ML19339A078
| ML19339A078 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee, Yankee Rowe, Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 04/09/1976 |
| From: | Stello V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Vandenburgh D YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8010310723 | |
| Download: ML19339A078 (2) | |
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50-271 and 50-309 Yankee Atomic Electric Co::peny ATTN:
Mr. D. E. Vandenburgh Vice President 20 Turnpike Road h'estboro, Massachusetts 01581 Gentle::cn:
a The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention specific facts on the inordinate prolonged efforts to bring about docketing by Yankee Atomic Elcetric Company of an acceptable operational Quality Assurance Program and to request Yankee's action for a = ore ti=cly co:pletion of these efforts.
On February 22, 1973, Yankee submitted its "Operationni Quality Lssurance Manual" fesr Yankee-Rowe for our review.
In our letter dated June 19, 1974, we advised you that your st6mittal was not sufficient to provide an operational QA program description that met c=rer.t NRC requirements and we included a request for additional information.
During a meeting on Septc 6 er 24, 1974, your staff agreed either to provide the information by Novos e: 1,1974, for Yankee-Rowe or to submit by May 1,1975, a topical QA program that could be applied to all Yankee facilities.
In April 1975, Yankee submitted a revised report which described your operational QA program for the Yankee-Rowe facility.
Mcwever, you advised us that upon our acceptance of this QA prog cm it would also be applied to your Maine Yankee and Vermont Yankee facilities.
Therefore, we considered it appropriate to include the report in our topical report review program.
From our review of your submittal we found it inadequate to satisfy the NRC's requirem:nts for an acceptable QA program description.
Cur staff proposed a list of needed additional inforr.ation containing 39 items.
These items were discussed with your staff in a sceting en August 21, 1975. Your staff agreed to address the 89 ite:S and to meet the QA acceptance criteria in Section 17.2 of our Standard Review Plan in a revision to your topical Q/A report to be. submitted by March 1,1076.
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During a meeti'ng on March 16, 1976, your staff indicated that because of sho:tage of nanpower (i.e., activities requiring the presence of offsite QA personnel during operation of the three Yankee nuclear plants),
Yankee was unable to rect the March 1,1976, date for sub=ittal of the revised topical QA program and they proposed cn extension of the sub=ittal date to January 1,1977.
In light of the above facts, further delay of your submittal of the revised topical QA program as proposed by your staff is unacceptchie to us.
We believe that with reasonable effort your stemittal can be.
significantly expedited. We therefore request that you submit the revised QA program description not later than August 1,1976.
Picase reply within seven days stating your intention to meet or improve this submittal schedule.
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Victor Stello, Jr, Director Division of Operating Reactors Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:
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