ML20211Q867
| ML20211Q867 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 02/24/1987 |
| From: | Gucwa L GEORGIA POWER CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| 1142C, SL-2038C, NUDOCS 8703030205 | |
| Download: ML20211Q867 (2) | |
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Georgia Pbwer Company 333 Piedmont Avenuo Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Telephone 404 526-6526 Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 4545 Attanta. Georgia 30302 Georgia Power L T. Gucwe t% sournem eiectrc sprem Manager Nuclear Safety and Licensing 1142C February 24, 1987 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission i
ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C.
20555 NRC DOCKETS 50-321, 50-366 OPERATING LICENSES DPR-57, NPF-5 EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE, SECTION XI HYDROSTATIC LEAK TESTS Gentlemen:
In your letter dated February 10, 1987, to Mr. James P. O'Reilly of Georgia Power Company (GPC), you reaffirmed the NRC staff's position that the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI pressure tests must i
be performed prior to the reactor being critical.
Based upon tne staff
- position, GPC will imediately comence preparing the necessary procedures and Technical Specifications changes needed to assure the safe and expeditious performance of the pressure tests.
We appreciate your prompt response once you became aware of the Code Comittee s response to our inquiry regarding criticality during pressure testing.
This rapid turnaround allows GPC the time needed to generate the required procedures and Technical Specifications changes in support of the upcoming Plant Hatch Unit 1 outage, scheduled to comence on April 22, 1987.
Since completion of the Unit 1 outage is contingent upon your approval of these proposed Technical Specifications changes, we request that they be processed in a similar manner.
During the quarterly GPC/NRC meeting held on February 10, 1987, in Bethesda, Maryland, we discussed with members of the NRC staff (Hessrs.
Muller, Rivenbark, Cantrell, and Hermann) our disagreement with the NRC's position regarding the subject pressure tests and stated that we would be appealing the NRC decision regarding this matter.
Notwithstanding our full compliance with the new staff interpretation in order to avoid outage-related impact, a letter formalizing our appeal on this item, including the technical and legal bases, is being prepared and will be forwarded to you in the near future.
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c' o Georgia Powerd U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk February 24, 1987 Page Two Should you have any questions in this regard, please contact this office at any time.
Sincerely, L. T. Gucwa JDH/lc c:
Georgia Power Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Mr. s. P. O'Reilly Dr. J. N. Grace, Regional Administrator Mr. J. T. Beckham, Jr.
Mr. P. Holmes-Ray, Senior Resident Mr. H. C. Nix, Jr.
Inspector-Hatch GO-NORMS Il42C 700775