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Summary of a Telephone Conference Call Held on December 6, 2006, Between the U.S. NRC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Concerning Information Pertaining to the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application
ML070180534
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Site: Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date: 01/29/2007
From: Rowley J
NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRB
To:
Entergy Nuclear Operations
Rowley J, NRR/DLR/RLRB, 415-4053
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January 29, 2007LICENSEE:Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.FACILITY:Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON DECEMBER 6, 2006, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC., CONCERNING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff and representatives of Entergy NuclearOperations, Inc., held a telephone conference call on December 6, 2006, to discuss and clarify the staff's requests for additional information concerning the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Station license renewal application. The conference call was useful in clarifying the staff's questions.Enclosure 1 provides a listing of the conference call participants. Enclosure 2 contains theissues discussed with the applicant, including a brief discussion of the items' status.The applicant had an opportunity to comment on this summary./RA/ Jonathan Rowley, Project ManagerLicense Renewal Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-271

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ML070180534OFFICELA:RLRBPM:RLRBBC:RLRBNAMEIKingJRowley SHoffman for RAuluckDATE01/19/0701/22/0701/29/07 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station cc:

Regional Administrator, Region IU. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415Mr. David R. LewisPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128Mr. David O'Brien, CommissionerVermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2601Mr. James Volz, ChairmanPublic Service Board State of Vermont 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2701Chairman, Board of Selectmen Town of Vernon P.O. Box 116 Vernon, VT 05354-0116Operating Experience CoordinatorVermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 320 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354G. Dana Bisbee, Esq.Deputy Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6937Chief, Safety Unit Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Boston, MA 02108Ms. Carla A. White, RRPT, CHPRadiological Health Vermont Department of Health P.O. Box 70, Drawer #43 108 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05402-0070Mr. James M. DeVincentisManager, Licensing Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500Resident InspectorVermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 176 Vernon, VT 05354Director, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency ATTN: James Muckerheide 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399Jonathan M. Block, Esq.Main Street P.O. Box 566 Putney, VT 05346-0566Mr. John F. McCannDirector, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Gary J. TaylorChief Executive Officer Entergy Operations 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station cc:

Mr. John T. HerronSr. VP and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Oscar LimpiasVice President, Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Christopher SchwartzVice President, Operations Support Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Michael J. ColombDirector of Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Travis C. McCulloughAssistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Theodore SullivanSite Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500Mr. James H. Sniezek5486 Nithsdale Drive Salisbury, MD 21801Mr. Garrett D. Edwards814 Waverly Road Kennett Square, PA 19348Ms. Stacey M. LousteauTreasury Department Entergy Services, Inc.

639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113Mr. Norman L. RademacherDirector, NSA Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500Mr. Raymond ShadisNew England Coalition Post Office Box 98 Edgecomb, ME 04556Mr. James P. MatteauExecutive Director Windham Regional Commission 139 Main Street, Suite 505 Brattleboro, VT 05301Mr. William K. ShermanVermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601Mr. Michael D. Lyster5931 Barclay Lane Naples, FL 34110-7306Ms. Charlene D. FaisonManager, Licensing 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. James RossNuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station cc:

Diane Curran, Esq.Harmon, Curran, Spielberg &

Eisenberg, L.L.P 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036Ronald A. Shems, Esq.Shems, Dunkiel, Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401Karen Tyler, Esq.Shems, Dunkiel, Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401Sarah Hofmann, Esq.Director of Public Advocacy Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601Jennifer J. Patterson, Esq.Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128Matthew Brock, Esq.Assistant Attorney General Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Environmental Protection Division One Ashburton Place, Room 1813 Boston, MA 02108-1598Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.National Legal Scholars Law Firm 84 East Thetford Rd.

Lyme, NH 03768 Note to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., from Jonathan Rowley dated January 29, 2007

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JRowley RLaufer JShea CAnderson, RI RPowell, RI DScrenci, RI MModes, RI DPelton, Sr. Resident MYoung RidsOpaMail LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALLTO DISCUSS THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATIONLICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONDecember 6, 2006PARTICIPANTS AFFILIATIONSJonathan RowleyU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)Dan HoangNRC Duc NguyenNRC Kenneth ChangNRC Kaihwa HsuNRC Alan CoxEntergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO)

