ML20058P748
| ML20058P748 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/14/1993 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Daley M NEW ENGLAND COALITION ON NUCLEAR POLLUTION |
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| CON-#394-14523 2.206, NUDOCS 9312270256 | |
| Download: ML20058P748 (4) | |
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December 14, 1993 Docket No. 50-271 Mr. Michael Daley New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc.
Post Office Box 545 Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
Dear Mr. Daley.:
This letter responds to your letters dated April 8,1993, to Thomas T. Martin, Regional Administrator, Region I, and April 11, 1993, to Ivan Selin, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), on behalf of the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (NECNP), in which you requested enforcement action regarding the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS).
You requested the NRC to take immediate action to require that the Vermont Yankee (VY) reactor remain in cold shutdown until plant management can provide proof that the emergency diesel generators (EDGs) at the. plant are able.to meet their safety function.
You sought relief based on assertions that (1) diesel generator "A" was damaged by everload conditions suffered during testing in August through October of 1990; (2)-the "B" unit also suffered under the same testing regime; (3) one of the causes of the repeated failures of the "A" unit in the summer of 1992 was the damage from this testing; (4) the overloading resulted from inappropriate actions taken in response to an NRC-identified violation indicating that the EDG had for 20 years not been. tested at loads consistent with the maximum expected accident load; and (5) the foregoing raises a number of questions that must be answered immediately if VY is going to be allowed to depend on these machines to fulfill the regulatory requirements for adequate onsite emergency backup power systems.
By letter dated April 13, 1993, from Thomas T. Martin, Regior:al Administrator, Region I, your request for immediate action was denied. - By letter dated June 21, 1993, I described to you the bases for the Regional Administrator's denial of your request for immediate action and informed you that your letters had been referred to me for consideration as a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206.
For the reasons given in the enclosed Director's Decision under 10 CFR 2.206, your Petition has been denied. A copy of the Decision will be filed with the Secretary of the Commission for the Commission's review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206(c). As provided by this regulation, the Decision will constitute the final action of the Commission 25 days after the date of issuance of the Decision unless the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the Decision within that time.
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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station CC" Mr. Jay Thayer, Vice President G. Dana Bisbee, Esq.
Yankee Atomic Electric Company Office of the Attorney General 580 Main Street Environmental Protection Bureau Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 State House Annex 25-Capitol Street Regional Administrator, Region I Concord, New Hampshire 03301-6937 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road Resident Inspector King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission R. K. Gad, III P. O. Box 176 Ropes & Gray Vernon, Vermont 05354 One International Place Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624 Chief, Safety Unit Office of the Attorney General Mr. Richard P. Sedano, Commissioner One Ashburton Place,19th Floor Vermont Department of Public Service Boston, Massachusetts 02108 120 State Street, 3rd Floor Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Mr. David Rodham, Director Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency Public Service Board 400 Worcester Rd.
State of Vermont P.O. Box 1496 120 State Street Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-0317 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 ATTN: James Muckerheide Chairman, Board of Selectmen Mr. Raymond N. McCandless lawn of Vernon Vermont Division of'0ccupational Post Office Box 116 and Radiological Health Vernon, Vermont 05354-0116 Administration Building Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Fr. J. P. Pelletier, Vice President Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Mr. L. A. Tremblay Corporation Senior Licensing Engineer Ferry Road Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Erattleboro, Vermont 05301 Corporation 580 Main Street Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Mr. Robert J. Wanczyk, Plant Manager Vermont Yankeee Nuclear Power Plant P.,0. Box 157, Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354 hr. Donald A. Reid, Vice President Operations Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation Ferry Road Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 j