ML20215E763

Forwards Safety Evaluation Supporting Inservice Insp Relief Requests I-00008 & I-00013 Which Request Relief from ASME Code Section XI Requirements for Inservice Control Rod Drive Insp & Approval of 1983 ASME Code Re Inservice Insp Program

ML20215E763
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	10/06/1986
From:	Butler W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Kingsley O MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO.
Shared Package
ML20215E767	List: ML20215E763 ML20215E777
References
TAC-61929, TAC-62047, NUDOCS 8610150498
Download: ML20215E763 (2)

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October 6, 1966 Docket No. 50-416 DISTRIBUTION

.Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

Vice President, Nuclear Operations 9 Mississippi Power & Light Company OGC, Young P. O. Box 23054 M0'Brien Jackson, Mississippi 39205 LKintner

SUBJECT:

INSERVICE INSPECTION RELIEF REQUESTS NO. I-00008 AND NO I RE:

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS), Unit 1 By letter dated July 14, 1986, Mississippi Power and Light Company (MP&L) submitted No. I-00008. a request to revise the previously submitted Relief Request Relief Request No. I-00008, which requested relief from the ASME Code Section XI requirements for inservice inspection of control rod drive and in-core July 22, housing 1986. welds and flange bolting, was approved by staff's letter dated The revision was requested to correct the description of testing of welds and bolting provided in the licensee's basis for requesting relief.

By letters dated July 23 and August 15, 1986, No. I-00013 which requested relief from certain requirements in the 1977HP&L s Edition inspection of program.

the ASME Code which is the applicable code for the GGNS inservice Relief Request No. I-00013 requests approval of the use of a portion portion of theEdition in the 1977 1983ofEdition of the ASME Code instead of the corresponding the Code.

The NRC staff has completed its review of your submittals and has concluded that revised Relief Request No. I-00003 and Relief Request No. I-00013 are appropriate.

i inspection and testing requirements are impractical and, pursuan 50.55a(g)(6)(i), that the granting of relief, as conditioned in the enclosed safety evaluation, is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or 1 the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest. In  !

making this determination, the staff has given due consideration to the burden that could result if those requirements were imposed on your facility.

I Sincerely, orun91 W by Walter R. Butler, Director BWR Project Directorate No. 4 Division of BWR Licensing

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Robert B. McGehee, Esquire The Honorable William J. Guste, Jr. ~

Wise, Carter, Child, Steen and Caraway Attorney General P.O. Box 651 Department of Justice Jackson, Mississippi 39205 State of Louisiana Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 Nicholas S. Reynolds. Esquire Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell Office of the Governor and Reynolds State of Mississippi 1200 17th Street, N.W. Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Washington, D. C. 20036 Attorney General Mr. Ralph T. Lally Gartin Building Manager of Quality Assurance Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Middle South Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 61000 Mr. Jack McMillan, Director New Orleans, Louisiana 70161 Division of Solid Waste Management Mississippi Department of Natural Mr. Larry F. Dale, Director Resources Nuclear Licensing and Safety Bureau of Pollution Control Mississippi Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10385 P.O. Box 23054 Jackson, Mississippi 39209 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Alton B. Cobb, M.D.

Mr. R. W. Jackson, Project Engineer State Health Officer Bechtel Power Corporation State Board of Health 15740 Shady Grove Road P.O. Box 1700 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877-1454 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Mr. Ross C. Butcher President Senior Resident Inspector Claiborne County Board of Supervisors U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Co: mission Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Route 2, Box 399 ,

Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Mr. Ted H. Cloninger l Vice President, Nuclear Engineering  !

Regional Administrator, Region II and Support U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mississippi Power & Light Company 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Post Office Box 23054 1 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Mr. J. E. Cross Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Site Director <

Mississippi Power & Light Company I P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Mr. C. R. Hutchinson GGNS General Manager l Mississippi Power & Light Company Post Office Box 756 Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 l l

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