ML20071D569
| ML20071D569 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/01/1983 |
| From: | Purple R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 8303090431 | |
| Download: ML20071D569 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0ttilSSION In the Matter of
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Docket No. 50-271 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (Vermont Yankee Nuclear
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EXEMPTION 1
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The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 which authorizes operation of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. This license provides, among other things, that it is subject to all rules, regulations and Orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
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4 Section IV.F of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 requires that an emergency preparedness exercise be conducted (at least) annually.
The last full-scale emergency preparedness exercise at Vermont Yankee occurred February 18, 1982.
By letter dated December 16, 1982, the licensee stated that a sche'dule for the emergency exercise of no later than June 30, 1983, was developed at a meeting on September 14, 1982, between the licensee and representatives i
for the States of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.
Earlier proposed dqtes inter.fered with the licensee's ar.nual refueling outage, scheduled to begin in March 1983, or was unacceptable to a particular state. Additionally, I
the licensee stated that within the past month, recent discussions with all parties including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) identified
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the week of September 19, 1983, as a mutually acceptable date. Accordingly, the licensee requested a one-time exemption so that the Vermont Yankee 1983 Annual Emergency Plan Exercise may be conducted during the week of September 19, 1983.
The licensee has committed to continual training of personnel as outlined in the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation Emergency Plan to ensure that personnel remain familiar with emergency response duties.
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Vermont Yankee emergency plan will remain fully functional during the period of this one-tine delay in performing the emergency preparedness drill.
Based on this; and on the fact that the last full-scale exercise was held on February 18, 1982 and that the exercise demonstrated an acceptable level of preparedness; and our belief that the most effective and beneficial annual exercises are those involving full-scale participation of State and local government organizations, we find that a delay in performing the licensee's annual emergency preparedness exercise will net adversely affect the overall state of emergency preparedness at the Vermont rankee Nuclear Plant. We therefore conclude that an exemption should be granted.
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. Accordingly, the Commission has determined that pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, an exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, the Commission hereby approves the following exemption:
The licensee is exempt from the requirement of Section IV.F of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 with respect to the requirement for conducting an annual emergency preparedness exercise and is required to conduct the next emergency preparedness exercise no later than September 30, 1983.
3-The NRC staff has detennined that the granting of this exeinption will not' result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 51.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environme. ital impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with this action.
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Robert A. Purple, Dep6ty Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 1st day of March 1983.
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