ML20236A229

Responds to 881103 Request Re Use of ASME Code Cases N-356, N-445 & N-446.Code Cases Acceptable for Use in Facility Inservice Insp Program

ML20236A229
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	03/08/1989
From:	Tam P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Sieber J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
References
TAC-71084, TAC-71085, NUDOCS 8903160501
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Mr. J.D. Sieber, Vice President Duquesne Light Company l Nuclear Group Post Office Box 4 -

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SUBJECT:

BEAVER VALLEY UNITS 1 & 2 - USE OF ASME CODE CASES N-356, N-445 AND N-446(TAC 71084AND71085) i T.his is in response to your request submitted by letter dated November 3, 1988 regarding use of the above three code cases.

Code Case N-356 " Certification Period for Level III Personnel" was approved by the ASME Code on July 16, 1982 and was reaffirmed on October 23, 1985 and October 23, 1988. The objective of this case is to extend the certification  !

period for Level III NDE personnel to five years.

Code Case N-445 "Use of Later Editions of SNT-TC-1A for Qualification of Nondestructive Examination Personnel" was approved by the ASME Code on May 7, 1987. The objective of this case is to permit the use of editions of SNT-TC-1A up to and including the 1984 Edition. ,

i Code Case N-446 " Decertification of Visual Examination Personnel" was approved by the ASME on May 7, 1987. The objective of this case is to permit the decertification by examination of Level III visual examination personnel every i five years.  ;

These three code cases have not been referenced in Revision 6 of Regulatory Guide 1.147. However, the information from Code Cases N-356 and N-445 has been incorporated into editions of ASME Section XI, which are referenced in 10

.1 CFR50.55a(b). Therefore, we find that these code cases are acceptable for use in the Beaver Valley inservice inspection program.

Code Case N-446 has been incorporated into the 1986 Addenda of AStiE Section XI, which has not yet been referenced in the regulation. Since Level III NDE personnel may be certified for a five year period, we find the decertification of Level III visual examination personnel for five years to be similarly acceptable. Therefore, Code Case N-446 is acceptable for use.

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Mr. J.D. Sieber i Pursuant to 10 CFR-50.55a(a)(3)(1) we conclude that Code Cases N-356, N-445, and N-446 will provide an acceptable level of quality and safety. This completes our efforts. The reviewer was Mr. M. Hum.

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2300 N Street, N.W. Environmental Resources l Washington, DC 20037 ATTN: R. Janati Post Office Box 2063 Kenny Grada, Manager Harrisburg,. Pennsylvania 17120 Nuclear Safety Duquesne Light Company Mayor of the Borrough of P. O. Box 4 Shippingport Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077 Post Office Box 3 Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077 John A. Lee, Esquire Ashley C. Schannauer  !

Duquesne Light Company Assistant City Solicitor One Oxford Centre City of Pittsburgh 301 Grant Street 313 City-County Building Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15279 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 W.F. Carmichael, Commissioner Regional Administrator, Region I Department of Labor U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission I, 1800 Washington Street East 475 Allendale Road i Charleston, West Virginia 25305 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 I John D. Borrows Resident Inspector i Director, Utilities Department U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission '

Public Utilities Commission Post Office Box 181 180 East Broad Street Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077  ;

Columbus, Ohio 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Post Office Box 3321 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-3321 i

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