ML20215J404

Responds to 870410 Request for Clarification of 60-day Reporting Provisions of Generic Ltr 87-02 Re USI A-46, Equipment Seismic Adequacy Verification Requirements. Response to Generic Ltr Extended to 871201

ML20215J404
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	04/28/1987
From:	Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Smith N SEISMIC QUALIFICATION UTILITY GROUP
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ML20214H001	List: ML20214G998 ML20215J404
References
REF-GTECI-A-46, REF-GTECI-RV, TASK-A-46, TASK-OR GL-87-02, NUDOCS 8705080002
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, .i Mr. Neil P. Smith Chaiman

-Seismic Qualification Utility Group 801 18th Street, N.W.

Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20006,

Dear Mr. Smith:

I have received 'your letter dated April 10, 1987 iequesting clarification of the 60-day reporting provisions of Generic Letter 87-02. In Generic Letter 87-02, the staff requested that each licensee subject to the USI A-46 equipment seismic adequacy verification requirements provide a schedule for

- implementation of the seismic verificatio'n within 60 days of receipt of the Generic Letter.

If y w b t W y0y stated that licensees who belong to the Seismic Quabiication 'di.iHty Group (SQUG) will be unable to provide 'a schedule for ,

implementation at this time because the generic implementation procedures are still under development by the SQUG and will not be finalized until the completiot: of several trial plant reviews.

The staff hapreviewed your request and concluded that it is appropriate to extend the 60-day reporting provisions of Generic Letter 87-02 for SQUG licensees until the generic implementation procedures are better defined and the trial plant reviews are completed. It is my understanding that the SQUG generic implementation procedures should be essentially complete before October 1,1987. By that date at least two trial plant reviews will have been completed and the generic implementation proceilures sufficiently defined and reviewed by NRC staff so~that licensees can plan and schedule their plant specific reviews.

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All licensees participating in the USI A-46 SQUG implementation program should provide the schedule.for plant specific implementation no later than December 1, 1987. The NRC staff will review and evaluate the generic procedures by October 1, to allow each utility,60 days to prepare their replies to the generic letter.

Sincerely, Thomas E. Murley, 0;. M ur Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ,

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Mr. Ralph G. Bird Sc: ten Edison Company Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station cc:

Mr. K. P. Roberts, Station Manager Roston Edison Company N/C Nuclear Boston Edison Company ATTN: Ralph G. Bird RFD #1, Rocky Hill Road Senior Vice President - Nuclear Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 800 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02199 Resident Inspector's Office U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 867 Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Chairman, Board of Selectmen 11 Lincoln Street Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Office of the Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Environmental Ouality Engineering One Winter Street Boston, Massachusetts 0?108 Office of the Attorney General 1 Ashburton Place

19th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02108 1 . ,

Mr. Robert M. Hallisey, Director Radiation Control Program Massachusetts Department of Public Health 150 Tremont Street, 2nd Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Tennsylvania 19a06 Mr. James D. Keyes Boston Edison Company r P5 Braintree Hill Office Park Braintree, Massachusetts 02184 [ 7;d MF o N, j ,s < //

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