ML20205C738

Requests Written Confirmation by 851201 of Licensee Understanding That Relief Granted from ASME Refueling Water Storage Tank Check Valve Inservice Testing Requirements to Facilitate Planning of Equivalent Flow Test

ML20205C738
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	09/16/1985
From:	Mcdonald R ALABAMA POWER CO.
To:	Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8509230185
Download: ML20205C738 (1)

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Mailing AddreCs Alabama Power Company 600 Wrth 18th Street i

Post Office Bon 2641 Birmingham, Alabama 35291 t

Te' phone 205 783-6090 4

R. P. Mcdonald 1

Senior Vice President Fhntridge Building y yyyj) y Q)g September 16, 1985 i

Docket Nos. 50-348 1

50-364 e

i Director, Nuclear Reactor Regulation U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission i

Washington, D.C.

2055b Attention: Mr. S. A. i irga i

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant - Units 1 and 2 j

Refueling Water Storage Tank Check Valve Inservice Testing l

Gentlemen

• i By letter dated November 15, 1984, the NRC transmitted u Safety Evaluation for performing the inservice testing of the Refueling Water Storage Tank (RWST) Containment Spray suction check valve for each unit.

i The NRC safety evaluation provided a clear description of the required

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j frequency of the disassembly test method, but Alabama Power Company is

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j uncertain whether the relief included the required frequency of the i

equivalent flow test method.

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It is Alabama Power Company's understanding that relief was granted to either 1) disassemble the RWST check valve or 2) perform a test which will demonstrate equivaler.t flow through the check valve.

This relief was provided on a refueling outage basis and not every cold shutdown as stated in the ASME Section XI Code Section IWV-3522.

Alabama Power Company requests written confirmation of the aforementioned position by December 1,1985 in order to facilitate planning for an equivalent flow test during the upcoming Unit 1 and 2 refueling j

outages.

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If there are any q"estions, please advise, f

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Yours very tr NY 9

f i-R. P. Mcdonald t

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Hr. E. A. Reeves Mr. W. H. Bradford l

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