[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33080-33081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13254]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Bulletin 2004-01 Inspection of Alloy 82/182/600 Materials Used in 
the Fabrication of Pressurizer Penetrations and Steam Space Piping 
Connections at Pressurized-Water Reactors (PWRs); Notice of 
Availability

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of issuance.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued NRC 
Bulletin 2004-01 to all holders of operating licenses for PWRs except 
those who have permanently ceased operations and have certified that 
fuel has been permanently removed from the reactor pressure vessel. The 
NRC is issuing this bulletin to:
    (1) Advise PWR licensees that current methods of inspecting Alloy 
82/182/600 materials used in the fabrication of pressurizer 
penetrations and steam space piping connections may need to be 
supplemented with additional measures to detect and adequately 
characterize flaws due to primary water stress corrosion cracking,
    (2) Request PWR addressees to provide the NRC with information 
related to the materials from which the pressurizer penetrations and 
steam space piping connections at their facilities were fabricated,
    (3) Request PWR licensees to provide the NRC with information 
related to the inspections that have been and those that will be 
performed to ensure that degradation of Alloy 82/182/600 materials used 
in the fabrication of pressurizer penetrations and steam space piping 
connections will be identified, adequately characterized, and repaired, 
and
    (4) Require PWR addresses to provide a written response to the NRC 
in accordance with the provisions of Section 50.54(f) of Title 10 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 50.54(f)).

DATES: The bulletin was issued on May 28, 2004.

ADDRESSEES: Not applicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy G. Colburn at 301-415-1402, E-
mail [email protected] or Matthew A. Mitchell at 301-415-3303, E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NRC Bulletin 2004-01 may be examined and/or 
copied for a fee at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One 
White Flint North Public File area, 1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 
floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publically available records are 
accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the 
Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 
The ADAMS Accession No. for the bulletin is ML041480034.
    Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC 
Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff by telephone at 301-415-4737 
or 1-800-397-4209, or by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of June 2004.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William Beckner,
Chief, Reactor Operations Branch, Division of Inspection Program 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 04-13254 Filed 6-10-04; 8:45 am]
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