ML041480055
| ML041480055 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 05/28/2004 |
| From: | Holden C NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1 |
| To: | Town of Montague, MA, Board of Selectmen |
| Ennis R, NRR/DLPM, 415-1420 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML041480064 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2005-0031, G20040242, LTR-04-0200, TAC MC2562 | |
| Download: ML041480055 (6) | |
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May 28, 2004 Board of Selectmen Town of Montague 1 Avenue A Turners Falls, MA 01376
Dear Members of the Board:
I am responding on behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to your letter dated March 29, 2004, in which your requested the NRC conduct an independent safety assessment of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee) prior to the proposed 20 percent power uprate.
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. To address the town of Montagues concern, 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.
Thank you for your interest in 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 Board of Selectmen Town of Montague 1 Avenue A Turners Falls, MA 01376
Dear Members of the Board:
I am responding on behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to your letter dated March 29, 2004, in which your requested the NRC conduct an independent safety assessment of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee) prior to the proposed 20 percent power uprate.
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. To address the town of Montagues concern, 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.
Thank you for your interest in 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 DISTRIBUTION:
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