ML041470308
| ML041470308 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png (DPR-028) |
| Issue date: | 05/28/2004 |
| From: | Holden C NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1 |
| To: | Moynihan M - No Known Affiliation |
| Ennis R, NRR/DLPM, 415-1420 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML041470327 | List: |
| References | |
| G20040238, LTR-04-0194, TAC MC2542 | |
| Download: ML041470308 (2) | |
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May 28, 2004 Mr. Michael Moynihan P.O. Box 129 Waterbury Center, VT 05677
Dear Mr. Moynihan:
I am responding on behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to your letter dated March 24, 2004, regarding the request by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to amend Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Stations (Vermont Yankee) license to increase power. In your letter you were particularly concerned about the age and condition of the Vermont Yankee facility, and you requested that the NRC conduct an independent safety assessment of Vermont Yankee before any such uprate is even considered.
I have enclosed a copy of the letter that we sent to the Vermont Public Service Board regarding its request for an independent engineering assessment. In our response, the NRC has taken a closer look at our proposed inspections and technical reviews to assure ourselves that they will identify any potential concerns for operating at uprated power conditions. We have concluded that the detailed technical review, combined with the inspections prescribed by the reactor oversight process, as enhanced by a pilot engineering inspection, is the most effective method of informing our decision on whether Vermont Yankee could safely operate under uprated power conditions.
Thank you for your interest in the NRC activities. For current information on the NRCs review of the proposed power uprate, please see the Vermont Yankee webpage on the NRCs 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 28, 2004 Mr. Michael Moynihan P.O. Box 129 Waterbury Center, VT 05677
Dear Mr. Moynihan:
I am responding on behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to your letter dated March 24, 2004, regarding the request by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to amend Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Stations (Vermont Yankee) license to increase power. In your letter you were particularly concerned about the age and condition of the Vermont Yankee facility, and you requested that the NRC conduct an independent safety assessment of Vermont Yankee before any such uprate is even considered.
I have enclosed a copy of the letter that we sent to the Vermont Public Service Board regarding its request for an independent engineering assessment. In our response, the NRC has taken a closer look at our proposed inspections and technical reviews to assure ourselves that they will identify any potential concerns for operating at uprated power conditions. We have concluded that the detailed technical review, combined with the inspections prescribed by the reactor oversight process, as enhanced by a pilot engineering inspection, is the most effective method of informing our decision on whether Vermont Yankee could safely operate under uprated power conditions.
Thank you for your interest in the NRC activities. For current information on the NRCs review of the proposed power uprate, please see the Vermont Yankee webpage on the NRCs 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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