ML20236R819

Forwards SE Supporting 980617 & 23 Relief Requests from Provisions of ASME Code to Perform Temporary non-Code Repair to 1-inch Nominal Pipe Size HPCI Drain Line.Ltr Documents 980619 Verbal Approval & Closes TAC MA2067

ML20236R819
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	07/15/1998
From:	Capra R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Geoffrey Edwards PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
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TAC-MA2067, NUDOCS 9807220297
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION wAsMiwaTON, D.C. 20N&OOD1 July 15, 1998 Mr. Garrett D. Edwards Director-Licensing, MC 62A-1 PECO Energy Company Nuclear Group Headquarters .

Correspondence Control Desk P.O. Box 195 Wayne, PA 19087-0195

SUBJECT:

RELIEF REQUEST FOR USE OF TEMPORARY NON-CODE REPAIR TO A 1-INCH HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION DRAIN LINE 'AT PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNIT 2 (TAC NO. MA2067)

Dear Mr. Edwards:

By letters dated June 17 and June 23,1998, PECO Energy Company requested relief from the provisions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code in order to perform a temporary non-Code repair to a 1-inch nominal pipe size high pressure coolant injection drain line at Peach Bottom Unit 2. The repair would consist of a welded on split sleeve that would encapsulate the area of the drain line containing the flaw, a small through-wallleak at a socket weld.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff authorizes the proposed alternative (a one-time temporary non-Code repair) pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii). Installation of the above described temporary non-Code repair will provide assurance of continued integrity of the piping and ensure that the system adequately performs its safety function until the permanent repair / replacement is installed during the next refueling outage for the unit currently scheduled to commence October 1998. Therefore, compliance with the Code (requiring shutdown of the unit) would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. This letter formally documents the NRC's June 19.1998, verbal approval of the temporary non-Code repair cited above and we are, therefore, closing out TAC No.

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J. W. Durham, Sr., Esquire Chief-Division of Nuclear Safety Sr. V.P. & General Counsel PA Dept. of PECO Energy Company Environmental Resources 2301 Market Street, S26-1 P.O. Box 8469 Philadelphia, PA 19101 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 PECO Energy Company ATTN: Mr. T. N. Mitchell, Vice President Board of Supervisors Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Peach Bottom Township 1848 Lay Road R. D. #1 Delta, PA 17314 Delta, PA 17314 PECO Energy Company . Public Service Commission of Maryland ATTN: Regulatory Engineer, A4-SS Engineering Division Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Chief Engineer

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Resident inspector Mr. Richard McLean U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Power Plant and Environmental

. Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station ' Review Division P.O. Box 399 Department of Natural Resources l

Delta, PA 17314 B-3, Tawes State Office Building Annapolis, MD 21401 Regions: Administrator, Region i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dr. Judith Johnsrud 475 Allendale Road ' National Energy Committee King of Prussia, PA 19406 Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue L Mr. Roland Fletcher State College, PA 16803

. Department of Environment 201 West Preston Street Manager-Financial Control & Co-Owner.

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Public Service Electric and Gas A. F. Kirby, lll Company Extemal Operations - Nuclear P.O. Box 236 '

. Delmarva Power & Light Company Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236 P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Manager Peach Bottom Licensing PECO Energy Company

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