ML20197D436

Forwards Safety Evaluation Supporting Util 850807 & 861014 Requests for Relief from ASME Code Requirements.Requests Claim Impracticality & That Relief Authorized by Law & Will Not Endanger Life,Property or Common Defense & Security

ML20197D436
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	04/07/1987
From:	Thadani A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Randazza J Maine Yankee
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ML20197D440	List: ML20197D436 ML20197D442 ML20197D473
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NUDOCS 8704090119
Download: ML20197D436 (1)

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April 7, 1987 Docket No. 50-309 Mr. J. B. Randazza Executive Vice President Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 83 Edison Drive Augusta, Maine 04336 l

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM ASME CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PUMPS & VALVES By letter dated August 7,1985, you submitted a letter requesting changes to Maine Yankee Inservice Testing Program for Pumps and Valves, which would con-sist of relief from certain requirements of the 1980 ASME Code Section XI SubsectionIWP(Pumps)andIMV(Valves). You deemed those requirements to be impractical for the physical configuration of the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station. By letter dated October 14, 1986 you submitted a revised relief request to address certain concerns about the August 7,1985 letter.

10 CFR 50.55 a(g)(6)(1) authorizes relief from code requirements. Based on our review of your submittals we authorize relief as requested, subject to the conditions set forth in section 1 of the Evaluacion Section of the enclosed Safety Evaluation.

I The staff has determined that the requirements of the code in this case are impractical and that pursuant to 50.55a(g)(6)(1), the relief is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the conson defense and security and is otherwise in the pubile interest, giving due consideration to the burden upon the Itcensee that could result if the requirements were imposed on the facility. The basis of the approval of these requests is that, when i the additional sampling requirements as you have proposed in your August 7, 1985 letter as amended by your October 16, 1986 letter are im>osed, there is reasonable assurance that the valve operability required by tie Code is unimpaired.

Sincerely AW 0704090119 070407

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DR ADOCK0500g9 Ashok C Thadani, Director PWR Project Directorate #8 Division of PWR Licensing B

Enclosure:

As stated cc: See next page 4

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