ML15306A412
| ML15306A412 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 11/30/2015 |
| From: | Meena Khanna Plant Licensing Branch IV |
| To: | Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| Bezakulu A | |
| References | |
| Download: ML15306A412 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 30, 2015 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 250 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354
SUBJECT:
VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION-TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE DATA SYSTEM FEED TO THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Dear Sir or Madam:
This letter serves to acknowledge that the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY)
Emergency Response Data System (EROS), including its data link from VY to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Operations Center, is no longer required based on the permanently shutdown and defueled condition of VY.
Section VI of Appendix E to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) establishes the requirement of a direct near real-time electronic data link between a nuclear power facility licensee's onsite computer system and the NRC Operations Center that provides for the automated transmission of a limited data set of selected parameters. However, Section Vl.2 of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 specifically exempts from this requirement those nuclear power facilities that are shut down permanently or indefinitely.
By letter dated September 23, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML13273A204), Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) provided notification to the NRC of its intent to permanently cease power operations at VY. By letter dated January 12, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15013A426), Entergy certified to the NRC, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(1 )(i) and (a)(1 )(ii), that VY had permanently ceased operations and that fuel had been permanently removed from the VY reactor vessel and placed in the VY spent fuel pool. Upon the docketing of these certifications, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(2), the 10 CFR Part 50 license for VY no longer authorizes operation of the reactor or emplacement or retention of fuel into the reactor vessel.
Based on the certifications of the permanently shutdown and defueled condition of the VY reactor, and because the current VY emergency plan and implementing procedures do not contain any specific actions for EROS activation in the event of an emergency classification of Alert or higher, 1 the NRC acknowledges that, consistent with Section Vl.2 of Appendix E to 1 The requirements for the maintenance and use of EROS by licensees who have submitted certifications of permanent cessation of operations are described in a June 2, 2014, memorandum by Robert J. Lewis, Director, Division of Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, NRG (ADAMS Accession No. ML14099A520).
10 CFR Part 50, the VY EROS, including its data link from VY to the NRC Operations Center, is no longer required.
If you have any questions regarding the termination of the EROS data link from VY to the NRC Operations Center, please contact Bezakulu Alemu at (301) 287-3731 or by e-mail at Bezakulu.Alemu@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Meena K. Khanna, Chief Plant Licensing IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-271 cc: Distribution via Listserv
ML15306A412 OFFICE NSIR/DPR NSIR/DPR NSIR/DPR/ORLOB/BC NSIR/DPR:DD NAME BAI emu BStapleton JDAnderson KCoyne DATE 11/02/2015 11/02/2015 11/03/2015 11/09/2015 OGC - NLO subject to OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL4-2/PM NRR/DORL/LPL4-2/LA email comments NRR/DORL/LPL4-2/BC NAME JKim PBlechman JWachutka ( SKoenick for) MKhanna DATE 11/16/2015 11/18/2015 11/23/2015 11/30/2015 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 30, 2015 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 250 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354
SUBJECT:
VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION-TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE DATA SYSTEM FEED TO THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Dear Sir or Madam:
This letter serves to acknowledge that the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY)
Emergency Response Data System (EROS), including its data link from VY to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Operations Center, is no longer required based on the permanently shutdown and defueled condition of VY.
Section VI of Appendix E to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) establishes the requirement of a direct near real-time electronic data link between a nuclear power facility licensee's onsite computer system and the NRC Operations Center that provides for the automated transmission of a limited data set of selected parameters. However, Section Vl.2 of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 specifically exempts from this requirement those nuclear power facilities that are shut down permanently or indefinitely.
By letter dated September 23, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML13273A204), Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) provided notification to the NRC of its intent to permanently cease power operations at VY. By letter dated January 12, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15013A426), Entergy certified to the NRC, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(1 )(i) and (a)(1 )(ii), that VY had permanently ceased operations and that fuel had been permanently removed from the VY reactor vessel and placed in the VY spent fuel pool. Upon the docketing of these certifications, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(2), the 10 CFR Part 50 license for VY no longer authorizes operation of the reactor or emplacement or retention of fuel into the reactor vessel.
Based on the certifications of the permanently shutdown and defueled condition of the VY reactor, and because the current VY emergency plan and implementing procedures do not contain any specific actions for EROS activation in the event of an emergency classification of Alert or higher, 1 the NRC acknowledges that, consistent with Section Vl.2 of Appendix E to 1 The requirements for the maintenance and use of EROS by licensees who have submitted certifications of permanent cessation of operations are described in a June 2, 2014, memorandum by Robert J. Lewis, Director, Division of Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, NRG (ADAMS Accession No. ML14099A520).
10 CFR Part 50, the VY EROS, including its data link from VY to the NRC Operations Center, is no longer required.
If you have any questions regarding the termination of the EROS data link from VY to the NRC Operations Center, please contact Bezakulu Alemu at (301) 287-3731 or by e-mail at Bezakulu.Alemu@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Meena K. Khanna, Chief Plant Licensing IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-271 cc: Distribution via Listserv
ML15306A412 OFFICE NSIR/DPR NSIR/DPR NSIR/DPR/ORLOB/BC NSIR/DPR:DD NAME BAI emu BStapleton JDAnderson KCoyne DATE 11/02/2015 11/02/2015 11/03/2015 11/09/2015 OGC - NLO subject to OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL4-2/PM NRR/DORL/LPL4-2/LA email comments NRR/DORL/LPL4-2/BC NAME JKim PBlechman JWachutka ( SKoenick for) MKhanna DATE 11/16/2015 11/18/2015 11/23/2015 11/30/2015