ML19262C670
| ML19262C670 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/06/1979 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Beck J VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 8002150369 | |
| Download: ML19262C670 (3) | |
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DEC 0 6 1979 Docket No. 50-271 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation ATTN: Mr. J. Beck Executive Vice President 77 Grove Street Rutland, Vermont 05701 Gentlemen:
The NRC recently amended its regulations as part of its implementation of the Resid2nt Inspection Program. The amended regulations implement existing NRC authority to require that power reactor licensees provide (1) onsite, rent-free, exclusive use office space and (2) immediate facility access to Commission inspection personnel.
I enclose a copy of the final rule that was effective September 17, 1979.
The NRC plans to assign two resident inspectors plus an NRC part-time secretary to your Vermont Yankee facility.
The first resident inspector will assume his new duty station by April 30, 1980.
All resident inspec-tors will be on site prior to October 1981.
In accordance with the regulations the NRC expects you to provide appropriately located and adequately sized office space for this staff.
Please inform the NRC Region I Director, Boyce H. Grier, within 30 days of your plans to accommodate this NRC staff at your facility.
Should you have any questions or concerns about this rule please contact the Regional Director.
Sincerely, Victor
, Jr.
irector Office of Inspection and Enforcement
Enclosure:
Federal Register Notice of August 16, 1979 on
" Facilities and Access for Resident Inspectors cc w/ enc 1:
W. F. Conway, Plant Superintendent, VYNPP L. H. Heider, Vice President, YAEC 8002150
[.. ~ 4$18 Federal Register / Vol. 44. No.160 / Thursday. August 16, 1979 / Rules and Regulations s,..
or potential maximum production j 967.315 Hand!!ng regulation; marketing safeguards and environmental capacity.
quantity; and uniform percentage for the protection activities.
l As required by i 967.37(d)[1] a reserve EFFECTIVE DATC September 17,1979.
of six percent of the 1978-79 total Base (a) The Marketable Quantity is FCR FURTHER INFORMATICN CONTACTt established under i 967.36(a) as-hit. Edward L Jordan. Assistant Quantities is authorized for new producers and for increases by existing 9M4.310 crates of celery.
Director for Technical Programs. Office producers, with 279.705 crates to be (b) As provided in i 967.38(a). the of Inspection and Enforcement. U.S.
Uniform Percentage shall be 100 p acent. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
allo 9ed to each category. Four producers submitted applications for (c) Pursuant to i 967.38(b). no handler Washington. D.C. 20555. Phone No. 301-i addition ! Base Quantities for use only shall handle any harvested celery unless 49:_g130..
i one season. However, pursuant to It is within the hfarketable Allotment of SUPPt.EM ENTARY INFO RM ATION: On Niay I 967.151(43 FR 156ca) the committee a producer who has a Base Quantity and denied such applications since under the such producer authorizes the first 9.1978, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pub!Ished in the Federal formula set forth in i 967.155 (43 FR handler thereof to handle it.
Register (43 FR 19860) a proposed 57239). Base Quantitles for the (d) As required by i 967.37(d)(1) a amendment to its regulations.10 CFR 50 applicants would be increased a total of reserve of six percent of the total Base f.icensing o/ Production and Utill ction 512.243 crates.
Quantities is hereby authorized for (1)
Facilities and Part 70 SpecialNuclear To maximize the benefits of orderly new producers and (2) increases for Afaterial, which would implement marketing the regulation should become existing Esse Quantity holders with authority of Section 181(o) of the Ato: hic effecdve as early as possible in August.
279.705 crates allotted to each category..
Energy Act of 1954 as amended, and of when the marketing year begins. -. -
(e) Terms used herein shall have the the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974.
Interested persons were given an-same meaning as when used in the said as amended,in order to facilitate the on opportunity to comment on the proposal marketing agreement and order.
site resident inspection portion of its at an open er.nlic meeting on June 13.,
(Secs.1-19. 43 Stat. 71, as amended: 7 U.S.C.
revised inspection program.
where it w as unarumously ect-474).
Interested persons were invited to recomme! ded by the committee.This Dated August 10.1973 to become effective submit written comnients for regulatiot' is similar to ones in effect for August 16. Wr9.
past seast is.
D. S. Kuryloski.
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consideration in ccnnection with the proposed amendment by June 23,1978.
