ML19087A143

Cover Letter - Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4 PSI/ISI-ALT-06, Preservice and Inservice Inspection Requirements for Specific Valve-to-Pipe Welds, Transmittal Letter

ML19087A143
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	04/25/2019
From:	Jennifer Dixon-Herrity NRC/NRO/DLSE/LB2
To:	Whitley B Southern Nuclear Operating Co
HABIB D/415-1035
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Download: ML19087A143 (6)

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April 25, 2019 Mr. Brian H. Whitley, Director Regulatory Affairs Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

3535 Colonnade Parkway, Bin N-226-EC Birmingham, AL 35243

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 3 AND 4 - REQUEST FOR ALTERNATIVE UNDER TITLE 10 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, SECTION 50.55a(z)(1): PRESERVICE AND INSERVICE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC VALVE-TO-PIPE WELDS (PSI/ISI-ALT-06)

Dear Mr. Whitley:

By letter dated October 19, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18292A789), as supplemented by letters dated January 28, 2019, and April 5, 2019, (ADAMS Accession No. ML19028A449 and ML19095B589], Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., (SNC or the licensee) submitted Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4 - Request for Alternative: Preservice and Inservice Inspection Requirements for Specific Valve-to-Pipe Welds (PSI/ISI-ALT-06) to request U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval of an alternative, pursuant to § 50.55a(z)(1) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), to the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code),Section XI, for applicable preservice and inservice inspection (PSI/ISI) of a specific subset of ASME Code Class 1 and 2 valve-to-pipe welds in ASME Code,Section XI Table IWB-2500-1 examination Category B-J and Table IWC-2500-1 examination Category C-F-1, and ASME Code Class 3 valve-to-pipe welds treated as Class 2. The proposed alternative would allow SNC to eliminate the volumetric examination requirement for the austenitic stainless steel valve material and allow performance of the inspection for the pipe base material and entire weld from the pipe side, during the PSI/ISI at VEGP Units 3 and 4.

The staff has reviewed the subject request and concludes that the licensee has demonstrated that the proposed alternative provides an acceptable level of quality and safety. Therefore, the staff authorizes the proposed alternative pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(1) for VEGP Units 3 and 4.

B. Whitley If you have any questions, please contact Donald Habib, Project Manager at (301) 415-1035 or Donald.Habib@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity, Chief Licensing Branch 2 Division of Licensing, Siting, and Environmental Analysis, Office of New Reactors Docket Nos.: 52-025 and 52-026

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation cc: See next page

ML19087A172 - Package NRO-008 OFFICE DLSE/LB2:PM DLSE/LB2:LA NRO/DE/MCB:BC DLSE/LB2:PM NAME DHabib RButler MMitchell CPatel DATE 4/16/19 3/27/19 4/19/19 4/23/19 OFFICE DLSE/LB2:BC NAME JDixon-Herrity DATE 4/24/19

Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Mailing List (Revised 08/16/2018) cc:

Office of the Attorney General Resident Inspector 40 Capitol Square, SW Vogtle Plant Units 3 & 4 Atlanta, GA 30334 8805 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830 Resident Manager Oglethorpe Power Corporation Mr. Barty Simonton Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant Team Leader 7821 River Road Environmental Radiation Program Waynesboro, GA 30830 Air Protection Branch Environmental Protection Division Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. 4244 International Parkway, Suite 120 Document Control Coordinator Bin N-226-EC Atlanta, GA 30354-3906 3535 Colonnade Parkway Birmingham, AL 35243 George B. Taylor, Jr.

2100 East Exchange Pl Anne F. Appleby Atlanta, GA 30084-5336 Olgethorpe Power Corporation 2100 East Exchange Place Brian H. Whitley Tucker, GA 30084 3535 Colonnade Parkway, Bin N-226-EC 42 Inverness Center Parkway, BIN B237 County Commissioner Birmingham, AL 35243 Office of the County Commissioner Burke County Commission Mr. Michael Yox Waynesboro, GA 30830 Site Regulatory Affairs Director Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Mr. Wayne Guilfoyle 7825 River Road, Bin 63031 Commissioner District 8 Waynesboro, GA 30830 Augusta-Richmond County Commission 4940 Windsor Spring Rd Hephzibah, GA 30815 Gwendolyn Jackson Burke County Library 130 Highway 24 South Waynesboro, GA 30830 Mr. Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission Atlanta, GA 30334 Page 1 of 3

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