ML092440044
| ML092440044 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2009 |
| From: | Diane Jackson NRC/RGN-I/DRP/PB5 |
| To: | Michael Colomb Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| Jackson D RGN-I/DRP/PB2/610-337-5306 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML092440044 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-1415 September 1, 2009 Mr. Michael Colomb Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Vernon, VT 05354
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION
Dear Mr. Colomb:
On August 11, 2009, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility.
This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A separate letter designated and marked as AOfficial Use Only - Security Information will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.
Plant performance for the most recent quarter at Vermont Yankee was within the Licensee Response column of the NRC=s Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.
In our annual assessment letter dated March 4, 2009 [ML090630467]1, we informed you of an existing cross-cutting theme in the aspect of document and procedure adequacy (H.2(c))2.
During the past six months, the NRC staff reviewed your action plan and corrective actions for this cross-cutting theme. To date, these actions appear to be adequate and effective given there have been no new findings with cross-cutting aspects in H.2(c) in the last two quarters.
There is only one inspection finding for the current twelve month assessment period with a cross-cutting aspect in H.2(c), so the cross-cutting theme no longer exists.
1 Designation in parentheses refers to an ADAMS accession number. Documents referenced in this letter are publicly available using the accession number in ADAMS.
2 This is a descriptor which correlates to the cross cutting aspect in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program.
M. Colomb 2
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through December 31, 2010. In addition to the baseline inspections, an independent spent fuel storage installation inspection will be performed. The inspection plan is provided to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules of Practice,@ a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
As you may know, the NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all the baseline inspection procedures as part of our biennial review of the ROP. If the results of the evaluation, or any other circumstances, cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (610) 337-5306 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Donald E. Jackson, Chief Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-271 License No. DPR-28
Enclosure:
Vermont Yankee Inspection/Activity Plan
M. Colomb 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 Hon. Molly Kelly, New Hampshire Senate 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. 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 J. Angil, II, Manager, Vermont Emergency Management Agency U. Vanags, State Nuclear Engineer, Vermont Department of Public Service J. Block, Esquire S. Shaw G. Edwards
M. Colomb 2
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through December 31, 2010. In addition to the baseline inspections, an independent spent fuel storage installation inspection will be performed. The inspection plan is provided to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules of Practice,@ a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (610)337-5306 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Donald E. Jackson, Chief Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Distribution w/encl:
S. Collins, RA M. Dapas, DRA D. Lew, DRP J. Clifford, DRP L. Trocine, RI, OEDO J. Lubinski, NRR M. Kowal, NRR J. Kim, PM, NRR J. Hughey, NRR D. Jackson, DRP T. Setzer, DRP A. Rao, DRP G. Newman, DRP J. Krafty, DRP H. Jones, DRP A. Rancourt, DRP D. Bearde, DRP Region I Docket Room (w/concurrences)
RidsNrrDirslpab@nrc.gov ROPreportsResource@nrc.gov D. Roberts, DRS P. Wilson, DRS DRS Branch Chiefs L. Scholl, DRS D. Silk, DRS D. Screnci, PAO N. Sheenan, PAO R. Barkley, ORA SUNSI Review Complete: dej (Reviewer=s Initials)
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Inspection / Activity Plan Page 1 of 2 08/24/2009 11:00:34 Report 22 07/01/2009 - 12/31/2010 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Vermont Yankee ISFSI
- ANNUAL SAMPLE - ISFSI INSPECTION 1
1 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 01/01/2009 12/31/2009 7111107T
- HEAT SINK INSP 1
1 IP Heat Sink Performance 7111107T 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY 1
1 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 7112101 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 1
IP ALARA - Required 7112102-7112102R 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 MODS
- PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS 4
1 IP Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications 7111117T 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 1
IP Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications 7111117T 12/07/2009 12/11/2009 2515/173
- GROUNDWATER TI 1
1 IP Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative 2515/173 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 1
IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 ISFSI
- ANNUAL SAMPLE - ISFSI INSPECTION 1
1 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 01/01/2010 12/31/2010 TI-177
- MANAGING GAS ACCUMULATION IN ECCS 3
1 IP Managing Gas Accumulation In Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal & Containment Spray System 2515/177 01/11/2010 01/15/2010 7111108G
- INSERVICE INSPECTION 1
1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 05/03/2010 05/07/2010 71121.01
- HP OUTAGE INSPECTION 1
1 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 7112101 05/03/2010 05/07/2010 1
IP ALARA - Required 7112102-7112102R 05/03/2010 05/07/2010 7111111B
- REQUAL INSP WITH P/F RESULTS 3
1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 07/19/2010 07/23/2010 71121.03
- HP INSTRUMENTS 1
1 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 7112103 05/24/2010 05/28/2010 11/29EXM
- INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM 5
1 FY11-VERMONT YANKEE INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01791 11/01/2010 11/05/2010 1
FY11-VERMONT YANKEE INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01791 11/29/2010 12/10/2010 EP PROGR
- EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1
1 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 08/15/2010 08/20/2010 1
IP Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 7111403 08/15/2010 08/20/2010 1
IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 08/15/2010 08/20/2010 1
IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 08/15/2010 08/20/2010 1
IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 08/15/2010 08/20/2010 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Inspection / Activity Plan Page 2 of 2 08/24/2009 11:00:34 Report 22 07/01/2009 - 12/31/2010 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Vermont Yankee TRI FIRE
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3
1 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 09/13/2010 09/17/2010 1
IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 09/27/2010 10/01/2010 71121.01
1 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 7112101 10/04/2010 10/08/2010 1
IP ALARA - Required 7112102-7112102R 10/04/2010 10/08/2010 71122.02
- RW TRANSPORTATION 1
1 IP Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 7112202 10/18/2010 10/22/2010 71122.01
- EFFLUENTS INSPECTION 1
1 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 7112201 12/06/2010 12/10/2010 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.