Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Is This Hope Creek Going To Plus or Minus 5% With SRV Testing


Just Remember, Hope had gone from plus or minus 1%, to 3% and heading to 5% over setpoint drift. It is a massive relaxation in testing requirement on these defective and unstable valves. The Hope is they will be permanently shutdown in a few years over financial problems.

ML19031B845 isn't in the docket yet? But this guy gives you a idea of the magnitude of relaxation.  
 From: Kim, James Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 12:32 PM To: Duke, Paul R. Cc: Thomas, Brian J. Subject: Acceptance Review Result: Hope Creek-Relief Request to USE ASME Code Case OMN-17  (L-2019-LLR-0010)
Mr. Duke,
 By letter dated January 31, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML19031B845), Public Service Enterprise Group Nuclear, LCC (PSEG, the licensee) submitted a relief request for Hope Creek Generating Station in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55a, “Codes and standards,” paragraph (z)(i) requesting approval for alternate rules for testing ASME Class 1 Pressure Relief/Safety Valves for the fourth 10-year inservice inspection interval.
 The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed relief request in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staff’s ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence. 
 The NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 120 hours to complete. The NRC staff expect to complete this review in approximately 8 months, which is October 2019 in support of the fall 2019 refueling outage. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates, will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager. 
 These estimates are based on the NRC staff’s initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications. 
 If you have any question, please contact me, James Kim, at James.Kim@nrc.gov or 301-415-4125.
 James Kim, Project Manager Branch 1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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