ML20212Q720

Informs That Insps & Overlay Repairs as Well as Crack Growth Analyses Meet Guidelines of Generic Ltr 84-11 & Other Staff Accepted Criteria,In Response to .Safety Evaluation Will Be Submitted Under Separate Cover

ML20212Q720
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	04/17/1987
From:	Capra R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Brons J POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
References
GL-84-11, TAC-64777, NUDOCS 8704240021
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, April 17, 1987 i

Docket No. 50-333 DISTRIBUTION T6% PDI-1 Rdg.

Mr. John C. Brons local PDR H. Abelson Senior Vice President, Nuclear S. Varga ACRS(10) l Generation E. Jordan J. Partlow l Power Authority of the State B. Boger -

of New York OGC NRCPDR 123 Main Street CVogan White Plains, New York 10601

SUBJECT:

IGSCC INSPECTIONS - RELOAD 7/ CYCLE 8 REFUELING OUTAGE RE: JAMES A FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Your submittal dated April 9,1987 informed us that, during the current refueling outage, a total of 48 welds in the reactor coolant system piping were ultrasonically inspected by personnel qualified in accordance with the EPRI-BWR0G training program.

Three welds located in the core spray piping were identified as having cracks and  ;

were subsequently repaired with weld overlays. For five previously unrepaired welds, 1 you provided justification for continued service for at least one additional fuel cycle. All of the six welds that were previously overlayed were reinspected and were found to still meet the full structural or standard design requirements. .Your l i

submittal, in addition, reported that the recirculation bypass lines were removed and l capped and that the RHR and RWCU suction piping was replaced with a high temperature, l carbon steel material.

l Based on our review of the information you provided, we find that the inspections and overlay repairs that were performed, as well as the crack growth analyses that j were submitted, meet the guidelines of Generic Letter 84-11 and other staff acceptance l criteria. Therefore, we conclude that the Fitzpatrick facility can be safely returned to operation for at least one additional fuel cycle, with assurance that the integrity l of the reactor coolant pressure boundary will be maintained.

The Safety Evaluation which provides the basis for the above conclusions will

! be transmitted under separate cover.

Because of uncertainties about the longer term behavior of the piping, we request that your plans for inspection and/or modification of the reactor coolant pressure boundary pioing systems during the next refueling outage be submitted for our review at least three months prior to start of the outage.

Sincerely, Robert A. Capra, Director Project Directorate I-1 Division of Reactor Projects, I/II cc: See next page i L a' PDI-1 g 4 k PDI-1 l CVogan H belson CYC eng PCapra

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Mr. John C. Brons Power Authority of the State Indian Point Nuclear Generating of New York Unit No. 3 CC:

Regional Administrator, Region I Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Indian Point Nuclear Generating 631 Park Avenue U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Post Office Box 337 Buchanan, New York 10511 Mr. Gerald C. Goldstein Assistant General Counsel Mr. Robert L. Spring Power Authority of the State Nuclear Licensing Engineer of New York Consolidated Edison Company 10 Columbus Circle of New York, Inc.

New York, New York 10019 4 Irving Place New York, New York 10003 Ms. Ellyn We iss Harmon, Weiss and Jordan Mr. A. Klausmann, Vice President 2001 S Street, N.W., Suite 430 Ouality Assurance Washington, DC 20009 Power Authority of the State of New York Dr. Lawrence R. Quarles 10 Columbus Circle Apartment 51 New York, New York 10019 Kendal at Longwood Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348 Mayor, Village of Buchanan 236 Tate Avenue Mr. George M. Wilverding, Manager Buchanan, New York 10511 Nuclear Safety Evaluation Power Authority of the State of New York Mr. F. X. Pindar 123 Main Street Quality Assurance Superintendent White Plains, New York 10601 Indian Point 3 Nuclear Power Plant Post Office Box 215 Director, Technical Development Buchanan, New York 10511 Programs State of New York Energy Office Mr. R. Beedle, Vice President Agency Building 2 Nuclear Support Empire State Plaza Power Authority of the State Albany, New York 12223 of New York 123 Main Street Mr. Leroy W. Sinclair White Plains, New York 10601 Power Authority of the State I of New York Mr. William Josiger '

123 Main Street Resident Manager l White Plains, New York 10601 Indian Point 3 Nuclear Power Plant '

Post Office Box 215 Buchanan, New York 10511

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Power Authority of the State of New York Indian Point 3 CC Ezra I. Bialik l Assistant Attorney General l Environmental Protection Bureau New York State Departrent of Law 2 World Trade Center New York, New York 10047 P. Kokolakis, Director Nuclear Licensing Power Authority of the State of New York I 123 Main Street White Plains, New York 10601 Mr. Jay Dunkleberger Division of Policy Analysis i and Planning New York State Energy Office Agency Building 2, Dnpire State Plaza Albany, New York 12223

! Mr. S. S. Zulla, Vice President Nuclear Engineering Power Authority of the State of New York 123 Main Street White Plains, New York 10601 Mr. R. Burns, Vice President l i

i Nuclear Operations i

Power Authority of the State of New York 123 Main Street White Plains, New York 10601 l

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