ML091800277

FW: RR 31 and 32 RAI Request (Question 2.3.3)

ML091800277
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Site:	Saint Lucie, Turkey Point
Issue date:	06/29/2009
From:	Mozafari B Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Frehafer K Florida Power & Light Co
Mozafari B, NRR/ADRO/DORL, 415-2020
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From: Mozafari, Brenda Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 11:34 AM To: Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com Cc: Hoffman, Keith; 'Terri.Taylor@fpl.com'

Subject:

FW: RR 31 and 32 RAI request (Question 2.3.3)

Ken, By letter dated February 6, 2009, (Agencywide Documents Access & Management System (ADAMS) ML0904430304) the licensee, Florida Power and Light Company, submitted Requests for Relief RR 31 and 32 from the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, for St. Lucie, Unit 1. The requests for relief are for the third 10-year inservice inspection (ISI) interval, in which the licensee adopted the 1989 Edition of ASME Code Section XI, No Addenda, as the code of record.

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iii), the licensee has submitted RR-31 and RR-32 for limited examinations in multiple ASME Code Examination Categories. The ASME Code requires that 100% of the examination volumes or surface areas described in ASME Code,Section XI, Tables IWB-2500 and IWC-2500 be performed during each interval. The licensee stated that 100% of the ASME Code-required volumes or surface areas are impractical to obtain at St. Lucie, Unit 1.

10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iii) states that when licensees determine that conformance with ASME Code requirements is impractical at their facility, they shall submit information to support this determination. The NRC will evaluate such requests based on impracticality, and may impose alternatives, giving due consideration to public safety and the burden imposed on the licensee.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has reviewed the information submitted by the licensee, and based on this review, we are requesting the following information to complete the evaluation. The question 2.3.3 was clarified in a conference call on June 29, 2009, and restated as shown below:

2.3.3 Describe all nondestructive examinations that were performed on the subject welds during the replacement process, including examinations for construction code acceptance and/or pre-service inspection in accordance with ASME Section XI. This question can be provided when the licensee provides the response to the request for additional information made on May 11, 2009 (ML091590627).

The date we agreed to for the response is July 20, 2009 ( i.e., 3 weeks from June 29, 2009).

Please contact me if you have further concerns.

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FW: RR 31 and 32 RAI request (Question 2.3.3)

Sent Date: 6/29/2009 10:55:03 AM Received Date: 6/29/2009 11:33:00 AM From: Mozafari, Brenda Created By: Brenda.Mozafari@nrc.gov Recipients:

Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com (Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com)

Tracking Status: None Keith.Hoffman@nrc.gov (Hoffman, Keith)

Tracking Status: None Terri.Taylor@fpl.com ('Terri.Taylor@fpl.com')

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