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Forwards SER Re Util 870529 Request for Relief from Hydrostatic Testing After Repair to ASME Code Section XI, Class 1 Reactor Coolant Pump Seal Injection Line.Relief Justified
ML20214S883
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Site: Summer South Carolina Electric & Gas Company icon.png
Issue date: 06/03/1987
From: Adensam E
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Nauman D
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO.
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Docket No. 50-395 DISTRIBUTION: -

?Docketif11e . 0GC-B NRC & Local PDRs E. Jordan Mr. D. A. Nauman PD 21 r/t J. Partlow Vice President Nuclear Operations SVarga W. Haralton South Carolina Electric and Gas Company Glainas C. Svilers P. O. Box 764 (Mail Code 167) AD Region II ACRS(10)

Columbia, South Carolina 29218 EAdensam PAnderson

Dear Mr. Nauman:

JHayes

Subject:

Relief Request - ASME Code Section XI Requirements (Virgil C. Sumer Nuclear Station, Unit 1)

By a letter dated May 29, 1987, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (SCE&G) requested relief from hydrostatic testing after repair to the ASME Code Section XI, Class 1, reactor coolant pump seal injection line. In lieu of the required hydrostatic test, SCE&G proposed nondestructive examination consisting of surface and visual examination of the weld and an inservice leak test at nominal operating pressure.

We have determined that relief from the hydrostatic test required by Section XI is justified. The alternative examinations and test proposed by SCE&G, in lieu of the hydrostatic test requirement, will provide assurance of the structural integrity of the piping followin the repair. Relief is granted pursuant to paragraph 10 CFR 50.55a( )(1) based on our finding that (1) cartain specific requirements of Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Code,1977 Edition, through 1978 Addenda, are impractical and (2) such relief is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property, or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the public interest giving due consideration to the burden upon the licensee if such relief were not granted.

Our Safety Evaluation Report is enclosed.

Sincerely, I

)S Elinor G. Adensam, Director Project Directorate 11-1 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation cc: See next page

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. Mr. D. A. Nauman South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station cc:

Mr. William A. Williams, Jr.

Technical Assistant - Nuclear Operations Santee Cooper P.O. Box 764 (Mail Code 167)

Columbia, South Carolina 29218 J. B. Knotts, Jr., Esq.

Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds 1200 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 -

Resident Inspector / Summer NPS c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 1, Box 64 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 ,

Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Chairman, Fairfield County Council P.O. Box 293 Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180 Attorney Ger.eral Box 11549 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Mr. Heyward G. Shealy, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 9

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