ML062720029
| ML062720029 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 09/28/2006 |
| From: | Rowley J NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRB |
| To: | Kansler M Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| Rowley J, NRR/DLR/RLRB, 415-4053 | |
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| Download: ML062720029 (6) | |
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September 28, 2006 Mr. Michael Kansler President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601-1839
SUBJECT:
REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION
Dear Mr. Kansler:
By letter dated January 25, 2006, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., application for renewal of Operating License No. DPR-28 for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS). The NRC staff is reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application and has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review. Specifically, the enclosed requests for additional information are from Section 3.5, Structures and Component Supports, of the VYNPS license renewal application.
Based on discussions with Mr. Jim DeVincentis of your staff, a mutually agreeable date for your response is within 30 days of the date of this letter. If you have any questions regarding this letter or if circumstances result in your need to revise the response date, please contact me at 301-415-4053 or by e-mail at jgr@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Jonathan Rowley, Project Manager License Renewal Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-271
Enclosure:
Requests for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page
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DATE 09/ 11 /06 09/ 8 /06 09/ 28 /06
Letter to Michael Kansler from Jonathan Rowley dated September 28, 2006
SUBJECT:
REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION HARD COPY DLR R/F E-MAIL:
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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station cc:
Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mr. David R. Lewis Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1128 Mr. David OBrien, Commissioner Vermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Mr. James Volz, Chairman Public Service Board State of Vermont 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2701 Chairman, Board of Selectmen Town of Vernon P.O. Box 116 Vernon, VT 05354-0116 Operating Experience Coordinator Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 320 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354 G. Dana Bisbee, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6937 Chief, Safety Unit Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Ms. Deborah B. Katz Box 83 Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 Ms. Carla A. White, RRPT, CHP Radiological Health Vermont Department of Health P.O. Box 70, Drawer #43 108 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05402-0070 Mr. James M. DeVincentis Manager, Licensing Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500 Resident Inspector Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 176 Vernon, VT 05354 Director, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency ATTN: James Muckerheide 400 Worcester Rd.
Framingham, MA 01702-5399 Jonathan M. Block, Esq.
Main Street P.O. Box 566 Putney, VT 05346-0566 Mr. John F. McCann Director, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Gary J. Taylor Chief Executive Officer Entergy Operations 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station cc:
Mr. John T. Herron Sr. VP and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Oscar Limpias Vice President, Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Christopher Schwartz Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Michael J. Colomb Director of Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Travis C. McCullough Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Ted Sullivan Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500 Mr. James H. Sniezek 5486 Nithsdale Drive Salisbury, MD 21801 Ms. Stacey M. Lousteau Treasury Department Entergy Services, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113 Mr. Raymond Shadis New England Coalition Post Office Box 98 Edgecomb, ME 04556 Mr. James P. Matteau Executive Director Windham Regional Commission 139 Main Street, Suite 505 Brattleboro, VT 05301 Mr. William K. Sherman Vermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Mr. Michael D. Lyster 5931 Barclay Lane Naples, FL 34110-7306 Ms. Charlene D. Faison Manager, Licensing 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Diane Curran, Esq.*
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg
& Eisenberg, L.L.P.
1726 M Street, NW., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036
Enclosure VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAIs)
RAI 3.5-2 Table 3.5.2-1 of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS) license renewal application (LRA) does not list downcomers as a component. However, downcomers are listed in Table 3.5.1 under line item 3.5.1-13. The applicant is requested to explain why there is neither an aging management program (AMP) nor an aging management review provided for downcomers in Table 3.5.2-1.
RAI 3.5-5 VYNPS AMP B.1.15, Inservice Inspection, states that For containment inservice inspection, general visual and detailed visual examinations are used in addition to VT [visual testing]
examinations as allowed by 10 CFR 50.55(a) to include applicable relief requests. The applicant is requested to describe the differences between the general visual, detailed visual, and VT examinations. In addition, the applicant is requested to state the relief requests referenced in AMP B.1.15.
RA 3.5-6 AMP B.1.15, Inservice Inspection, and A.2.1.16, Inservice InspectionContainment Inservice Inspection Program, states that The program includes augmented ultrasonic exams to measure wall thickness of the containment structure. Explain the difference between the augmented portion of the ultrasonic exams performed in the two programs mentioned and that of the American Society of Mechanical EngineersSection XI Inservice Inspection program.
RAI 3.5-7 Section 3.5.2.2.1.1 of the VYNPS LRA states that the below-grade environment is not aggressive. The staff requests that the applicant provide actual values of pH, chlorides, and sulfates in the groundwater/soil adjacent to structures in order to verify the claim of a non-aggressive below-grade environment.
RAI 3.5-9 The applicant is requested to confirm whether or not the aggregates used for the concrete base mat that supports the steel containment have been tested for reactivity in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials C-289 and C-295.