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TR–104285, ‘‘Risk Impact Assessment of

Revised Leak Rate Testing Intervals,

August 1994) and the staff study

reported in NUREG–1493,

‘‘Performance-Based Containment Leak

Test Program.’’

the NRC staff has also made use of the

information in a draft staff report,

NUREG–1493, which provides the

technical justification for the present

Appendix J rulemaking effort which

also includes a 10-year test interval for

Type A tests. The integrated leakage rate

test, or Type A test, measures overall

containment leakage. However,

operating experience with all types of

containments used in this country

demonstrates that essentially all

containment leakage can be detected by

local leakage rate tests (Type B and C).

According to results given in NUREG–

1493, out of 180 ILRT failure reports

covering 110 individual reactors and

approximately 770 years of operating

history, only 5 ILRT failures were found

which local leakage rate testing could

not detect. Thus, Type A testing

detected failures not discovered by Type

B and C testing in about 3% of the tests,

and in these tests the actual leakage

rates were only marginally in excess of

leak-tightness requirements. This study

agrees well with previous NRC staff

studies which show that Type B and C

testing can detect a very large

percentage of containment leaks.

The Nuclear Management and

Resources Council (NUMARC), now

known as the Nuclear Energy Institute

(NEI), provided the NRC staff with

summaries of data to assist in the

Appendix J rulemaking effort. NUMARC

collected results of 144 ILRTs from 33

units; 23 ILRTs exceeded 1.OLa. Of

these, only nine were not due to Type

B or C leakage penalties. The NEI data

also added another perspective. The NEI

data show that in about one-third of the

cases exceeding allowable leakage, the

as-found leakage was less than 2La; in

one case the leakage was found to be

approximately 2La; in one case the asfound leakage was less than 3La; one

case approached 10La; and in one case

the leakage was found to be

approximately 21La. For about half of

the failed ILRTs the as-found leakage

was not quantified. These data show

that, for those ILRTs for which the

leakage was quantified, the leakage

values are small in comparison to the

leakage value at which the risk to the

public starts to increase over the value

of risk corresponding to La

(approximately 200La, as discussed in

NUREG–1493). Therefore, based on

these considerations, it is unlikely that

an extension of one cycle for the

performance of the Appendix J, Type A

test at Seabrook would result in

significant degradation of the overall

containment integrity. As a result, the

application of the regulation in these

particular circumstances is not

necessary to achieve the underlying

purpose of the rule.

Based on generic and plant specific

data, the NRC staff finds the basis for

North Atlantic’s proposed exemption to

allow a one-time exemption to permit a

schedular extension of one cycle for the

performance of the Appendix J Type A

test to be acceptable provided that the

general containment inspection is

performed.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the

Commission has determined that

granting this Exemption will not have a

significant impact on the environment

(60 FR 27569).

This Exemption is effective upon

issuance and shall expire at the

completion of the fifth refueling outage,

presently expected to start in September

1997.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day

of May 1995.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John A. Zwolinski,

Acting Director, Division of Reactor Projects—

I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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