ML041460571

Y020040069 - Board of Selectmen Ltr. Re.: Resolution for Safety Inspection at Vermont Yankee

ML041460571
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	05/27/2004
From:	Holden C NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Town of Gill, MA, Board of Selectmen
Ennis R, NRR/DLPM, 415-1420
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May 27, 2004 Board of Selectmen Town of Gill 325 Main Road Gill, MA 01376

Dear Members of the Board:

I am responding on behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to your letter dated March 31, 2004, in which you requested that the NRC conduct an independent safety assessment of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee) prior to licensing a 20-percent power uprate.

The NRC sent a letter to the Vermont Public Service Board on May 4, 2004, in response to a similar request for an independent engineering assessment. To address your concern for the town of Gill, 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 the detailed technical review, combined with inspections prescribed by the reactor oversight process, as enhanced by a new engineering inspection, is the most effective method of determining whether Vermont Yankee could safely operate under uprated power conditions.

The NRC values your comments on this issue. I believe the enclosed information, which describes our review and inspection procedure, along with our plans for a new engineering inspection process, will assist in addressing your concerns regarding the safety of Vermont Yankee. Additional information about the on-going review process is also available on our NRC website at: www.nrc.gov/reactors/plant-specific-items/vermont-yankee-issues.html Sincerely,

/RA/

Cornelius F. Holden, Director Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

Letter to the Vermont Public Service Board

May 24, 2004 Board of Selectmen Town of Gill 325 Main Road Gill, MA 01376

Dear Members of the Board:

I am responding on behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to your letter dated March 31, 2004, in which you requested that the NRC conduct an independent safety assessment of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee) prior to licensing a 20-percent power uprate.

The NRC sent a letter to the Vermont Public Service Board on May 4, 2004, in response to a similar request for an independent engineering assessment. To address your concern for the town of Gill, 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 the detailed technical review, combined with inspections prescribed by the reactor oversight process, as enhanced by a new engineering inspection, is the most effective method of determining whether Vermont Yankee could safely operate under uprated power conditions.

The NRC values your comments on this issue. I believe the enclosed information, which describes our review and inspection procedure, along with our plans for a new engineering inspection process, will assist in addressing your concerns regarding the safety of Vermont Yankee. Additional information about the on-going review process is also available on our NRC website at: www.nrc.gov/reactors/plant-specific-items/vermont-yankee-issues.html Sincerely,

/RA/

Cornelius F. Holden, Director Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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