ML19290C947
| ML19290C947 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 01/10/1980 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML19290C947 (2) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-271 VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION NOTICE OF GRANTING OF RELIEF FROM ASME SECTION XI INSERVICE INSPECTION (TESTING REQUIREMENTS The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted relief from certain requirements of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components" to Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation. The relief relates to the inservice inspection (testing) program for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (the facility) located in Vernon, Vemont.
The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by reference into the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Part 50. The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.
The relief is granted on an interim basis, pending completion of our detailed review from those inservice inspection and test,og requirements of the ASME Code that the licensee has detemined to be im;,vactical within the limitations of design, geometry and materials of construction of com-ponents, because compliance would result in hardships or unusual difficulties without a compensating increase in the level of quality or safety.
The request for relief complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Comission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the letter granting relief.
Prior public notice of this action was not required since the granting of this relief from ASME Code requirements does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
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7590-01 2-The Comission has determined that the granting of this relief will not result in any significant environmental impact and nat pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declara-tion and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with this action.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the request for relief dated October 23,1979, and (2) the Comission's letter to the licensee dated These items are available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, Vennont. A copy of item (2) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention:
- Director, Division of Operating Reactors.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 10th day of January 1980.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I
Thomas Ippolito, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #3 Division of Operating Reactors