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Informs of Extended Second Interval IST Program Dates to Provide Addl Time for Implementing Program Revisions & Provide NRC Staff Addl Review Time.Approval of Third ten-yr Interval IST Program Requested by 980630
ML20212B745
Person / Time
Site: Peach Bottom  
Issue date: 10/21/1997
From: Hunger G
PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NUDOCS 9710280189
Download: ML20212B745 (2)


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Station Support Department 10 CFR 50.55a

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PECO NUCLEARi nw%C-905 ChestertroCA Boulevard

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Wayne. PA 19087-5691 0:tober 21,1997 Dockat Nos. 50-277 50-278 L

License Nas. DPR-44 DPR-56

. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 Inservice Testing (IST) Program Dates

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Letter from T. N. Mitchell (PECO Energy Company) to U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC),

t dated May 8,1997 2)

Letter from G. A. Hunger, Jr. (PECO Energy Company) to USNRC, dated January 30,1997 3)

Letter from G. A. Hunger, Jr. (PECO Energy Company) to USNRC, dated June 12,1996-4)

Letter from G. A. Hunger, Jr. (PECO Energy Company) to USNRC, dated March 27,1995 5)

Letter from G. J. Beck (Philadelphia Electric Company) to USNRC, dated February 25,1991 6)

Letter from J. W. Gallagher (Philadelphia Electric Company) to W. T. Russell (USNRC), dated August 17,1988

Dear Sir:

In the Reference 1 letter, PECO Energy Company (PECO Energy) provided for f

'your review and approval the relief requests and an alternative plan associated -

y' ) D with the third, ten-year-interval, inservice Testing (IST) Program for the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (PBAPS), Units 2 and 3. As discussed in the Reference 1 letter, based on the conclusion date of the current second interval, which is scheduled to occur on November 4,1997, we requested your review and approval by September 1,1997. As a result of further conversations between the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) Project Manager and PECO Energy Licensing Staff, we agreed upon a revised target date of 9710290199 971021 D

October 21,1997 j

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. November 1,1997 for your approval. Upon further review, PECO Energy is -

extending the second interval IST Program dates to provide additional time for implementing program revisions, and to provide USNRC staff additional review time.

The new second interval IST dates are as follows:

PBAPS, Unit 2 - September 19,1986 to August 14,1998 PBAPS, Unit 3 - December 23,1985 to August 14,1998 Therefore, PECO Energy is requesting approval of the third, ten-year-interval, inservice Testing Program by June 30,1998. The third interval dates will be as follows:

A PBAPS, Units 2 and 3 - August 15,1998 to August 14,2008 In accordance with 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(4), the second interval IST Program for PBAPS, Units 2 and 3 conforms to ASME Section XI,1980 Edition through f

L Winter 1981 addendum. This edition and addendum permits an interval to be decreased or extended by as much as one (1) year, and extended to account for F

units that are out of service for six (6) months or more (paragraph IWA-2400(c)).

In the Reference two (2) through six (6) letters, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) was notified of revisions to the dates of the second e

Inservice Inspection (ISI) and Inservice Testing (IST) Program intervals for PBAPS, Units 2 and 3. Based on IWA-2400(c), the second interval IST Program concluding date for PBAPS, Units 2 and 3 will be extended by approximately j

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If you have any questions, please contact us.

p Very truly yours,--

.N.

G. A. Hunger, Director-l.icensing o

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H. J. Miller, Administrator, Region I, USNRC 4

j R. S. Barkley,'USNRC Senior Resident inspector, PBAPS

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