ML20210U803

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Forwards SER Granting Licensee Relief Requests VR-1,VR-3 & Portion of VR-2 Pursuant to 10CFR50.55a(a)(3)(ii).Relief Request VR-4 Does Not Require Explicit NRC Approval for Second 10-year Inservice Testing Program
ML20210U803
Person / Time
Site: Braidwood  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 08/04/1999
From: Anthony Mendiola
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To: Kingsley O
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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GL-89-04, TAC-MA1610, TAC-MA1611, NUDOCS 9908200216
Download: ML20210U803 (4)


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SECOND 10-YEAR INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM - BRAIDWOOD i

STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MA1610 AND MA1611)

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

i By letter dated April 16,1998, Commonwealth Edison Company (Comed, the licensee) submitted the Inservice Testing (IST) program for the second 10-year interval for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, and associated requests for relief from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (Code),Section XI, requirements. The second 10-year interval for Braidwood began on July 29,1998, and ends on July 28,2008.

Comed based the Braidwood IST program on the requirements of the 1989 Edition of the ASME Code,Section XI, Subsections IWP and IWV, which is incorporated by reference in 10 CFR 50.55a. ASME Operations and Maintenance (OM) Standard, Part 6, for IST of pumps is referenced by Subsection IWP and OM Standard, Part 10, for IST of valves is referenced by Subsection IWV. The relief requests were reviewed against the requirements of the 1989 Edition of the ASME Code,Section XI, for pumps and valves.

The staff, with technical assistance from the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), has reviewed and evaluated the information concerning the IST relief requests. The staff adopts, with two exceptions, the evaluations and recommendations for granting relief or authorizing attematives contained in the Technical Evaluation Report (TER)

(Attachment 1 to the enclosed Safety Evaluation (SE)) prepared by INEEL, as reflected or modified in the SE. Relief is granted from or alternatives are authorized to the testing requirements which have been determined to be impractical to perform, where an alternative provides an acceptable level of quality and safety, or where compliance would result in a hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in quality or safety. A summary of the NRC's approval or denial on each relief request is provided in Attachment 1 to the attached SE. The test deferrals for valves which are in accordance with Part 10 have been reviewed and are summarized in Appendix Q of the TER which is included as Attachment 2 to W J.% L the SE.

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Relief Requests VR-1, VR-3 and a portion of VR-2 are granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii), because the code requirements would result in a hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in quality or safety. The portion of Relief Request VR-2 which 1

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valves that are not required to be included in the licensee's IST program.

The IST program relief requests which are granted or authorized herein are acceptable for I

implementation for the second 10-year interval. The granting of relief is based upon the fulfillment of any commitments made by the licensee in the basis for each relief request and the alternatives proposed.

The staff notes that in Appendix A of the TER, certain program action items have been identified. These items should be addressed within 1 year of the date of the SE or by the end of the next refueling outage, whichever is later, unless another period is specified. The licensee is requested to respond to the NRC within 1 year of the date of the SE describing actions taken, actions in progress, or actions to be taken, to address each of these items.

1 Program changes involving new or revised relief requests should be submitted to the NRC.

New or revised relief requests that meet the positions in NRC Generic Letter (GL) 89-04,, should be submitted to the NRC but may be implemented prior to staff approval provided the guidance in GL 89-04, Section D, is followed.

Sincerely, Original Signed By Anthony J. Mendiola, Chief, Section 2 Project Directorate ill Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-567

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Regional Administrator Mr. Ron Stephens U.S. NRC, Region ill Illinois Emergency Services & Disaster Agency 801 Warrenville Road 110 E. Adams Street Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Springfield, Illinois 62706 lilinois Department of Nuclear Safety Chairman Office of Nuclear Facility Safety Will County Board of Supervisors 1035 Outer Park Drb e Will County Board Courthouse Springfield, Illinois 62704 Joliet, Illinois 60434 Document Control Desk-Licensing Attorney General Commonwealth Edison Company 500 S. Second Street 1400 Opus Place, Suite 400 Springfield, Illinois 62701 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 George L. Edgar Ms. C. Sue Hauser, Project Manager Morgan, Lewis and Bochius Westinghouse Electric Corporation 1800 M Street, N.W.

Energy Systems Business Unit Washington, DC 20036 Post Office Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Commonwealth Edison Company Braidwood Station Manager Joseph Gallo RR 1, Box 84 Gallo & Ross Braceville, Illinois 60407-9619 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 1014 Washington, DC 20036 Commonwealth Edison Company Site Vice President - Braidwood Ms. Bridget Little Rorem RR 1, Box 84 Appleseed Coordinator Braceville, Illinois 60407-9619 117 N. Linden Street Essex, Illinois 60935 Mr. David Helwig Senior Vice President Howard A. Leamer Commonwealth Edison Company Environmental Law and Policy Executive Towers West til Center of the Midwest 1400 Opus Place, Suite 900 35 East Wacker Dr., Suite 1300 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Mr. Gene H. Stanley U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PWR Vice President Braidwood Resident inspectors Office Commonwealth Edison Company RR 1, Box 79 Executive Towers West til Braceville, Illinois 60407 1400 Opus Place, Suite 900 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 Ms. Lorraine Creek RR 1, Box 182 Manteno, Illinois 60950

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Braidwood Station Commonwealth Edison Cornpany Units 1 and 2 Commonwealth Edison Company Reg. Assurance Supervisor-Braidwood RR 1, Box 84 Braceville, Illinois 60407-9619 Mr. Christopher Crane

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