ML20137X131

Forwards Safety Evaluation Re Plant Submittal to Change RPV Surveillance Capsule Withdrawal Schedule for Plant, Unit 2

ML20137X131
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	04/09/1997
From:	Brinkman D NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Cross J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
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TAC-M95102, NUDOCS 9704210166
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...,+p April 9, 1997 Mr. J. E. Cross President-Generation Group Duquesne Light Company Post Office Box 4 Shippingport. PA 15077

SUBJECT:

SAFETY EVALUATION (SE) REGARDING THE DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY SUBMITTAL TO CHANGE THE REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL (RPV) SURVEILLANCE CAPSULE WITHDRAWAL SCHEDJLE, BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION. UNIT NO. 2 (TAC N0. M95102)

Dear Mr. Cross:

By letter dated March 27, 1996 Duquesne Light Company (DLC or the licensee) submitted the results of the analysis of Capsule V from the Beaver Valley Unit 2 reactor pressure vessel (RPV) surveillance program (WCAP-14484). The licensee requested that the staff review the information provided in Table 7-1 of WCAP-14484 regardihg changes in the RPV surveillance capsule withdrawal schedule. The changes to the withdrawal schedule were due to recalculation of the projected vessel and capsule fluences based upon the use of the state-of-the-art ENDF/B-VI cross-section library. The staff issued a request for additional information (RAI) regarding this submittal on October 18. 1996.

The licensee responded to this RAI with letters dated January 2 February 10, and February 13. 1997. The licensee's February 10, 1997. letter requested approval of the changes to the capsule withdrawal schedule without a license amendment.

The staff has reviewed the licensee's original submittal dated March 27, 1996, and the January 2. February 10. and February 13, 1997 letters. The staff has concluded that the schedule change proposed by the licensee is consistent with the American Society for Testing and Materials Standard E185-82 and the current Beaver Valley Unit 2 licensing basis. Therefore, pursuant to Commission Memorandum and Order CLI-96-13, the revised surveillance capsule s

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withdrawal schedule does not require a license amendment. The staff has reviewed and approved the withdrawal schedule proposed by the licensee in Table 7-1 of WCAP-14484. The licensee may implement these changes as requested in the original submittal.

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Jay E. Silberg, Esquire Bureau of Radiation Protection Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Pennsylvania Department of 2300 N Street, NW.

Environmental Resources Washington, DC 20037 ATTN: R. Barkanic Post Office Box 2063 R. K. Brosi, Manager Harrisburg, PA 17120 Nuclear Safety Department (BV-A)

Duquesne Light Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mayor of the Borrough of PO Box 4 Shippingport Shippingport, PA 15077 Post Office Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner Roy M. Smith West Virginia Department of Labor Regional Administrator, Region I Building 3. Room 319 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Capitol Complex 475 Allendale Road Charleston, WVA 25305 King of Prussia, PA 19406 John D. Borrows Resident Inspector Director. Utilities Department U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Utilities Commission Post Office Box 298 180 East Broad Street Shippingport, PA 15077 Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Duquesne Light Company Management Agency i Beaver Valley Power Station Post Office Box 3321 PO Box 4 Harrisburg, PA 17105-3321 Shippingport, PA 15077 ATTN: S. C. Jain, Vice President Ohio EPA-DERR Nuclear Services (BV-A)

ATTN: Zack A. Clayton Post Office Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 1 .