L-03-097, Withdrawal of Relief Requests

Withdrawal of Relief Requests

ML031900167
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	07/02/2003
From:	Pearce L FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
L-03-097
Download: ML031900167 (2)

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FENOC Beaver Valley Power Station Route 168 PO.Box 4 rstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Shippingport, PA 15077-0004 L William Pearce 724-682-5234 Site Vice President Fax: 724-643-8069 July 2, 2003 L-03-097 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

Subject:

Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Unit No. 1 and No. 2 BV-1 Docket No. 50-334, License No. DPR-66 BV-2 Docket No. 50412, License No. NPF-73 Withdrawal of Relief Requests

References:

1) FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) submittal of Relief Request BV3-RV-01, "Proposed Alternative Repair Method for Reactor Vessel Head Penetrations" for BVPS Units 1 and 2, (letter L-03-008 dated March 17, 2003)

2) FENOC submittal of Relief Request BV3-RV-02, "Alternative Repair Method on Material Removal Requirements Following Thermal Removal Process" for BVPS Units 1 and 2, (letter L-03-009 dated March 17, 2003)

3) FENOC submittal of Relief Request BV3-RV-03, "Proposed Alternatives to the Gas-Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Machine Bead Welding Requirements" for BVPS Units 1 and 2, (letter L-03-010 dated March 17, 2003)

4) FENOC submittal of Relief Request BV3-RV-04, "Proposed Alternative Repair Method for Reactor Vessel Head Penetrations" for BVPS Units 1 and 2, (letter L-03-056 dated March 28, 2003)

Prior to the recent BVPS Unit 1 RI 5 Refueling Outage, FENOC submitted several relief requests (References 1, 2 and 3) that proposed alternatives to the requirements of ASME Section XI. These requests were submitted in the event that these alternative methods would be necessary if the R15 reactor pressure vessel (RPV) head penetration inspections identified the need to perform repairs.

FENOC subsequently submitted Relief Request BV3-RV-04 (Reference 4) to request the use of an alternative repair method utilizing the embedded flaw technique at BVPS. The NRC granted this request and this method was used to repair flaws on the outside diameter of the BVPS Unit I control rod drive mechanisms during lRI 5. Relief Request BV3-RV-04 superceded the request submitted in Reference 1, therefore Relief Request BV3-RV-01 is no longer needed.

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Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 and No. 2 Withdrawal of Relief Requests L-03-097 Page 2 Additionally, the alternative methods that were proposed in References 2 and 3 were not necessary. Therefore, Relief Request BV3-RV-02 and Relief Request BV3-RV-03 are not needed at this time.

Based on the information provided above, FENOC wishes to withdraw Relief Requests BV3-RV-01, BV3-RV-02, and BV3-RV-03 that were submitted by References 1, 2 and 3, respectively.

There are no new regulatory commitments contained in this letter. If there are any questions concerning this matter, please contact Mr. Larry R. Freeland, Manager, Regulatory Affairs/Performance Improvement at 724-682-5284.

Sincerely, William Pearce c: Mr. T. G. Colburn, NRR Senior Project Manager Mr. D. M. Kern, NRC Sr. Resident Inspector Mr. H. J. Miller, NRC Region I Administrator