ML20154G675

Forwards SE Authorizing 980501 Request for Relief 0IA-VPR-1 Re IST Automatic Depressurization Sys Safety Relief Valves at Plant,Units 2 & 3,per 10CFR50.55a(a)(3)(ii)

ML20154G675
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	10/01/1998
From:	Capra R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Geoffrey Edwards PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
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ML20154G680	List: ML20154G675 ML20154G682
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TAC-MA1741, TAC-MA1742, NUDOCS 9810130273
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Mr.Ga .:dwards October 1, 1998

. Directoi  : sing, MC 62A-1 PECO En t9, Comp:ny Nuclear Group Heaoquarters Correspondence Control Desk l

P. O. Box No.195 Wayne, PA 19087-0195

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR RELIEF OIA-VRR-1 FROM INSERVICE TESTING OF AUTOMATIC DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM SAFETY RELIEF VALVES AT PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 (TAC NOS.

MA1741 AND MA1742

Dear Mr. Edwards:

By a letter dated May 1,1998; PECO Energy Company (the licensee) requested amendments to change the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (PBAPS) Technical Specifications (TSs); and relief from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Operational Maintenance (OM)

Code inservice Testing (IST) requirements of plant Automatic Depressurization System (ADS) safety relief valves (SRVs). The request for amendments to the TSs will be addressed as a separate action. This action addresses the request for relief from ASME OM Code IST requirements.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff authorizes the proposed altamative to inservice testing of the ADS SRVs required by the ASME OM Code - 1990, paragraph ISTC 4.2 and paragraph I 3.4.1(d), Appendix I at PBAPS, Units 2 and 3.

The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's request and has determined that the licensee has demonstrated that the proposed altcmative to Code requirements provides assurance of adequate valve performance, and compliance with the Code would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in quality and safety. Therefore, the proposed altemative testing is authonzed pursuant to10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii). The staff's safety evaluation is enclosed.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mohan C. Thadani at 301-415-1476.

Sincerely,

/s Rober/ t A. Capra, Director Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - t/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-277 and 278

Enclosure:

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