ML082480063

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1-Request for Additional Information the 2006 Steam Generator Inspection Report

ML082480063
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	09/11/2008
From:	Morgan N S Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Sena P FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Morgan N, NRR/DORL, 415-1016
References
TAC MD8392
Download: ML082480063 (5)

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September 11, 2008 Mr. Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077

SUBJECT:

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: THE 2006 STEAM GENERATOR INSPECTION REPORT (TAC NO. MD8392)

Dear Mr. Sena:

By letter dated March 18, 2008, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company submitted information summarizing the results of the 2007 steam generator (SG) tube inspections for Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 2 performed during the eighteenth refueling outage.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is reviewing the submittal and has determined that additional information is needed to complete its review. The specific questions are found in the enclosed request for additional information (RAI). The NRC staff is requesting a response to the RAI within 30 days of receipt.

Please contact me at (301) 415-1016, if you have any questions of this issue.

Sincerely, /RA/ Nadiyah S. Morgan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-334

Enclosure:

RAI cc w/encl: See next page

ML082480063 *See memo dated August 1, 2008 OFFICE LPLI-1/PM LPLI-1/LA DCI/CSGB/BC DORL/LPLI-1/BC NAME NMorgan SLittle AHiser* MKowal DATE 9/10/08 9/10/08 08/01/2008 9/11/08 Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc: Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308

James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308

Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308

David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Corporation Mail Stop A-GO-18 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308

Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44333

Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, Ohio 44333 Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (continued) cc: Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469

Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 150 Enclosure REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2007 STEAM GENERATOR TUBE INSPECTIONS FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION CORP.

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1 DOCKET NUMBER 50-334 By letter dated March 18, 2008, (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML080800448), FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (licensee) submitted information summarizing the results of the 2007 steam generator (SG) tube inspections at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 (BVPS-1). These inspections were performed during the eighteenth refueling outage (1R18). In order to complete the review of the document listed above, the NRC staff needs the following additional information:

1. Please provide the following design information on the BVPS-1 SGs:

a. Whether the u-bends were stress relieved after bending

b. The smallest u-bend radius (typically row 1) c. A tubesheet map d. The SG tube support plate naming convention used e. The tubing manufacturer f. Whether the SGs have a flow distribution baffle plate, and if so, a description of the plate

2. Please provide the cumulative effective full power months of operation that the SGs had accumulated at the first inservice inspection.

3. Please clarify whether any secondary side inspections (other than the secondary side visual inspection of the top of the tubesheet and in-bundle inspections of possible loose part locations) were performed. Please discuss the results of any secondary side inspections, including the visual inspection of the top of the tubesheet and the in-bundle inspections of possible loose part locations.