Lori PottsENO Michael HamerENO Dave LachENO David MannaiENO Paul JohnsonENO Michael MetellENO Mike StroudENO VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONDecember 6, 2006The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (NRC or the staff) and representatives ofEntergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., held a telephone conference call on December 6, 2006, to discuss and clarify the staff's requests for additional information (RAIs) concerning the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee or VYNPS) license renewal application. The following issues were discussed during the telephone conference call:RAI 3.6.2.2-N-01-110CFR 54.21(a)(3) requires an applicant to demonstrate that the effects of aging, ofcomponents such as cable connections defined in 10CFR 54.21(a)(1), will be adequately managed so that the intended function(s) will be maintained consistent with the current licensing basis for the period of extended operation. To demonstrate that the effects of aging will be adequately managed for license renewal, the staff has asked applicants to identify the program relied upon to manage certain aging effects for cable connections. An aging management program (AMP) for cable connections acceptable to the staff is described in Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report (GALL) AMP XI.E6. The AMP states that "this aging management program for electrical cable connections (metallic parts) account for the following aging stressors: thermal cycling, ohmic heating, electrical transients, vibration, chemical contamination, corrosion, and oxidation."Therefore, the staff requests that the applicant either provide a plant-specific AMP with theAMP elements found in the Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (SRP-LR), Appendix A.1, Section A.1.2.3 and SRP-LR Table A.1-1, or an AMP consistent with GALL AMP XI.E6. If the applicant maintains that an AMP is not required, the applicant is requested to explain in detail how the existing program will address the above aging effects and provide a detailed discussion of how each of the ten elements of aging management, as described in the SRP-LR sections mentioned above, is met by the current program. Also, the applicant is requested to provide supporting documentation to show that the aging management program elements, including appropriate tests, are implemented currently and will be continued for the extended period of operation.Discussion: The applicant agreed to submit a XI.E6 program based on the discussion anddecision made during the November 30, 2006, meeting with the Nuclear Energy Institute. Thestaff will evaluate the program upon its submittal. RAI 3.6.2.2-N-08-2 Electrical components for the Vernon Hydroelectric Station (VHS) include 2 black-start turbinegenerators, cables and buses for power transmission, instrumentation and control components and their associated cables and connections. The audit team found that there is an AMP for underground cables from the Vernon dam tie breaker routed to Vermont Yankee. However, there appears to be no AMPs for electrical components from the tie breaker to the VHSgenerators. Please describe how aging effects on the rest of the electrical components will be managed during the period of extended operation.Discussion: The applicant first addressed this RAI in their October 20, 2006, letter (LicenseRenewal Application, Amendment 17). The staff did not agree with the applicant's methodologyused in that response. The staff clarified its position during the call. The applicant will provide a revised response to this concern in a future letter to the NRC.RAI 3.6.2.2-N-08-4The applicant stated that VHS switchyard passive long-lived commodity groups are effectivelymaintained through routine maintenance by the switchyard owner. Describe how this routine maintenance will manage the aging effects on the VHS switchyard passive long-lived commodity groups during the period of extended operations.Discussion: The applicant first addressed this RAI in their October 20, 2006, letter (LicenseRenewal Application, Amendment 17). The staff did not agree with the applicant's methodologyused in that response. The staff clarified its position. The applicant will provide a revised response to this concern in a future letter to the NRC.RAI 3.6.2.2-N-08-5Address the following station blackout alternate alternating currents (SBO AAC) related items:a. Please describe (as stated in GALL AMP XI.E6) how aging effects are managedso that the intended function of cable connections associated with SBO AAC (including VHS) will be maintained during the extended period of operation.Discussion: The applicant first addressed this RAI in their October 20, 2006, letter (LicenseRenewal Application, Amendment 17). The staff did not agree with the applicant's methodologyused in that response. The staff clarified its position. The applicant will provide a revised response to this concern in a future letter to the NRC.RAI 4.3-H-1In the basis document for the fatigue monitoring program, a 100F/hour heatup/cooldown ratewas identified for normal transient conditions. The actual operating condition for heatup and cooldown rate is 100F when averaged over any one hour period. Therefore, the actualoperating condition may result in a much higher rate than 100F/hour. For example, a 60Ftemperature change for a 0.1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> period represents a 600F/hour rate. Thermal stress is afunction of the rate of temperature difference. The higher the rate, the higher the stress. Please describe how VYNPS's automatic cycle counting program will adequately define thetransients and cycle numbers. Please provide description to ensure the fatigue cumulative usage factor and thermal stress are evaluated in accordance with the actual transients or enveloped the actual transient. Discussion: The staff requested the applicant provide actual numbers for design cyclesversus transients. The applicant agreed to provide the requested numbers in a supplementalresponse to this concern in a future letter to the NRC.