ML19260A684
| ML19260A684 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 10/09/1979 |
| From: | Moody D VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. |
| To: | Galen Smith NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| WVY-79-118, NUDOCS 7912030086 | |
| Download: ML19260A684 (2) | |
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VERMONT YAN KEE NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION SEVENTY SEVEN GROVE STREET B4.5.1 RuTLAso, VERMONT 05701 REPLY TO:
October 9, 1979 ENGINEERING OFFICE TURNPlKE RO AD WESTBORO, M ASS ACHUSETTS 01581 T E L E PH C, N E 617 366-9011 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
' legion I 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, PA 19406 Attention:
Office of Inspection and Enforcement Mr. George H. Smith, Chief Fuel Facility and Materials Safety Branch
References:
(a) License No. DPR-28 (Docket No. 50-271)
(b) USNRC Letter to VYNPC, dated September 13, 1979 (Inspection Report 50-271/79-10
Dear Sir:
Subjec t:
Response to I&E Inspection Report No. 79-10 This letter is written in response to Reference (b) which indicates that certain of our activies were not conducted in full compliance with Nuclear Regulatory requirements.
The alleged items of noncompliance were noted during an inspection conducted on July 10-13, 1979, at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vermon, Vermont.
Information is submitted as follows in answer to the alleged infraction contained in the enclosure to your letter:
Item A Technical Specification 4.8. Col.d requires that " samples of off-gas effluents shall be taken at least every 96 hours0.00111 days <br />0.0267 hours <br />1.587302e-4 weeks <br />3.6528e-5 months <br /> and gamma radioactivity determined by gross or isotopic analyus."
Contrary to the above requirement the 96 hour0.00111 days <br />0.0267 hours <br />1.587302e-4 weeks <br />3.6528e-5 months <br /> interval between samples was exceeded on at least six occasions between January 1 and May 31,.1979
Response
Vermont Yankee's interpretation c ' the subject Technical Specification was that off-gas samples be taken at the steam jet air ejector.
"Off-Gas" was uniformly interpreted in the past as SJAE effluent and was always sampled more frequently than every 96 hours0.00111 days <br />0.0267 hours <br />1.587302e-4 weeks <br />3.6528e-5 months <br />.
As a result of the inspector's findings during this inspection, this interpretation was revised and D.P. 0640, Chemistry and Health Physics Department Scheduling (surveillance), was revised and issued 7/24/79 which requires stack gas samples be analyzed at least every 96 hours0.00111 days <br />0.0267 hours <br />1.587302e-4 weeks <br />3.6528e-5 months <br />.
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission October 9, 1979 Attention:
Office of Inspection and Enforcement Page 2 We trust this information will be satisfactory. Should additional information be required, please feel free to contact us.
Very truly yours, VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION
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D. E. Moody Manager of Operations dmp i466 132