina Electric MerrheisNp Regulatory Complance Manager Corporation Duke Energy Corporation P. O. Box 27306 4800 Concord Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 York SouthCarolina 29745 Senior Resident inspector
' Ms. Usa F. Vaughn U.S.Guclear Regulatory Commission Legal Department (PB05E) 4830 Concord Road Duke Energy CorporMon York, South Carolina 29745 422 South Church Street -
Charlotte, North Carouru 28201-1006 Virgil R. Autry, Director Division of Radioactive Waste Management Anne Cottington, Esquire Bureau of Land and Waste Management Winston and Strawn Department of HeaMh and Environmental 1400 L Street, NW Control Washington, DC 20005 2600 bun Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201-1708 North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 L. A. KeNer 1427 Meadowwood Boulevard Manager-Nuclear Regulatory P. O. Box 29513 Licensing Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 Duke EnergyCorporation 526 South Church Street County Manager of York County Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 York County Courthouse York, South Caroina 29745 Saluds River Electric P. O. Box 929 Piedmont Municipal Power Agency Laurens, South Carolina 29360 121 Vilage Drive Greer, South Caroina 29651 Mr. Steven P. Shaver Senior Sales Engineer Ms. Karen E. Long Westinghouse Electric Company Assistant Attorney General 5929 Carnegie BM1.
North Carolina Department of Justice' Suite 500 P. O. Box 629 Charlotte, North Caroina 28209 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Elaine Wathen, Lead REP Planner Division of Emergency Management 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, Nor1h Caroina 27603-1335
Catawba Nuclear Station cc:
Mr. T. Richard Punfear Owners Group (NCEMC)
Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road -
York, South Carolina 29745 Richard M. Fry, Director Division of Radation Protection Nor1h Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721