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==Dear Mr. Sena:==
==Dear Mr. Sena:==
By letter dated December 18, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML 15352A127), as supplemented by letter dated June 10, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16162A709), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG or the licensee) submitted Relief Requests GR-01, PR-01, PR-02, VR-01, and VR-02, for the fourth 10-year inservice testing interval for the Hope Creek Generating Station. These proposed alternatives apply to certain requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants and were submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Sections 50.55a(a)(z)(1) and 50.55a(a)(z)(2). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the licensee's application and, based upon this review, determined that additional information is needed for Relief Request VR-02, "Main Steam Safety Relief Valves," as set forth in the enclosed Request for Additional Information. On August 3, 2016, a draft of these questions was sent to Mr. Paul Duke of your staff to ensure that the questions were understandable, the regulatory basis for the questions was clear, and to determine if the information was previously docketed. On August 18, 2016, a teleconference was held to clarify the questions. Mr. Duke indicated that PSEG will submit a response within 30 days of the date of this letter.
By letter dated December 18, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML 15352A127), as supplemented by letter dated June 10, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16162A709), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG or the licensee) submitted Relief Requests GR-01, PR-01, PR-02, VR-01, and VR-02, for the fourth 10-year inservice testing interval for the Hope Creek Generating Station. These proposed alternatives apply to certain requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants and were submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Sections 50.55a(a)(z)(1) and 50.55a(a)(z)(2). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the licensee's application and, based upon this review, determined that additional information is needed for Relief Request VR-02, "Main Steam Safety Relief Valves," as set forth in the enclosed Request for Additional Information. On August 3, 2016, a draft of these questions was sent to Mr. Paul Duke of your staff to ensure that the questions were understandable, the regulatory basis for the questions was clear, and to determine if the information was previously docketed. On August 18, 2016, a teleconference was held to clarify the questions. Mr. Duke indicated that PSEG will submit a response within 30 days of the date of this letter.
P. Sena If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1603 or by e-mail at Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. Docket No. 50-354  
P. Sena If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1603 or by e-mail at Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. Docket No. 50-354  


==Enclosure:==
==Enclosure:==
Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv Carleen J. a ker, Project Manager Plant Licens , g Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING RELIEF REQUEST VR-02 FOR THE INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM FOURTH 10-YEAR INTERVAL PSEG NUCLEAR LLC HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 By letter dated December 18, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML 15352A127), as supplemented by letter dated June 10, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16162A709), PSEG Nuclear LLC submitted Relief Requests GR-01, PR-01, PR-02, VR-01, and VR-02, for the fourth 10-year inservice testing interval for the Hope Creek Generating Station. These proposed alternatives apply to certain requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants (ASME OM Code) and were submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 50.55a(a)(z)(1) and 50.55a(a)(z)(2). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the licensee's application and, based upon this review, determined that following additional information is needed for Relief Request VR-02: Relief Request VR-02: The regulations in 10 CFR 50.55a(f), "lnservice testing requirements," require, in part, that inservice testing of certain ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 components must meet the requirements of the ASME OM Code and applicable addenda, except where alternatives have been authorized pursuant to paragraphs 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(1) or 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(2). 1. How will the ASME OM Code sample test requirement of l-1320(a) (i.e., 20 percent per 24 months) be applied to the main steam pressure relief valves? 2. How will the 20 percent be determined? 3. Will the two stage and three stage Target Rock valves be in separate groups (a group being defined in accordance with 1-1200)? 4. How will the change in the number of three stage versus two stage Target Rock valves affect the grouping(s)?
Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv Carleen J. a ker, Project Manager Plant Licens , g Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING RELIEF REQUEST VR-02 FOR THE INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM FOURTH 10-YEAR INTERVAL PSEG NUCLEAR LLC HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 By letter dated December 18, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML 15352A127), as supplemented by letter dated June 10, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16162A709), PSEG Nuclear LLC submitted Relief Requests GR-01, PR-01, PR-02, VR-01, and VR-02, for the fourth 10-year inservice testing interval for the Hope Creek Generating Station. These proposed alternatives apply to certain requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants (ASME OM Code) and were submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 50.55a(a)(z)(1) and 50.55a(a)(z)(2). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the licensee's application and, based upon this review, determined that following additional information is needed for Relief Request VR-02: Relief Request VR-02: The regulations in 10 CFR 50.55a(f), "lnservice testing requirements," require, in part, that inservice testing of certain ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 components must meet the requirements of the ASME OM Code and applicable addenda, except where alternatives have been authorized pursuant to paragraphs 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(1) or 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(2). 1. How will the ASME OM Code sample test requirement of l-1320(a) (i.e., 20 percent per 24 months) be applied to the main steam pressure relief valves? 2. How will the 20 percent be determined? 3. Will the two stage and three stage Target Rock valves be in separate groups (a group being defined in accordance with 1-1200)? 4. How will the change in the number of three stage versus two stage Target Rock valves affect the grouping(s)?
P.Sena If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1603 or by e-mail at Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA/ Carleen J. Parker, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354  
P.Sena If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1603 or by e-mail at Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA/ Carleen J. Parker, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354  


