ML20211G518

Forwards SE Re second-10-yr Interval Inservice Insp Program Plan Request for Relief 98-004 for Plant,Unit 1

ML20211G518
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire
Issue date:	08/24/1999
From:	Emch R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Barron H DUKE POWER CO.
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ML20211G523	List: ML20211G518 ML20211G526
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TAC-MA4371, NUDOCS 9908310275
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i Mr. H. B. Barron August 24, 1999 Vics Presidint, McGuira Sits

. Duko En::rgy Corporation 12700 Hagers Ferry Road j Huntersville, North Carolina 28078-8985 j

SUBJECT:

MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 RE: SECOND 10-YEAR INTERVAL INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM PLAN REQUEST FOR RELIEF NO.98-004 (TAC NO. MA4371)

Dear Mr. Barron:

By letter dated November 24,1998, Duke Energy Corporation (DEC) requested the NRC staff '

approve the Second 10-Year interval Inservice inspection Program Plan Request for Relief 98-004 for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 1. The staff, with technical assistance from -

its contractor, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), has L reviewed and evaluated the information provided and has found your relief request acceptable.

The staff has concluded that certain inservice examinations are impractical and cannot be {

performed to the extent required by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and I Pressure Vessel Code at McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 1. Further, the staff concludes that j DEC's proposed alternatives provide reasonable assurance for the structuralintegrity of the subject welds. Therefore, for all parts of Relief Request 98-004 relief is granted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Reaulations (10 CFR) Section 50.55a(g)(6)(i).

The staff's evaluation and conclusions are contained in Enclosure 1. Enclosure 2 is the INEEL Technical Evaluation Report. The staff considers this matter resolved and is closing out TAC No. MA4371.

Sincerely, Original signed b Richard L. Emch, Jr.,y:hief, C Section 1 fDR P

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- Mr. H. B. Barron Vice President, McGuire Site Duke Energy Corporation 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, North Carolina 28078-8985

SUBJECT:

MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 RE: SECOND 10-YEAR INTERVAL INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM PLAN REQUEST FOR RELIEF NO.98-004 (TAC NO. MA4371)

Dear Mr. Barron:

l By letter dated November 24,1998, Duke Energy Corporation (DEC) requested the NRC staff l

approve the Second 10-Year Interval inservice Inspection Program Plan Request for Relief 98-004 for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 1. The staff, with technical assistance from its contractor, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), has reviewed and evaluated the information provided and has found your relief request acceptable.

The staff has concluded that certain inservice examinations are impractiqal and cannot be performed to the extent required by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code at McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 1. Further, the staff concludes that DEC's proposed alternatives provide reasonable assurance for the structural integrity of the

, subject welds. Therefore, for all parts of Relief Request 98-004 relief is granted pursuant to l Title 10 of the. Code of Federal Reaulations (10 CFR) Section 50.55a(g)(6)(i).

The staff's evaluation and conclusions are contained in Enclosure 1. Enclosure 2 is the INEEL Technical Evaluation Report. The staff considers this matter resolved and is closing out TAC No. MA4371.

Sincerely, t ,

Richard L. Emch, Jr., Chief, Section 1 Project Directorate 11 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-369

Enclosure:

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Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn Ms. Karen E. Long i

Legal Department (PBO5E) Assistant Attorney General , l Duke Energy Corporation North Carolina Department of -

422 South Church Street Justice i Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 P. O. Box 629

, Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 County Manager of Mecklenburg County L. A. Keller 720 East Fourth Street Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Licensing Duke Energy Corporation Michael T. Cash 526 South Church Street Regulatory Compliance Manager Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Duke Energy Corporation McGuire Nuclear Site Elaine Wathen, Lead REP Planner 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Division of Emergency Management Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 116 West Jones Street l Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-1335 )

J. Michael McGarry, lli, Esquire Winston and Strawn Mr. Richard M. Fry, Director 1400 L Street, NW. Division of Radiation Protection Washington, DC 20005 North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Senior Resident inspector Resources c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 3825 Barrett Drive 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 i Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 Mr. T. Richard Puryear Dr. John M. Barry Owners Group (NCEMC)

Mecklenberg County Duke Energy Corporation Department of Environmental 4800 Concord Road Protection York, South Carolina 29745 700 N. Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Mr. Steven P. Shaver Senior Sales Engineer Westinshouse Electric Company 5929 Carnegie Blvd.

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