ML041210018

G20040247/LTR-04-0207 - the Honorable John W. Olver Ltr. Re. Request to Amend the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee)

ML041210018
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	05/04/2004
From:	Diaz N NRC/Chairman
To:	Olver J US HR (House of Representatives)
Skay D, NRR/DLPM, 415-1322
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ML041210019	List: ML041210018
References
CORR-04-0086, FOIA/PA-2005-0031, G20040247, LTR-04-0207, TAC MC2580
Download: ML041210018 (1)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 CHAIRMAN May 4, 2004 The Honorable John W. Olver United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Congressman Olver:

I am responding on behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to your letter dated April 1, 2004, regarding the request by Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy), to amend the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station license to increase the power level of the facility. In your letter, you requested that the NRC condition approval of any power uprate at Vermont Yankee upon performance of an independent engineering assessment, as proposed by the Vermont Public Service Board.

On May 4, 2004, I sent a letter to the Vermont Public Service Board explaining the NRCs approach in response to their request for an independent engineering assessment.

I enclose a copy of that letter for your information. The NRC plans to use an improved engineering inspection at Vermont Yankee, as described in the enclosed letter. The NRC staff has concluded that the detailed technical review, combined with the inspections prescribed by the reactor oversight process, as enhanced by a new engineering inspection, is the most effective method of informing its decision on whether Vermont Yankee could safely operate under uprated power conditions.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Nils J. Diaz

Enclosure:

Letter to the Vermont Public Service Board