ML20050A855
| ML20050A855 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 03/23/1982 |
| From: | Clayton F ALABAMA POWER CO. |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8204020332 | |
| Download: ML20050A855 (2) | |
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MIihng Address r C' Alabama Power Company 600 North 18th Street Post Off'm Don 2641 Dammgham. Alabama 35291 Telephone 205 /83 6081
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Docket Nos. 50-348 nECE S 50-364 2'
APR02M 3 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission su88 Of fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, D. C.
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s Attention:
Mr. Harold R. Denton 1
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant - Units 1.and 2 10 CFR 50, Appendix J a
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Dear Mr. Denton:
Alabama Power Company has been informed that-- the NRC is currently considering revising 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, " Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water-Cooled Power Reactors."
The revision involves eliminating the so called "short duration" test, i.e.,
integrated leak rate test (ILRT) period of less than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
The ILRT program at the Farley Nuclear Plant (FNP) is based on 10 CFR 50, Appenitix J; ANSI N 45.4 - 1972; and Bechtel's Topical Report, BN-TOP-1, Revision 1, dated November 1, 1972.
All of these documents allow "short duration" testing to meet NRC licensing requirements.
Since "short duration" testing has been approved by the NRC for.seve'ral years and industry experience has preven this method to be a desirable alternatiye to longer duration testjng, Alabama Power Company is oppr#gd to any regulatory change that would eliminate this optioni,
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,: 1 ILRisrepresentasigniff.can.tcosttoallutiliIiesduetothe complexity and magnitude o.f this type of testing.
Therefore, any change that would add to this cost must be justified on a cost-i benefit basis.
Alabama Power. Company perceives no benefit to. the health and safety of the putdic f rom an exter;ded durat',f oh TLR,T..
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recommend that the NRC discontinue consideration, of such an' ~
unnecessa ry and d,ndhsi.#able revision to 10 CFR 60, Appendix J.
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Mr. Harold R. Denton March 23, 1982 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Page 2 l
i Alabama Power Company requests that if additional NRC consideration of this revision is planned, the nuclear industry be given ample opportunity to participate and comment on this issue.
Yours very 3ruly, l
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