ML030170199

Request for Additional Information, Relief Requests RR-02-19 & RR-02-20

ML030170199
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	01/17/2003
From:	Colburn T NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Skolds J AmerGen Energy Co
Colburn T, NRR/DLPM, 415-1402
References
TAC MB4482
Download: ML030170199 (5)

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January 17, 2003 Mr. John L. Skolds, Chairman and and Chief Executive Officer AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (TMI-1), REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: RELIEF REQUESTS RR-02-19 AND RR-02-20 (TAC NO. MB4482)

Dear Mr. Skolds:

On January 9, 2003, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a conference call with members of your staff and requested additional information related to your application dated March 5, 2002, concerning Relief Requests RR-02-19 and RR-02-20. The purpose of this letter is to formally document the NRC staffs request for additional information (RAI). As agreed to by your staff, we request that you respond to the NRC staffs request within 30 days of the date of this letter. This information has been faxed to Mr. John Hufnagel of your staff.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1402.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Timothy G. Colburn, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-289

Enclosure:

RAI cc w/encl: See next page

Mr. John L. Skolds, Chairman and and Chief Executive Officer AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (TMI-1), REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: RELIEF REQUESTS RR-02-19 AND RR-02-20 (TAC NO. MB4482)

Dear Mr. Skolds:

On January 9, 2003, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a conference call with members of your staff and requested additional information related to your application dated March 5, 2002, concerning Relief Requests RR-02-19 and RR-02-20. The purpose of this letter is to formally document the NRC staffs request for additional information (RAI). As agreed to by your staff, we request that you respond to the NRC staffs request within 30 days of the date of this letter. This information has been faxed to Mr. John Hufnagel of your staff.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1402.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Timothy G. Colburn, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-289

Enclosure:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (TMI-1)

RELIEF REQUESTS RR-02-19 AND RR-02-20 DOCKET NO. 50-289

1. There are several reactor vessel beltline welds for which the licensee obtained coverage that met current American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code requirements (i.e., greater than 90% of the examination volume of each weld). Discuss the results obtained from these examinations and the relevance of these results to the vessel beltline welds discussed in the March 5, 2002, submittal, Parts A, B, and C.

2. For most of the welds discussed in the March 5, 2002, submittal, indications were identified and found to be within the ASME Code,Section XI, acceptance criteria. Confirm that none of these indications were the result of service-induced degradation.

Enclosure

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 cc:

Site Vice President - Three Mile Island Nuclear Senior Resident Inspector (TMI-1)

Station Unit 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 219 P. O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057 Middletown, PA 17057 Director - Licensing - MId-Atlantic Regional Senior Vice President Nuclear Services Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Nuclear Group Headquarters Warrenville, IL 60555 Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations Support Kennett Square, PA 19348 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Rich Janati, Chief Kennett Square, PA 19348 Division of Nuclear Safety Bureau of Radiation Protection Senior Vice President - Deparment of Environmental Protection Mid Atlantic Regional Operating Group Rachel Carson State Office Building Exelon Generation Company, LLC P.O. Box 8469 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 1 Vice President - Plant Manager Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Exelon Generation Company, LLC P. O. Box 480 4300 Winfield Road Middletown, PA 17057 Warrenville, IL 60555 Regulatory Assurance Manager - Three Mile Regional Administrator Island Unit 1 Region I AmerGen Energy Company, LLC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 480 475 Allendale Road Middletown, PA 17057 King of Prussia, PA 19406 John F. Rogge, Region I Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Board of County Commissioners 475 Allendale Road of Dauphin County King of Prussia, PA 19406 Dauphin County Courthouse Harrisburg, PA 17120 Michael A. Schoppman Framatome ANP Chairman Suite 705 Board of Supervisors 1911 North Ft. Myer Drive of Londonderry Township Rosslyn, VA 22209 R.D. #1, Geyers Church Road Middletown, PA 17057

T hree Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 cc: continued Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Exelon Generation Company, LLC 300 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Eric Epstein TMI Alert 4100 Hillsdale Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 Correspondence Control Desk Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 1-N-1 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek and Three Mile Island Exelon Generation Company, LLC Nuclear Group Headquarters Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348