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Findings On the basis of all A aing Direc:cr. Fruit and Vegetable Division. The comments which were received consideratians it is believed that this Agriculture /Merketing Sernce, addressed three principal concerns:
regulation will tend to effectuate the tra ca.m sxn s s-a.nms g licensees should not be forced to
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declared policy of the act.
sun.a coce :m es-u provide rent-free space: the proposed It is hereby further found that good space requirement was excessive and cau'se exists for not postponing the arbitrary; and inspector access provisions should be the same as for a effective date of this section until 30 NUCLEAR REGULATORY regu ar p ant employee.
days after publicatlon in the Federal COMMISSION Register (5 U.S.C. 553) in that (1) notice In mid-1978, the Commission initiated was given of the handling regulation set 10 CFR Parts 50 and 70 a revised inspection program which forth in this section through publicity in Includes the use of on site resident the production area and by publication L! censing of Production and Uti!!:stion inspectors. Pursuant to Section 161(o) of in the July 23 Federal Register. (2) as Facilities; Facilities and Access for the Atomic Energy Act of1954, as provided in the marketing agreement Resident inspection,,
amended. the Commission intends to and order, this regulation applies to place NRC resident inspectors on site at celery marketed during the 1979-40 Nuclear Regulatory selected nuclear power reactor Commission-season. (3) compliance with Ws section construction sites and at selected power will not require any speri preparation ACTION: Final rule.
reactor sites in test and in routine by handlers which cannot be completed operation. Eventually the Commission prior to the time actual handling of
SUMMARY
- The Nuclear Regulatory expects to place full-time resident harvested celery begins, approximately Commission is amending its regulations inspectors at all operating power the latter part of October. (4) prompt to require power reactor hcensees and, reactors, at power reactors m, later issuance of this regulation will be construction permit holders and selected stages of constructicn and at selected beneficial to allinterested persons fuel facility licensees to pr' ovide (1) on fuel cycle facilities where nuclear because it should afford producers and site, rent-free, exclusive use of office '
reactor fuel is fabricated or processed.
handle s maximum time to plan their space and (2) Immediate licensee fac:lity The resident inspector will observe and operations accordingly, and (5) no useful access to Commission inspection redewlicensee operations, construction personnel. The rule is needed in order to safety, safeguards and environmental purpose will be served by postponing such issuance
- facilitate implementation of a revised protection activities to determine Inspection program which was initiated whether they are adequate conducted 8
" s e enew in mid-1978. As a part of the revised properly and at the required frequency.
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8 program, the Commission is placing Other regionally or headquarters based Executive Order 12044. A determination resident inspectors on site at selected NRC personnel will continue to provide has been made that this action should nuclear power reactor construction technical support and managment not be classified "significant." An sites, at selected power reactor sites in review as required for the inspection Impact Analysis is available from Peter test and toMine operations and at program.
C. Chapogas-(202) 447-5432.
selected fuel facilities to observe and' In order to facilitate the performance 7 CFR Part 967 is amended by adding review licensee construction, of the resident inspection program it is a naw i 967.315 as follows:
operations. radiological safety, necessary that office space be provided
Federal Register / Vol. 44. No.160 / Thursday. August IB.1979 / Rules and Regulations 47919 V.'s e
to selected Commission personnel.The
.As a result of comments on the Regional Director as likely to inspect the
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regulation as adopted requires that the proposed rule the provision for access facility, immediatr. unfettered access. -
licensee provide on site, rent. free, by. inspectors likely to conduct equivalent to access provided regular exclusive office space upon the request inspections at a specific facility has pla.t employees, following proper of the Director. Office of Inspection and been reworded to emphasize that
'dentification and compliance with Enforcement. This requirement is not unfettered access for inspectors who are applicable access control meaures for unique in that other federal departments likely to inspect a specific facil" will security, radiological protection and and agencies have continuous be equivalent to that for a regua plant personal safety.
