ML20086E657

Ro:On 740414-16,each Operable Control Rod Not Fully Inserted Was Not Exercised One Notch During Surveillance Exercise. Cause Not Stated.Strict Adherence to Surveillance Test Schedule Emphasized

ML20086E657
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	04/25/1974
From:	George Thomas VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
Shared Package
ML20086E654	List: ML20086E652 ML20086E657 ML20086E664
References
VYV-3245, NUDOCS 8312070472
Download: ML20086E657 (1)

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Th h is t.o .i n f e r you that during a review of surveillance rcquii. , rert t inire to control rol excercising during the period of Apri' i'--16, 1974, t ;as de;. Sned that erth operabic control rod no: f lly incerted vna not e::ercised one notch during that Line incrc: . Technic ' Specifications, Section 4.3.A.2, requires that-this ntn zij!ance 1 : perforned at least once each week. Previous contro? .

e: arcini.y b:d been conducted on April 9,1974, and sub s e c,: .t o this discovery the required curveillance was satisfactorily accorc1. x< cn April 19, 1974. ,

Corrc noudence from the Directorate of Licensing, dated Novetber 13, 197.3, :::dicat c ? that failure to perforri a survei] lance test within the tir.' interval p cscribed in the Technical Specifications does constU, . .:a itc ; ef noncompliance but does not constitute an abnorr'al occurrea .nd i s wt significant enough to uarrant pro:npt reporting.

In light i i this ina:rpretation, this letter is dc. signed to inforra you of this ; il sed surveillance condition.

Ar a result of this occurrence, plant management has strongly recrapha. >.cd to appropriate personnel the need for strict adherence to the nr Taillance test schedule.

l Very truly yours, 8312070472 740425 PDR ADOCK 05000271 VEPMONT YANKEE UUCLEAR POWER CORP 3 RATION S PDR

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