ML20211H856
| ML20211H856 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 08/23/1999 |
| From: | Stephen Dembek NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Ray H SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20211H860 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-MA6011, TAC-MA6012, NUDOCS 9909020194 | |
| Download: ML20211H856 (3) | |
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- Mr. HNold B.' Ray.
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- San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
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SUBJECT:
~ SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 - RELIEF FROM CERTAIN ASME CODE SUBSECTIONS IWEllWL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTAINMENT INSERVICE INSPECTION (TAC NOS. MA6011 AND MA6012)
Dear Mr. ; Ray:
By letter dated June 25,1997, you submitted to the NRC requests for relief (Relief Request
- (RR) Nos. RR-E-2-03 through RR-E-2-08) from the examination requirements of the applicable American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code,Section XI, for the first containment
. inservice inspection (ISI) interval.' The request stated that the reliefs were needed as a result of the change to 10 CFR 50.55a (August 8,1996,61 Federal Register 41303) requiring licensees to meet Subsections IWE and IWL of the ASME Code.
1 The NRC staff has evaluated the information provided and concludes that the proposed attematives in RR-E-2-03 and RR-E-2-04 provide an acceptable level of quality and safety and are therefore authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(l). Further, the staff concludes that
. for RR-E-2-05, RR-E-2-06, RR-E-2-07 and RR-E-2-08, compliance with the specified requirements of the Code would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating
- Increase in the' level of quality' and safety. Therefore, the proposed attematives in RR-E-2-05 through RR-E-2-08 are authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii).
Our safety evaluation on these requests for relief is enclosed.
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SUBJECT:
SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 - RELIEF FROM CERTAIN ASME CODE SUBSECTIONS IWE/lWL REQUIREMENTS i
FOR CONTAINMENT INSERVICE INSPECTION (TAC NOS. MA6011 AND MA6012)
Dear Mr. Ray:
By letter dated June 25,1997, you submitted to the NRC requests for relief (Relief Request (RR) Nos. RR-E-2-03 through RR-E-2-08) from the examination requirements of the applicable American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code,Section XI, for the first containment inservice inspection (ISI) interval. The request stated that the reliefs were needed as a result of the change to 10 CFR 50.55a (August 8,1996,61 Federal Register 41303) requiring licensees to meet Subsections IWE and lWL of the ASME Code.
The NRC staff has evaluated the information provided and concludes that the proposed alternatives in RR-E-2-03 and RR-E-2-04 provide an acceptable level of quality and safety and are therefore authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(i). Further, the staff concludes that for RR-E-2-05, RR-E-2-06, RR-E-2-07 and RR-E-2-08, compliance with the specified requirements of the Code would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. Therefore, the proposed alternatives in RR-E-2-05 through RR-E 2-08 are authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii).
Our safety evaluation on these requests for relief is enclosed.
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Stephen Dembek, Chief, Section 2 Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362
Enclosure:
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Mr R. W. Krieger, Vice President Mayor Southem Califomia Edison Company City of San Clemente San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station 100 Avenida Presidio -
- P. O. Box 128 San Clemente, CA 92672 i
San Clemente, CA 92674-0128 Mr. Dwight E. Nunn, Vice President Chairman, Board of Supervisors Southern Califomia Edison Company County of San Diego San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335 P.O. Box 128 San Diego, CA 92101 San Clemente, CA 92674-0128 Alan R. Watts, Esq.
f Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart 701 S. Parker St. No. 7000 Orange, CA 92668-4720 Mr. Sherwin Harris Resource Project Manager Public Utilities Department i
City of Riverside 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA 92522
- Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Harris Tower & Pavilion 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Mr. Michael Olson San Onofre Liaison San Diego Gas & Electric Company P.O. Box 1831 San Diego, CA 92112-415C
. Mr. Steve Hsu Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Services Post Office Box 942732 Sacramento, CA 94234 Resident inspector / San Onofre NPS c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 4329 San Clemente, CA 92674 June 1999 m
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