ML073650126

(PA-LR) Update to VY Schedule Extension

ML073650126
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	11/27/2007
From:	Rowley J NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
To:	Devine J, David Mannai, Metell H Entergy Nuclear Operations
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dispatched today Attached is a letter that will be dispatched today. It updates the status of the VY LRA review schedule and provides the question related to audit question #387.

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SJonathan Rowley - Update on VY LRA Schedule extension.doc -, Page 1 Mr. Michael A. Balduzzi Sr. Vice President & COO Regional Operations, NE Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

SUBJECT:

UPDATE ON EXTENSION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE CONDUCT OF REVIEW OF THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION

Dear Mr. Balduzzi:

In a letter dated July 30, 2007, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., submitted additional information, supplementing the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS) license renewal application (LRA), for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the staff) review. The staff had immediate concerns with the information provided. By letter dated July 31, 2007, the staff extended the schedule for review of the VYNPS LRA. In that letter, the staff stated that the overall schedule was to be extended "...beyond the nominal thirty months (with hearing) by a minimum of two months plus the length of time required by VYNPS to submit the revised information."

By a letter dated August 29, 2007, the staff transmitted a request for additional information (RAI) related to the partial collapse of the west cooling tower cell 2-4. That letter stated that a revised schedule for completion of the VYNPS LRA review will be issued upon receipt of a satisfactory response to the RAI. VYNPS provided responses to the RAI in letters dated September 27, 2007, and October 18, 2007.

During a telephone conference call on August 20, 2007, the staff informed VYNPS representatives that the staff can not accept future license renewal commitments to evaluate time-limited aging analyses (TLAA) as a method of satisfying the requirements of 10 CFR 54.21(c)(1). In response to this conference call, VYNPS provided a supplement to their LRA in a letter dated September 17, 2007. The supplement attempted to address the requirements governing TLAA. On October 9 - 10, 2007, the staff conducted an on-site audit to verify the information provided in that supplement.

I"Jonathan Rowley-- Update on VY LRA Schedule extension.docPage 21 M. Balduzzi The staff asked six questions during the audit. In its letter dated November 14, 2007, Entergy responded to these six specific audit questions. The staff has reviewed this information and has a request for additional information (RAI) needed to complete its review (see RAI below). Once the staff has completed its review of the additional information, a revised schedule for review of the VYNPS LRA will be established. If you have any questions, please contact Jonathan Rowley of my staff by telephone at 301-415-4053 or via e-mail at JGR Unrc.gov.

RAI 4.3.3-2 Your response to audit question # 387 in your November 14, 2007, letter states that "In most cases the maximum component stress difference with time matched the maximum stress intensity calculated by ANSYS. This shows that shearing stresses are negligible for the thermal transient at that location and the maximum component stress difference is the maximum stress intensity."

Please identify the exceptions where maximum component stress difference with time did not match the maximum stress intensity calculated by ANSYS. In addition, please justify the exceptions, based on quantitative evaluations, that the shearing stresses are negligible and the maximum component stress difference is the maximum stress intensity for the branch nozzle blend radius (nozzle corner) locations with geometrical discontinuities for the applicable thermal transients. Your response should cover the shearing stress differences at the 0-180 degree axis and the 90-270 degree axis to the pipe run axis.

Sincerely, Pao-Tsin Kuo, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-271 cc: See next page

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Regional Administrator, Region I Ms. Carla A. White, RRPT, CHP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Radiological Health 475 Allendale Road Vermont Department of Health King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 P.O. Box 70, Drawer #43 108 Cherry Street Mr. David R. Lewis Burlington, VT 05402-0070 Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Mr. David Mannai Washington, DC 20037-1128 Manager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Mr. David O'Brien, Commissioner Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Vermont Department of Public Service P.O. Box 500 112 State Street 185 Old Ferry Road Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500 Mr. James Volz, Chairman Resident Inspector Public Service Board Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station State of Vermont U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 112 State Street P.O. Box 176 Montpelier, VT 05620-2701 Vernon, VT 05354 Chairman, Board of Selectmen Director, Massachusetts Emergency Town of Vernon Management Agency P.O. Box 116 ATTN: James Muckerheide Vernon, VT 05354-0116 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399 Operating Experience Coordinator Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Jonathan M. Block, Esq.

320 Governor Hunt Road Main Street Vernon, VT 05354 P.O. Box 566 Putney, VT 05346-0566 G. Dana Bisbee, Esq.

Deputy Attorney General Mr. John F. McCann 33 Capitol Street Director, Licensing Concord, NH 03301-6937 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue Chief, Safety Unit White Plains, NY 10601 Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Mr. John T. Herron Boston, MA 02108 Sr. Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213

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Mr. Oscar Limpias New Orleans, LA 70113 Vice President, Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Mr. Norman L. Rademacher Director, NSA Mr. Christopher Schwartz Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Vice President, Operations Support P.O. Box 0500 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 185 Old Ferry Road 440 Hamilton Avenue Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500 White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Raymond Shadis Mr. Michael J. Colomb New England Coalition Director of Oversight P.O. Box 98 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Edgecomb, ME 04556 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. James P. Matteau Executive Director Mr. William C. Dennis Windham Regional Commission Assistant General Counsel 139 Main Street, Suite 505 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Brattleboro, VT 05301 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. William K. Sherman Vermont Department of Public Service Mr. Theodore Sullivan 112 State Street Site Vice President Drawer 20 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 500 Mr. Michael D. Lyster 185 Old Ferry Road 5931 Barclay Lane Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500 Naples, FL 34110-7306 Mr. James H. Sniezek Diane Curran, Esq.

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Salisbury, MD 21801 Eisenberg, L.L.P 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Mr. Garrett D. Edwards Washington, DC 20036 814 Waverly Road Kennett Square, PA 19348 Ronald A. Shems, Esq.

Shems, Dunkiel, Kassel & Saunders, PLLC Ms. Stacey M. Lousteau 91 College Street Treasury Department Burlington, VT 05401 Entergy Services, Inc.

639 Loyola Avenue Karen Tyler, Esq.

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Shems, Dunkiel, Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401 Sarah Hofmann, Esq.

Director of Public Advocacy Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Jennifer J. Patterson, Esq.

Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301 Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 Matthew Brock, Esq.

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