ML051660338
| ML051660338 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 06/15/2005 |
| From: | Ray Lorson Plant Support Branch 1 |
| To: | Thayer J Entergy Nuclear Operations |
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| Download: ML051660338 (3) | |
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June 15, 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:
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ISSUES DEFICIENCIES AS A RESULT OF ITEMS IDENTIFIED DURING THE MAY 24, 2005, VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION EXERCISE
Dear Mr. Thayer:
Enclosed are copies of letters from Kenneth A. Horak, Acting Regional Director, FEMA Region I, to Kerry Sleeper, Commissioner of Vermont Department of Public Safety; Christine McCombs, Director of Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency; and to Bruce G.
Cheney, Director of New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Management. The letters officially informed these agencies of the identification of Deficiencies during the May 24, 2005, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Exercise.
In Vermont, FEMA identified five Deficiencies. Three Deficiencies were assessed against the State Emergency Operations Center regarding Direction and Control and Alert and Notification.
The Towns of Vernon and Halifax were each assessed a Deficiency pertaining to Alert and Notification. In Massachusetts, a Deficiency was assessed against the Town of Colrain in the area of Alert and Notification, but was successfully re-demonstrated on June 1, 2005. In New Hampshire, a Deficiency was assessed against the Town of Richmond in the area of Alert and Notification. Subsequent to the issuance of the FEMA letter, we were informed by FEMA that the Town of Richmond successfully re-demonstrated Alert and Notification on June 10, 2005.
The specifics regarding these issues are explained further in the respective letters.
You are requested to provide assistance to these agencies to properly resolve the Deficiencies in a timely manner. NRC, in coordination with FEMA, will monitor the progress on resolution of these issues.
If you have any questions concerning this enclosure, please contact David Silk at (610) 337-5372.
Sincerely,
/RA by Richard V. Crlenjak Acting For/
Raymond K. Lorson, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28
Enclosures:
As Stated
Mr. Jay K. Thayer 2
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 O. Limpias, 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.
Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Mass.
J. E. Silberg, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP 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 K. Horak, Acting Regional Director - FEMA Region I D. Bell, RAC Chair, FEMA Region I
Mr. Jay K. Thayer 3
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