ML20137V748

Forwards SER Supporting 851125 Request for Partial Relief from Generic Ltr 84-11 Re Performance of Visual Exam of Reactor Coolant Piping

ML20137V748
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	02/12/1986
From:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Harrington W BOSTON EDISON CO.
Shared Package
ML20137V753	List: ML20137V748 ML20137V762
References
GL-84-11, NUDOCS 8602190703
Download: ML20137V748 (2)

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February 12, 1986 Docket No. 50-293 DISTRIBUTION Docket Pleech WKoo NRC PDR CJamerson TBarnhart (4)

Mr. William D. Harrington Local PDR JZwolinski RDiggs Senior Vice President, Nuclear PD #1 RDG ACRS (10) Glainas Boston Edison Company RBernero OELD JPKnight 800 Boylston Street EJordan BGrimes DCrutchfield Boston, Massachusetts 02199 JPartlow RHouston GHolahan DEisenhut HDenton OPA

SUBJECT:

PARTIAL RELIEF FROM VISUAL EXAMINATION GUIDANCE IN GENERIC LETTER 84-11 Re: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Our letter to you dated December 4,1984, included a statement that the guidance in Attachment 1 to Generic Letter 84-11 (GL 84-11) should be followed at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station until the plant technical specifications were changed relative to the reactor coolant system leak detection and leakage limits.

Pending completion of our review of the proposed technical specification changes, the Boston Edison Company requested, in a letter dated November 25, 1985, relief from Section E of GL 84-11 which states, in part, that "a l visual examination shall be performed during each plant outage in which the i containment is de-inerted." In lieu of this, you proposed that "a visual

! examination for leakage of the reactor coolant piping be performed during l each plant outage in which the containment is de-inerted, unless such an i

inspection has been performed during the previous 92 days." Your letter indicates the reason for requesting this change is that personnel radiation exposures to perform these examinations have become a matter of concern because the Pilgrim Station has been shutting down more frequently than anticipated.

We have considered your request and we have concluded that visual inspection at intervals less than 92 days of operation should not be required. There-fore, the relief you requested is hereby granted. My decision is based on the staff review described in the enclosed Safety Evaluation.

Sincerely, engini signed by H. R. D:nton g 2]Og g h h93 PDR Harold R. Denton, Director p Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Resident inspector's Office U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 867 Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Mr. David F. Tarantino Chairman, Board of Selectman 11 Lincoln Street Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Office of the Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering One Winter Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Office of the Attorney General 1 Ashburton Place 19th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Mr. Robert M. Hallisey, Director Radiation Control Program Massachusetts Department of Public Health 150 Tremont Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Mr. A. Victor Morisi Boston Edison Company I 25 Braintree Hill Park Rockdale Street Braintree, Massachusetts 02184 O

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