ML20070U141

Notifies of Delay of Final Decision Re Wide Range Neutron Flux Monitoring Instrumentation Installation Schedule

ML20070U141
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	03/28/1991
From:	Crimmins T Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NLR-N91042, NUDOCS 9104080178
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PutSC $PfVke ll6ctne arid GM Compaay Thomas M, Crimmins, Jr. Pub 5C Service Electoc and Gas Compe.ay P.O Box 23E Hancom Bodyt NJ 08038 609-339 4700 s ce %oet N a g ne y MAR 2 8 1991 NLR-N91042 i S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Do ument Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

WIDE RANGE NEUTRON FLUX MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 On April 23, 1990, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) submitted a commitment to the NRC to provide a detailed schedule for installation of a Regulatory Guide 1.97 qualified Wide Range Neutron Monitoring System (WRNMS). This commitment, which was made following the NRC's rejection of a BWR Owners Group (BWROG) appeal on this issue, became due within 180 days of the NRC's October 3, 1990 approval of the General Electric WRNMS design.

Since that time, PSE&G has followed the progress of a subsequent BWROG appeal of the WRNMS requirement and strongly endorses the bases of that appeal. The WRNMS design, while providing a number of attractive features, as described in the LWROG arguments, does not provide increased safety benefit commensurate with its' attendant costs. PSE&G believes that the resources necessary to purchace and install the WRNMS could be better expended on more safety-significant plant improvements. Therefore, pending NRC's resolution of the BWROG appeal, we have delayed a final decision regarding a WRNMS installation-schedule.

Should you have ar./ questions regarding this letter, we will be pleased to discus them with you.

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