ML022380152
| ML022380152 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 08/26/2002 |
| From: | Miller H NRC Region 1 |
| To: | Thayer J Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee |
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| Download: ML022380152 (6) | |
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August 26, 2002 Mr. Jay K. Thayer Site Vice President - Vermont Yankee Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN-VERMONT YANKEE
Dear Mr. Thayer:
On August 6, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of Vermont Yankee. In accordance with NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0305 Operating Reactor Assessment Program, the mid-cycle review involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating the performance of your Vermont Yankee facility for the first half of the current assessment cycle, January 1-December 31, 2002. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections which may conflict with your plant activities.
Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on a finding of substantial safety significance (YELLOW) in the physical protection cornerstone. This finding was associated with response strategy weaknesses identified during an Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation (OSRE) conducted during the week of August 20, 2001. The finding is considered in the assessment process until the appropriate supplemental inspection has been completed and we have finalized our review of your actions to address the response strategy weaknesses identified during the OSRE.
The NRC has taken a number of actions to confirm the effectiveness of your compensatory measures since the OSRE inspection. These actions included direct inspections or audits involving NRC security specialists from both the regional and headquarters offices. We also plan to conduct a supplemental inspection, using Inspection Procedure 95002, during the week of September 23, 2002. This inspection will be performed to provide additional assurance that the long-term corrective actions are appropriately responsive to the root and contributing causes for the performance issues.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2003.
The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.
Jay K. Thayer 2
The last six months of the inspection plan is tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.
In addition, the NRC is in the process of finalizing a Temporary Instruction (TI) that will be used to review implementation of the Interim Compensatory Measures required by the Agencys Security Order to all commercial nuclear power plants dated February 25, 2002. Schedules have not yet been finalized, but it is anticipated that these inspections will begin within the next calendar quarter. Once finalized, the details will be communicated by separate correspondence.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, 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 Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Mr. Clifford J. Anderson at (610) 337-5227 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Hubert J. Miller Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-271 Licensee No. DPR-28
Enclosure:
Vermont Yankee Inspection /Activity Plan
Jay K. Thayer 3
cc w/encl:
M. R. Kansler, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer M. Hamer, Operating Experience Coordinator - Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC G. Sen, Manager, Licensing, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts D. Lewis, Esquire G. Bisbee, Esquire J. Block, Esquire T. Rapone, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)
M. Daley, New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc. (NECNP)
R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff State of New Hampshire, SLO Designee State of Vermont, SLO Designee S. McGrail, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SLO Designee
Jay K. Thayer 4
Distribution w/encl:
H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA (1)
A. Blough, DRP W. Lanning, DRS J. Clifford, DRP R. Crlenjak, DRS C. Anderson, DRP F. Arner, DRP P. Bonnett, DRP R. Junod, DRP E. Knutson - NRC Resident Inspector DRS Branch Chiefs (5)
D. Screnci, PAO N. Sheehan, PAO B. Norris, DRS J. Furia, DRS P. Frechette, DRS D. Silk, DRS B. Platchek, DRP H. Nieh, RI EDO Coordinator S. Richards, NRR (ridsnrrdlpmlpdi)
R. Pulsifer, PM, NRR T. Tate, Backup PM, NRR Ridsnrrdipmlipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\BRANCH5\\ROP3VYMidcycleletterrev1.WPD After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public. To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/ORA NAME FArner /FJA/
CAnderson /CJA/
ABlough /ARB/
HMiller /HJM/
DATE 08/23/02 08/23/02 08/23/02 08/24/02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Vermont Yankee Inspection / Activity Plan 06/30/2002 - 09/30/2003 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 08/22/2002 11:22:25 Report 22 2
7111111B
- L.O. REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM Baseline Inspections 07/15/2002 07/19/2002 Licensed Operator Requalification IP 7111111B 1
3 8/12 EXM
- OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 07/17/2002 07/19/2002 VERMONT YANKEE, INITIAL EXAM (8/12-16/02)
U01490 1
Not Applicable 08/12/2002 08/16/2002 VERMONT YANKEE, INITIAL EXAM (8/12-16/02)
U01490 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 08/26/2002 08/30/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 08/26/2002 08/30/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 08/26/2002 08/30/2002 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
Baseline Inspections 08/26/2002 08/30/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
2 95002
- SECURITY YELLOW FINDINGS Supplemental Program 09/23/2002 09/27/2002 Inspection For One Degraded Cornerstone Or Any Three White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area IP 95002 1
1 7111108
- INSERVICE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 10/14/2002 10/18/2002 Inservice Inspection Activities IP 7111108 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
1 7112201
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1
1 7111107B
- HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 01/27/2003 01/31/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 01/27/2003 01/31/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 01/27/2003 01/31/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
1 71130
- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only)
Baseline Inspections 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization)
3 7111401
- EP EXERCISE & PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 04/07/2003 04/11/2003 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1
Baseline Inspections 04/07/2003 04/11/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
3 7111117B
- PERMANENT PLANT MODS Baseline Inspections 04/28/2003 05/02/2003 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Vermont Yankee Inspection / Activity Plan 06/30/2002 - 09/30/2003 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 08/22/2002 11:22:25 Report 22 3
7111117B
- PERMANENT PLANT MODS Baseline Inspections 04/28/2003 05/02/2003 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 05/05/2003 05/09/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 05/05/2003 05/09/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 05/05/2003 05/09/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
1 71122.03
- REMP Baseline Inspections 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1
4 71152B
- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1
Baseline Inspections 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
Baseline Inspections 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
3 10/6 EXM
- OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 VERMONT YANKEE INITIAL EXAM (6/16/03)
U01498 1
2 71130.03
- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy)
1 7111112B
- MAINT RULE Baseline Inspections 09/29/2003 10/03/2003 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.