ML050610121
| ML050610121 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2005 |
| From: | Blough A Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Thayer J Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| References | |
| IR-05-001 | |
| Download: ML050610121 (6) | |
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March 2, 2005 Mr. Jay K. Thayer Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (REPORT 05000271/2005001)
Dear Mr. Thayer:
On February 8, 2005, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. The end-of-cycle review for Vermont Yankee involved the participation of the reactor technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2004. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.
This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection information. A separate letter designated and marked as Exempt from Public Disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.
Overall, Vermont Yankee operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on one finding of low to moderate safety significance (White) in the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone. Also, the significance and disposition of an apparent violation of 10 CFR 74.19 related to inventory records, procedure adherence, and physical inventory of two spent fuel rod pieces is still under review by NRC management.
The finding in the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone was issued because Entergy did not provide tone alert radios to a portion of the populace that was within the Vermont Yankee emergency planning zone, but outside of siren coverage, so that they could be notified in case of an emergency. In our letter dated February 2, 2005, we informed you that the finding in the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone was of low to moderate safety significance (White).
Therefore, in response to this one White finding, we plan to conduct a supplemental inspection using inspection procedure 95001. The objective of the supplemental inspection is to provide assurance that Entergy understands the root causes and contributing causes of the finding, identifies the extent of condition, and establishes corrective actions that are sufficient to prevent recurrence. We request that you inform Mr. Clifford Anderson of my staff of your projected
Mr. Jay K. Thayer 2 dates for completing sufficient actions to support the inspection objective so that we may schedule our supplemental inspection.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through September 30, 2006. The plan also contains an inspection of Vermont Yankees erosion/flow assisted corrosion program that is in response to your request to increase the power output of Vermont Yankee. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting. Also, pending our final disposition of the apparent violation regarding the inventory of the two spent fuel rod pieces, we may conduct a followup inspection related to this issue.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Clifford Anderson at 610-337-5227 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28
Enclosure:
Vermont Yankee Inspection/ Activity Plan cc w/encl:
M. R. Kansler, President, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
G. J. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Entergy Operations J. T. Herron, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer D. L. Pace, Vice President, Engineering B. OGrady, Vice President, Operations Support J. M. DeVincentis, Manager, Licensing, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Operating Experience Coordinator - Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station J. F. McCann, Director, Nuclear Safety Assurance M. J. Colomb, Director of Oversight, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
J. M. Fulton, Assistant General Counsel, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
S. Lousteau, Treasury Department, Entergy Services, Inc.
Mr. Jay K. Thayer 3 Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Mass.
D. R. Lewis, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge G. D. Bisbee, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Environmental Protection Bureau J. Block, Esquire J. P. Matteau, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission M. Daley, New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc. (NECNP)
D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)
R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff G. Sachs, President/Staff Person, c/o Stopthesale J. Sniezek, PWR SRC Consultant R. Toole, PWR SRC Consultant Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SLO Designee State of New Hampshire, SLO Designee State of Vermont, SLO Designee
Mr. Jay K. Thayer 4 Distribution w/encl:
S. Collins, RA J. Wiggins, DRA C. Anderson, DRP D. Florek, DRP S. Lee, RI OEDO D. Roberts, NRR R. Ennis, PM, NRR V. Nerses, Backup PM, NRR D. Pelton, DRP, Senior Resident Inspector A. Rancourt, DRP, Resident OA Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
ROPreports@nrc.gov (All IRs)
DRS Director DRS Deputy Director DRS Branch Chiefs D. Screnci, PAO N. Sheehan, PAO RidsNrrDipmIipb@nrc.gov Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
DOCUMENT NAME: S:\ROP5 End of Cycle Review\Branch 5\2004 End-of-Cycle Letter VY.wpd SISP Review Complete: Cja (Reviewers Initials)
After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will/will not be released to the Public.
To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RI:DRP RI:DRP RI:DRP NAME Florek Anderson Blough DATE 02/22/05 02/22/05 03/01/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Page 1 of 2 Vermont Yankee 03/01/2005 14:52:27 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71152 - PI&R SAMPLE: RCIC TIMELINE 2 1 IP 71152 Identification and Resolution of Problems 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Baseline Inspections MODS - MODS & 50.59 4 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111401 - EXERCISE EVALUATION & EP PI VERIFICATION 3 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Baseline Inspections 7112202 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 1 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Baseline Inspections EPU - EPU REVIEW - EROSION/FAC PROGRAM 1 1 IP 71004 Power Uprate 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Other Routine 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/08/2005 08/12/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/08/2005 08/12/2005 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PI&R 4 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/26/2005 10/30/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/26/2005 10/30/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111108G - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 12/05/2005 12/09/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 12/12/2005 12/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RADIATION SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 01/09/2006 01/13/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112103 - OCC RAD SAFETY - INSTRUMENTS 1 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 01/23/2006 01/27/2006 Baseline Inspections SSDI - SSDI 7 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 07/31/2006 08/04/2006 Baseline Inspections 71114 - EP PRGM INSP & PI VERIFICATION 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 2 of 2 Vermont Yankee 03/01/2005 14:52:27 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71114 - EP PRGM INSP & PI VERIFICATION 1 1 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections SSDI - SSDI 7 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 08/14/2006 08/18/2006 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - LICENSED OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM 3 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 08/21/2006 08/25/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 08/28/2006 09/01/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.