ML080790392

RAI for the Review of the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 & 2, LRA

ML080790392
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	04/01/2008
From:	Kent Howard NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
To:	Sena P FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Howard K, NRR/DLR/RLRB, 415-2989
References
TAC MD6593, TAC MD6594
Download: ML080790392 (7)

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April 1, 2008 Mr. Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MD6593 AND 6594)

Dear Mr. Sena:

By letter dated August 27, 2007, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company submitted an application pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the operating licenses for Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff). The staff is reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application and has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review. Further requests for additional information may be issued in the future.

Items in the enclosure were discussed with Mr. Cliff Custer of your staff, and a mutually agreeable date for the response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at klh1@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kent L. Howard, Sr., Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412

Enclosure:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAI)

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION MECHANICAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING BRANCH SECTION 4.7.5 - SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES RAI 4.7.5-1 The applicant did not list the number and type of safety significant structures and piping which have experienced, or may experience, significant settlement, and are therefore included in the Settlement Monitoring Program. The applicant did not state which structures will be monitored to the end of the period of extended operation. This is relevant information for writing the safety evaluation.

For each structure included in the Settlement Monitoring Program, indicate if the structure is being monitored and if it will be monitored to the end of the period of extended operation.

RAI 4.7.5-2 This RAI addresses specifically which safety related piping systems will be monitored for differential settlement. For each system, the RAI requests that the applicant provide the projected differential settlements for the monitored piping systems, and the maximum projected stresses and allowable stresses, to verify that a margin will be available at the end of the period of extended operation.

Provide a list of the safety-related piping systems that are subject to differential structure settlement of the attached structures. For each piping system provide the following:

A. The projected 40-year and 60-year differential settlement of the anchor points.

B. The highest projected stresses for 40-years and 60-years of operation, and the corresponding allowable stress.

RAI 4.7.5-3 The applicant stated that settlement monitoring has been discontinued for a number of structures. This RAI requests which structures were discontinued, and the basis for discontinuing this monitoring. This information is needed to complete the staffs evaluation.

Provide a list of the structures that were initially in the Settlement Monitoring Program, and for which monitoring has been discontinued. Provide the basis for discontinuing the monitoring.

ENCLOSURE

RAI 4.7.5-4 The applicant did not mention that there is fatigue associated with the buried piping, and yet refers to Unit 2 piping fatigue Tables. This RAI requests that the applicant provide any missing information on this subject, or else justify the statement regarding piping time-limited aging analysis (TLAA).

The last sentence of Section 4.7.5 states that the Unit 2 piping fatigue TLAAs have been dispositioned in accordance with 10 CFR 54.21(c)(1)(iii). Identify the fatigue effects on the buried piping associated with piping settlement, and clarify how the piping fatigue TLAA for the buried piping was dispositioned.

Letter to P. Sena III from K. Howard, dated, April 1, 2008 DISTRIBUTION:

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MD6593 AND 6594)

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Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Joseph J. Hagan Ohio EPA-DERR President and Chief Nuclear Officer ATTN: Zack A. Clayton FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 1049 Mail Stop A-GO-19 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President James H. Lash FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Senior Vice President of Operations Beaver Valley Power Station and Chief Operating Officer Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Mail Stop A-GO-14 Shippingport, PA 15077 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Danny L. Pace Mail Stop A-GO-2 Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering 76 South Main Street FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Akron, OH 44308 Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance Akron, OH 44308 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Jeannie M. Rinckel Mail Stop A-BV-A Vice President, Fleet Oversight P.O. Box 4, Route 168 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Shippingport, PA 15077 Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Commissioner James R. Lewis Akron, OH 44308 West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 David W. Jenkins, Attorney Capitol Complex FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Charleston, WV 25305 Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Director, Utilities Department Akron, OH 44308 Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Manager, Fleet Licensing Columbus, OH 43266-0573 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency 76 South Main Street Management Agency Akron, OH 44308 2605 Interstate Drive Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364

Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Dr. Judith Johnsrud Julie Firestone Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Sierra Club Beaver Valley Power Station 433 Orlando Avenue P.O. Box 4, Route 168 State College, PA 16803 Shippingport, PA 15077 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 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077