Inspection programs that require those -
employee. Inspectors likely to inspect '
- 2. In i 70.5510'CFR Part 70. paragraph subject to their regulations to furnish are those who are expected to conduct (c)is added as follows:
appropriate facilities to the inspectors.
severalinspections at the speciHe SuHici~ent space is required in order to facility during a given year.
p 70.50 Inspections.
accommodate a bil.ti=e inspector, a Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of part. time secretary and transient NRC 1954, as amended, the Energy (c)(1)In the case of fuel cycle facilities Reorganization Act of1974, as amended.
personnel.The suggested space is 250 and Sections 552 and 553 of Title 5 of the where nuclear reactor fuelis.fab ca square feet but the rule does not specify Cf P.rocessed each licensee shall upon an exact area. The space provided is United States Code, the following expected to be commensurate with
- amendments to Tit!e 10. Chapter 1. Code request by the Dtrector. Office of space normally provided to licens'ee of Federal Regulations. Parts 50 and 70 Inspection and Enforcement, provide employees. For sites with more than one are published as a document subject to rent. free office space for the exclusive use of Commission inspect:on personnel.
power reactor unit or fuel facility it may - codification.
be necessary to assign more than one
- 1. In 150J0 of 10 CFR Part 50, an "(a)a Heat. air conditioning light, electrical resident inspector. If additional resident is added preceding the present outlets and janitorial services shall be inspectors are assigned to a site..
paragraph and paragraph (b) is added as furnished by each licensee. The ofHce additional space will be requested.
follows:
shall be convenient to and have full In order to assure that the resident access to the facility and. shall provide l S0JO Inspections.
the inspector both visual and accustic inspector or regicnally based inspectors
'are afforded the opportunity to conduct privacy.
unfettered reviews sf work in progress it
. (b)(1) Each IIcensee and each holder (2) For a site with a single fuel facility is necessary and the regulation requires, of a construction permit shall upon licensed pursuant to Part 0. the space that properly identified inspectors be request by the Director. Office of previded shall b adequate to
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provided immediate access '.o the Inspection and Enforcement, provide accommodate a full. time inspector, a facility (the same as regular heensee rent-free ofUce space fcr the exclusive part. time secretary and transient NRC employees). The inspectors afforded use of the Com=ission inspection persennel and wilt be generally such access will be provided by the personnel. Heat. air conditioning. !!ght, commensurate with other ofEce licensee that site-specific radiolog: cal electncal outlets and janitenal services facilities at the site. A space of 250 safety and security information shall be furnished by each licensee and square feet either within ti.e site s cince necessary for their safety, security. and each holder of a construction permit.
radiological protection and will conform-The office shall be convenient to and complex or in an ofa, ce trailer or other to all facility safety and security have full access to de facility and shall on site space is suggested as a guide.For requirements.
provide the inspector both visual and sites containing multiple fuel facilities, additional space may be requested to A briefing on site-specific radiological acoustic privacy..
accommodate additional full. time protection practices, security and (2) For a site with a single power emergency response actions is reactor or fuel facility licensed pursuant inspector (s). The office space that is appropnate and sufficient for to Part 50. the space provided shall be provided shall be subject to the unescorted access to other than vital adequate to' accommodate a full. time approval of'the Director. Office of areas. radiation areas and areas inspector, a part time secretary and Inspection and Enforcement. All contaminated with radioactive material.
transient NRC personnel and will be furniture, supplies and communication for those NRC personnel who generally commensurate with other equipment'will be furnished by the infrequently visit a site. As a result of office facilities at the site. A space of Commission.
the comments on the proposed rule the 250 square feet either within the site's (3) The licensee shall afford any NRC Commission reexamined the legal basis office complex or in an office trailer or resident inspector assigned to that site, for the requirement that licensees other on site space is suggested as a or other NRC inspectors identified by provide office space and determined guide. For sites containing multiple the Regional Director as likely to inspect that the requirement is neither an power reactor units or fuel facilities.
the facility,immediate unfe!!ered arbitrary use of the Commission's additional space may be requested to access equivalent to access provided regulatory power nor an unreasonable accommocate additianal full time regular plant employees, following burden on the hcensee.
inspector (s). The office space that i_s proper identification and compliance approval of the Director. Ofu,the provided shall be subject to with applicable access centrol meaures As a result of the concerns expressed ce of in the comments over excessive space requirements the Commission has Inspection and Enforcement. All f r security, radiological protection and personal safety.
changed the proposed area requirement-furniture, supplies and communication to guidance, with the condition that the equipment will be furnished by the (Sec.181. Pub. L 83-703, sa Stat. 948 (42 space provided shall be commensurate Commission..
U.S.C. :2.ct). Sec. :01. Pub. L 93-438,88 Stat.
with other office facilities at the site /
(3) The licensee or construction permit 1:43 (42 U.S.C. sa41)).
Acceptability of the space is in the holder shall afford any NRC resident Dated at washingten. D C. this toth day of Inspector assigned to that site, or other August.1979.
authority of the Director. Office of NRC inspectors identified by the Inspection and Enforcement.
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