ML041460350
| ML041460350 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 06/04/2004 |
| From: | Reyes L NRC/EDO |
| To: | Bass C US HR (House of Representatives) |
| Ennis R, NRR/DLPM, 415-1420 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML041460414 | List: |
| References | |
| G20040326, LTR-04-0294, TAC MC3077 | |
| Download: ML041460350 (2) | |
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June 4, 2004 The Honorable Charles F. Bass Member, United States House of Representatives One West Street Suite 208 Keene, NH 03431
Dear Congressman Bass:
I am responding on behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to your letter dated May 3, 2004, in which you forwarded a copy of a letter from one of your constituents, Mr. Charles Nobles. In his letter, Mr. Nobles expressed concern regarding a request by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., to increase the generating capacity of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee) by 20 percent, and asked that your office support the request for a comprehensive independent safety inspection of the facility.
The NRC sent a letter to the Vermont Public Service Board on May 4, 2004, in response to their request for an independent engineering assessment. I am enclosing a copy of that letter, which describes our plans to use an improved engineering inspection at Vermont Yankee. The NRC staff has concluded that its detailed technical review, combined with its inspections prescribed by the reactor oversight process, as enhanced by a new engineering inspection, is the most effective method of determining whether Vermont Yankee can safely operate under uprated power conditions. We believe this approach is responsive to the Public Service Boards request, and therefore is also responsive to Mr. Nobles request.
For current information on the NRCs review of the proposed power uprate, please see the Vermont Yankee web page at the NRCs website at:
www.nrc.gov/reactors/plant-specific-items/vermont-yankee-issues.html Sincerely,
/RA/
Luis A. Reyes Executive Director for Operations
Enclosure:
Letter to the Vermont Public Service Board
The Honorable Charles F. Bass June 4, 2004 Member, United States House of Representatives One West Street Suite 208 Keene, NH 03431
Dear Congressman Bass:
I am responding on behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to your letter dated May 3, 2004, in which you forwarded a copy of a letter from one of your constituents, Mr. Charles Nobles. In his letter, Mr. Nobles expressed concern regarding a request by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., to increase the generating capacity of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee) by 20 percent, and asked that your office support the request for a comprehensive independent safety inspection of the facility.
The NRC sent a letter to the Vermont Public Service Board on May 4, 2004, in response to their request for an independent engineering assessment. I am enclosing a copy of that letter, which describes our plans to use an improved engineering inspection at Vermont Yankee. The NRC staff has concluded that its detailed technical review, combined with its inspections prescribed by the reactor oversight process, as enhanced by a new engineering inspection, is the most effective method of determining whether Vermont Yankee can safely operate under uprated power conditions. We believe this approach is responsive to the Public Service Boards request, and therefore is also responsive to Mr. Nobles request.
For current information on the NRCs review of the proposed power uprate, please see the Vermont Yankee web page at the NRCs website at:
www.nrc.gov/reactors/plant-specific-items/vermont-yankee-issues.html Sincerely,
/RA/
Luis A. Reyes Executive Director for Operations
Enclosure:
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