==Enclosure:==
==Enclosure:==
Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION: PUBLIC RidsNrrPMHopeCreek Resource ResourceRidsNrrDeEpnb Resource MHamm, NRR RidsRgn1 MailCenter Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 Resource RidsACRS_MailCTR Resource RidsNrrDorlDpr Resource ADAMS A ccess1on N o.: ML 16231A427 OFFICE DORL/LPL 1-2/PM DORL/LPL 1-2/LA DE/EPNB/BC* NAME CParker LRonewicz DAiiey DATE 08/23/16 08/22/16 07/12/16 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY RidsNrrLALRonewicz Resource LPLl-2 R/F JBillerbeck, NRR *b >V e-ma1 DORL/LPL 1-2/BC DORL/LPL 1-2/PM DBroaddus CSanders 08/23/16 08/24/16   
Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION: PUBLIC RidsNrrPMHopeCreek Resource ResourceRidsNrrDeEpnb Resource MHamm, NRR RidsRgn1 MailCenter Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 Resource RidsACRS_MailCTR Resource RidsNrrDorlDpr Resource ADAMS A ccess1on N o.: ML 16231A427 OFFICE DORL/LPL 1-2/PM DORL/LPL 1-2/LA DE/EPNB/BC* NAME CParker LRonewicz DAiiey DATE 08/23/16 08/22/16 07/12/16 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY RidsNrrLALRonewicz Resource LPLl-2 R/F JBillerbeck, NRR *b >V e-ma1 DORL/LPL 1-2/BC DORL/LPL 1-2/PM DBroaddus CSanders 08/23/16 08/24/16   
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Revision as of 02:39, 6 May 2018

Hope Creek Generating Station Request for Additional Information Regarding Relief Request VR-02, Associated with the Fourth 10-Year Inservice Test Interval (CAC No. MF7201)
ML16231A427
Person / Time
Site: Hope Creek PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 08/24/2016
From: Carleen Parker
Plant Licensing Branch 1
To: Sena P P
Public Service Enterprise Group
Parker C J, NRR/DORL/LPLI-II, 415-1603
References
CAC MF7201
Download: ML16231A427 (4)


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Mr. Peter P. Sena, Ill President PSEG Nuclear LLC -N09 P.O. Box 236 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 24, 2016 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION -REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING RELIEF REQUEST VR-02, ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOURTH 10-YEAR INSERVICE TEST INTERVAL (CAC NO. MF7201)

Dear Mr. Sena:

By letter dated December 18, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML 15352A127), as supplemented by letter dated June 10, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16162A709), PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG or the licensee) submitted Relief Requests GR-01, PR-01, PR-02, VR-01, and VR-02, for the fourth 10-year inservice testing interval for the Hope Creek Generating Station. These proposed alternatives apply to certain requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants and were submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Sections 50.55a(a)(z)(1) and 50.55a(a)(z)(2). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the licensee's application and, based upon this review, determined that additional information is needed for Relief Request VR-02, "Main Steam Safety Relief Valves," as set forth in the enclosed Request for Additional Information. On August 3, 2016, a draft of these questions was sent to Mr. Paul Duke of your staff to ensure that the questions were understandable, the regulatory basis for the questions was clear, and to determine if the information was previously docketed. On August 18, 2016, a teleconference was held to clarify the questions. Mr. Duke indicated that PSEG will submit a response within 30 days of the date of this letter.

P. Sena If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1603 or by e-mail at Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. Docket No. 50-354

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv Carleen J. a ker, Project Manager Plant Licens , g Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING RELIEF REQUEST VR-02 FOR THE INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM FOURTH 10-YEAR INTERVAL PSEG NUCLEAR LLC HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 By letter dated December 18, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML 15352A127), as supplemented by letter dated June 10, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16162A709), PSEG Nuclear LLC submitted Relief Requests GR-01, PR-01, PR-02, VR-01, and VR-02, for the fourth 10-year inservice testing interval for the Hope Creek Generating Station. These proposed alternatives apply to certain requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants (ASME OM Code) and were submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 50.55a(a)(z)(1) and 50.55a(a)(z)(2). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the licensee's application and, based upon this review, determined that following additional information is needed for Relief Request VR-02: Relief Request VR-02: The regulations in 10 CFR 50.55a(f), "lnservice testing requirements," require, in part, that inservice testing of certain ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 components must meet the requirements of the ASME OM Code and applicable addenda, except where alternatives have been authorized pursuant to paragraphs 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(1) or 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(2). 1. How will the ASME OM Code sample test requirement of l-1320(a) (i.e., 20 percent per 24 months) be applied to the main steam pressure relief valves? 2. How will the 20 percent be determined? 3. Will the two stage and three stage Target Rock valves be in separate groups (a group being defined in accordance with 1-1200)? 4. How will the change in the number of three stage versus two stage Target Rock valves affect the grouping(s)?

P.Sena If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1603 or by e-mail at Carleen.Parker@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA/ Carleen J. Parker, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION: PUBLIC RidsNrrPMHopeCreek Resource ResourceRidsNrrDeEpnb Resource MHamm, NRR RidsRgn1 MailCenter Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 Resource RidsACRS_MailCTR Resource RidsNrrDorlDpr Resource ADAMS A ccess1on N o.: ML 16231A427 OFFICE DORL/LPL 1-2/PM DORL/LPL 1-2/LA DE/EPNB/BC* NAME CParker LRonewicz DAiiey DATE 08/23/16 08/22/16 07/12/16 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY RidsNrrLALRonewicz Resource LPLl-2 R/F JBillerbeck, NRR *b >V e-ma1 DORL/LPL 1-2/BC DORL/LPL 1-2/PM DBroaddus CSanders 08/23/16 08/24/16