ML20211J582

Corrected Copy of ,Changing Application Date from 970625 to 990625.Ltr Forwarded SE Accepting Licensee 990625 Requests for Relief RR-E-2-03 - RR-E-2-08 from Exam Requirements of Applicable ASME Code,Section XI as Listed

ML20211J582
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	08/23/1999
From:	Stephen Dembek NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Ray H SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.
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TAC-MA6011, TAC-MA6012, NUDOCS 9909030187
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. . August 23, 1999 Mr. Harold B. Ray T ' Executive Vice President j Southem California Edison Company -

' San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station i P.O. Box 128'

!. San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

SUBJECT:

SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 - RELIEF FROM CERTAIN ASME CODE SUBSECTIONS IWE/lWL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTAINMENT INSERVICE INSPECTION (TAC NOS. MA6011 AND

. MA6012)

Dear Mr. Ray:

By letter dated June 25,diibiyou submitted to the NRC requests for relief (Relief Request l (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 FederalRegister41303) requiring licensees

.to meet Subsections IWE and IWL 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)(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 alternatives in RR-E-2-05 l through RR-E-2-08 are authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii).-

l l Our safety evaluation on these requests for reliefis enclosed.

J ,

Sincerely .

' Original signed by S. Richards for L . Stephen Dembek, Chief, Section 2 Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation j ~ Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50 362

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