ML20211F872
| ML20211F872 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 09/22/1997 |
| From: | Berkow H NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Gordon Peterson DUKE POWER CO. |
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| ML20211F876 | List: |
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| TAC-M97465, NUDOCS 9710010258 | |
| Download: ML20211F872 (4) | |
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Mr. G:ry R. P;t;rs September'22, 1997 Sit] Vice President Catawha Nucley Station Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina ?9745-9635
SUBJECT:
CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - EVALUATION OF THE SECOND 10-YEAR INTERVAL INSPECTION PROGRAM PLAN, REQUEST FOR RELIEF 96-04 (TAC NO M97465)
Dear Mr. Peterson:
The staff, with technical assistance from its contractor, the Idaho National Engineering and Envhonmental Laboratory (INEEL), has reviewed and evaluated the Information provided by your letter dated December 12,1996, related to the Second 10-Year Interval Inservice inspection Program Plan Request for Relief 96-04 for Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1.
Additionalinformation was provided by your letter dated May 5,1997. The staff's evaluation and conclusions are contained in the enclosed Safety Evaluation, with INEEL's Technical j
Letter Report attached.
The staff concludes that the Code coverage requirements are impractical for the subject Safety injection System welds at Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1, and that reasonable assurance of the structural integrity has been provided by the examinations that were completed. Therefore, relief is granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(i). The granting of this relief will not endanger life, property, or the common defense and security, a' d is otherwise in the public interest, giving due consideration to the burden upon the licensee that could result if the reautrements were imposed on the facility.
Sincerely,-
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SUBJECT:
CATAWBA NUCLEAR $TATION, UNIT 1 - EVALUATION OF THE SECOND i
10-YEAR INTERVAL INSPECTION PROGRAM PLAN, REQUEST FOR RELIEF j
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The staff, with technical assistance from its contractor, the Idaho National Engineering and i
Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), has aviewed and evaluated the information provided by your letter dated December 12,1996, related to the Second 10-Year Interval inservice -
i inspection Program Plan Request for Relief 96-04 for Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1.
i Additional information was provided by your letter dated May 5,1997. The staffs evaluation i
and conclusions are contained in the enclosed Safety Evaluation, with INEEL's Technical Letter Report attached.
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The staff concludes that the Code coverage requirements are irrrrectical for the subject j
Safety injection System welds at Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1, and that reasonable assurance of the structural integrity has been provided by the examinations that were l
completed. Therefore, relief is granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(l). The granting of l
this relief will not endanger life, property, or the common defense and security, and is i
otherwise in the public interest, giving due consideration to the burden upon the licensee that could result if the requirements were imposed on the facility.
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l Mr. M. S. Kitlan North Catclina Electric Membership Regulatory Compliance Manager Corporation i
_ Duke Energy Corporation P. O. Box 27306 4800 Concord Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
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Senior Resident inspector Mr. Paul R. Newton 4830 Concord Road Legal Department (PB05E)
York, South Carolina 29745 l-Duka Energy Corporation l
_422 South Church Street Regional Adr.istrator, Reg!on ll j
Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atlanta Federal Center J. Michael McGarry, Ill, Esquire 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Suite 23T85 L
Winston and Strawn Atlanta, Georgia 30303 1400 L Street, NW l
Washington, DC 20005 Max Batavia, Chief North Carolina Municipal Power
. Bureau of Radiological Health South Carolina Department of 4'
- Agency Number 1 Health and Environmental Control 1427 Meadowwood Boulevard 2600 Bull Street P. O. Box 29513 Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 Mr, G. A. Copp Mr. Peter R. Harden, IV Licensing - EC050 Account Sales Manager Duke Energy Corporation i
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Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Division of Emergency Management 116 West Jones Street
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Division of Radiation Protection North Carolina Department of i
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