ML080650449

Notification of Inspection of the Implementation of B.5.b Phase 2 and 3 Mitigating Strategies Using Temporary Instruction 2515/171

ML080650449
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Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	03/05/2008
From:	Rogge J Engineering Region 1 Branch 3
To:	Ted Sullivan Entergy Nuclear Operations
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March 5, 2008 Mr. Theodore A. Sullivan Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Vernon, VT 05354

SUBJECT:

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF B.5.b PHASE 2 AND 3 MITIGATING STRATEGIES USING TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION 2515/171

Dear Mr. Sullivan:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will conduct an inspection at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station the week of April 7, 2008. The inspection team will be led by Mr. William Cook from the NRC Region I office. The team will be composed of the resident inspector, an NRR inspector/contractor, and the team leader. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC Temporary Instruction 2515/171, Verification of Site Specific Implementation of B.5.b Phase 2 and 3 Mitigation Strategies.

In order for the NRC to adequately prepare for this inspection, please furnish the documents listed in Enclosure 1 to the NRC team lead, resident inspector, and NRR inspector (one copy each) at least two weeks prior to the planned on site inspection.

Please have available on site at the beginning of the inspection the documents listed in . Mr. Wayne Limber, of your staff, has been advised of this request and other inspection team support needs, including the names and addresses of the inspectors assigned to this inspection.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009.

Mr. Theodore Sullivan 2 Your cooperation and support during this inspection will be appreciated. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. Cook at (610)337-5074, or me at (610)337-5146.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John F. Rogge, Chief Engineering Branch 3 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28

Enclosures:

1. Documentation Requested Prior to the Inspection

2. Arrangements/Documents Requested to be Available Onsite During the Inspection Week

Mr. Theodore Sullivan 2 Your cooperation and support during this inspection will be appreciated. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. Cook at (610)337-5074, or me at (610)337-5146.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John F. Rogge, Chief Engineering Branch 3 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28

Enclosures:

1. Documentation Requested Prior to the Inspection

2. Arrangements/Documents Requested to be Available Onsite During the Inspection Week SUNSI Review Complete: WAC (Reviewers Initials)

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRS\DIRECTOR\COOK\Vermont Yankee Request Letter for B5b info.doc ADAMS ACC#ML080650449 After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will 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/DRS RI/DRS RI/DRP NAME WCook/WAC JRogge/JFR RPowell/RP DATE 03/4/2008 03/5/2008 03/5/2008 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Mr. Theodore Sullivan 3 cc w/encl:

Vice President, Operations, Entergy Nuclear Operations Senior Vice President, Entergy Nuclear Operations Vice President, Oversight, Entergy Nuclear Operations Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing, Entergy Nuclear Operations Senior Vice President and COO, Entergy Nuclear Operations Assistant General Counsel, Entergy Nuclear Operations Manager, Licensing, Entergy Nuclear Operations G. Edwards S. Lousteau, Treasury Department, Entergy Services, Inc.

D. O Dowd, Administrator, Radiological Health Section, DPHS, State of New Hampshire W. Irwin, Chief, CHP, Radiological Health, Vermont Department of Health Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Mass.

D. Lewis, 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 D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)

R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff G. Sachs, President/Staff Person, c/o Stopthesale J. Volz, Chairman, Public Service Board, State of Vermont Chairman, Board of Selectman, Town of Vernon C. Pope, State of New Hampshire, SLO D. O'Brien, State of Vermont, SLO J. Giarrusso, SLO, MEMA, Commonwealth of Massachusetts U. Vanags, State Nuclear Engineer, Vermont Department of Public Service S. Shaw

Mr. Theodore Sullivan 4 Distribution w/encl: (via E-mail)

S. Collins, RA M. Dapas, DRA M. Gamberoni, DRS D. Lew, DRP J. Clifford, DRP R. Powell, DRP B. Norris, DRP N. Sieller, DRP G. West, RI OEDO (Acting)

M. Kowal, NRR J. Lubinski, NRR J. Kim, PM, NRR J. Boska, Backup PM, NRR J. Rogge, DRS W. Cook, DRS R. Fernandes, SRI B. Sienel, DRP, Resident Inspector A. Rancourt, DRP, Resident OA Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED PRIOR TO THE INSPECTION Please provide the items below two weeks prior to the onsite inspection week. For any items below not supplied prior to the onsite inspection week, please have the item available at the start of the onsite inspection. Please provide as much as possible in electronic format. You are reminded to properly identify and handle all Official Use Only-Security-Related Information and/or Proprietary Information in accordance with current guidance.

1. Copies of procedures/guidelines that were revised or generated to implement the mitigation strategies. These could be Extensive Damage Mitigation Guidelines (EDMGs), SAMGs, EOPs, AOPs, etc.

2. A matrix that shows the correlation between the mitigation strategies identified in NEI 06-12 and the site-specific procedures or guidelines that are used to implement the strategy.

3. Engineering evaluations/calculations that were used to verify engineering bases for the mitigation strategies.

4. Simplified flow diagrams for systems relied upon in the mitigation strategies.

These diagrams could be the type used for training.

5. Simplified drawings/descriptions of modifications that were made to plant systems to implement the mitigation strategies.

Enclosure 1

ARRANGEMENTS/DOCUMENTS REQUESTED TO BE AVAILABLE ONSITE DURING THE INSPECTION WEEK

1. Provide a conference room to accommodate up to four (4) NRC staff. Preferably this would be outside the protected area.

2. Site B.5.b contact person(s) should be available for the week

3. B.5.b engineering persons(s) should be on call for questions about any engineering calculations.

4. Appropriate Operations staff should be available, as needed, for plant walkdowns throughout the week.

5. Modification packages for any plant modifications performed as a result of B.5.b.

6. Detailed drawings (e.g., P&IDs) of systems used to implement mitigating strategies.

7. Copies of procedures/guidelines that were revised or generated to implement the mitigation strategies. These could be Extensive Damage Mitigation Guidelines (EDMGs), SAMGs, EOPs, AOPs, etc. This is the same as Item 1 to Enclosure 1, except that hard copies of these procedures/guidelines should be made available for each member of the inspection team.

8. Copies of procedures used to inventory equipment used in the mitigation strategies (e.g., hoses, fittings, pumps, etc.).

9. Training records/ training matrix/ lesson plans related to B.5.b.

10. Copies of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with local fire departments or other emergency services that are required to implement any mitigating strategies.

11. Copies of any evaluations performed to document that enough equipment is available to implement the mitigating strategies (e.g., enough fire hose or electrical cable is available based on a plant walkdown or review of drawings).

12. You are reminded to properly identify and handle all Official Use Only - Security-Related Information and/or Proprietary Information in accordance with current guidance.

Enclosure 2