ML20132F688

Requests Permission to Adopt Provisions of Rev 2 to Visual Weld Acceptance Criteria for Structural Welding at Nuclear Power Plants. Revised FSAR Pages Encl

ML20132F688
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	07/31/1985
From:	Douglas R, Mittl R Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Butler W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8508020346
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Putsc Sennm Electnc an1 Gas Company 89 Park Plaza, Newark, NJ 07101/ 201420 8217 MAILING ADDRESS / P O. Box 570 Newark, NJ 0/101 Robert L. Mitti General Monarr Nuclear Assurance and Regulation July 31, 1985 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7920 Norfolk Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 Attention:

Mr. Walter Butler, Chief Licensing Branch 2 Division of Licensing Gentlemen:

VISUAL WELD ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) hereby requests permission to adopt the provisions of Visual Weld Acceptance Criteria for Structural Welding at Nuclear Power Plants (VWAC) Revision 2.

As recommended in the letter from J.

P. Knight, NRC, to D.

E.

Dutton, Nuclear Construction Issues Group, Southern Company Services, attached for your review are the revised Hope Creek Generating Station FSAR pages documenting our request to commit to VWAC.

It is also PSE&G's intention to follow the recommendations of the Nuclear Construction Issues Group in the preparation of a training program.

Should you have any questions in this regard, please contact us.

Very truly yours, k

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Specification Item Structural shapes (less than ASTM A36 30 pounds per linear foot)

Structural shapes (more than ASTM A441 or 30 pounds per linear foot)

ASTM A588 Box beams and built-up wide ASTM A537, Class 1.

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The drywell platforms are fabricated using welding procedures in accordance with the American Welting Society (AWS) Structural Welding Code D1.1.

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3.8.3.6.3.3 Nondestructive Examination 7

Nondestructive examination of welds for the drywell platforms, including radiographic examination, magnetic particle examination, ultrasonic examination, and liquid penetrant examination, is in accordance with Sections 6 and 8 of AWS D1.1.

3.8.3.6.3.4 Erection Tolerances Erection tolerances for the drywell platforms are in accordance with the AISC specification.

Actual deviation from the specification is evaluated in accordance with procedures covered in Chapter 17.

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3tt metIding code Doquirements for peinforced concrete 1971, with the 1974 ocoplement, including 1973 and 1974 revisione i

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AISc Specification for the Design, Fabrication, and Supplement 1 of 8eow 1, 1979 Erection of Structeral Steel for Seildinge Supplement 2 of Dec 8, 1971 and Supplement 3 of Jene 12, 1974 l

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1974 Decommended Practice for Selecting Proportione for pornal ACI 211.1 and Heavyueight concrete 1965 l

pocommended Practice for Evalmation of Compreeston Test ACT 214 Results of Field Concrete 1972, 1973 Specifications for Structural Concrete for Be1141mge ACI 301

-.ded Practice for Measuring, Mixing, Transporting, and 1973 ACI 304 Ra-Placing Concrete 1972 Recommended Practice for Hot temather Concreting ACI 345 ing Recommended Practice for Cole temather Concreting ACI 3M 1974 Recommended Practice for Consolidation of Concrete ACI 399 1974 Maneet of Standard Practice for Detailing Deinforcing l

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1971 Bulleing Code Deguiresents f or Deinforced Concrete ACI 318 American Weteine Society StructuralWeldingCode((ce.NC76-Ol) 1975 AerS D1.1 1975 pecommeneed Praetice for We14inq Deinfoccing Stee1 and l

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E4itton Tit 1e Destenetion American Institute of Steel Construction 1969 Specification f or the Design, Fabrication, and Erection AISC.

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