ML041210018
| ML041210018 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| 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: |
| 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 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 CHAIRMAN