IR 05000213/2004001

IR 05000213-04-001, on 02/07/04 to 06/08/04, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company

ML042650317
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck  File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	09/20/2004
From:	Craig Gordon Division of Nuclear Materials Safety I
To:	Norton W Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co
References
-RFPFR, FOIA/PA-2005-0203 IR-04-001
Download: ML042650317 (26)

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UNITED STATES ptember 20, 2004

SUBJECT:

NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 05000213/2004001

Dear Mr. Norton:

On June 8, 2004, we completed an integrated inspection at your Haddam Neck reactor facility of activities authorized by the above listed NRC license. We discussed our findings with Mr.

Gary Bouchard, and others on June 22, 2004. Subsequent telephone discussions were held with your staff during July, which resulted in a revised final report for the confirmatory survey of the open land areas, dated July 27, 2004. The enclosed report presents the results of this inspection.

During this approximately four-month inspection period, we evaluated selected aspects of three of your spent fuel transfer dry run demonstrations, including a full sequence of loading Greater Than Class C Waste, which was the observed NRC Dry Run. We concluded that you have adequate procedures, equipment, and appropriately trained personnel in place and are prepared to safely package, transport, and store spent nuclear fuel at your Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). The transfer of the first spent fuel from the spent fuel pool to the ISFSI was subsequently evaluated. We determined that the lessons-learned from the dry run demonstrations improved your spent fuel dry cask storage system. No safety concerns were identified during the spent fuel transfers.

In addition, we inspected your operations and maintenance, self assessment and quality assurance surveillance, and plant support programs through selective examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, observations by the inspectors, and independent measurements conducted by our contractor, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). We consider these programs to be appropriately implemented.

Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC determined that one Severity Level IV violation of NRC requirements occurred during this inspection period. This violation involved multiple examples of failures to follow the dry cask storage system handling procedure during the NRC Dry Run. This violation is being treated as a Non-Cited Violation (NCV), consistent with Section VI.A of the NRC Enforcement Policy. The NCV is described in the subject inspection report. If you contest the violation or severity level of the NCV, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001; with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region I; and the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

Mr. In accordance with Section 2.390 of the NRCs "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

We appreciate your cooperation with us during this inspection.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Craig Gordon, Chief Decommissioning Branch Division of Nuclear Material Safety Enclosure:

Inspection Report No. 05000213/2004001 Docket No. 50-213 License No. DPR-61 ISFSI Docket No. 07200039 cc w/encl:

T. Bennet, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer K. Heider, Vice President B. Kenyon, Chief Executive Officer G. Bouchard, Director, Nuclear Safety/Regulatory Affairs R. Hart, Acting Director, Decommissioning K. Smith, Communications Manager G. van Noordennen, Regulatory Affairs Manager G. Garfield, General Counsel R. Bassilakis, Citizens Awareness Network J. Brooks, CT Attorney General Office T. Bondi, Town of Haddam E. Woollacott, NEAC H. Curley, CDAC State of Connecticut SLO

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