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Informs of Upcoming Safeguard Regulatory Effectiveness Review During Wk of 850715-19.Overall Plan for Review Will Be Discussed at Entrance Briefing on 850715.Plant Tour Requested on First Day.Security Review Planned for Days 2-4
ML20127E593
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Site: Vermont Yankee Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 06/19/1985
From: Murley T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Murphy W
VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
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l JUN 191985

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Docket No. 50-271 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation ATTN: Mr. Warren.P. Murphy Vice President and Manager of Operations

. RD 5, Box 169 Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 Gentlemen:

Subject:

Safeguards Regulatory Effectiveness Review at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Generating Station j Th'e NRC'is in the process'of conducting safeguards regulatory effectiveness

' reviews at certain nuclear power reactors. I wish to inform you that the i Vermont Yankee. facility has been chosen for such a review during the week of July.-15-19, -1985.

l The prime purposes of the review program are to evaluate the overall

. effectiveness of the Vermont Yankee safeguards program and to determine whether existing safeguards regulations yield the level of protection intended by NRC. The review supports the NRC's quality assurance program for  :

safeguards, both as it_ applies to the Vermont Yankee security system and to NRC's regulations. The review will complement but will be independent of the 3

licensing and inspection functions.

The review at Vermont. Yankee will.be conducted by a team with representatives from the NRC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) l Division of Safeguards, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Region I,.and

, U.S. Army Special Forces personnel from Fort Bragg,'N.C. The review team will be  ;

l comprised of two groups. One group will review the facility's safeguards from ,

the perspective of an insider, while the other will review it through the eyes i

L ~o f an external adversary group.

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The overall plan for the conduct of this review will be discussed at an

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entrance' briefing.on July 15, 1985. You may wish to have a representative of

( .your corporate staff present during this briefing as it will provide an overview of the team's objectives and anticipated activities during the review. Any questions that you may have concerning the' team's review techniques or other matters should be addressed at that time. For the remainder of the first day, the team would like to have a plant orientation l tour, with emphasis on safeguards areas and systems, and begin the examination of plant vital areas. The second through fourth days will be dedicated to

! completing the review of vital areas and components, and reviewing the l 85062 p gg i :FICIAL RECORD COPY k

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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power 2 1 8 1985 Corporation security force, access control system, and physical security systems. The last (fifth) day is reserved for any activities the team has been unable to accomplish earlier in the week and for a briefing of plant and corporate personnel on the preliminary results of the review.

Please provide appropriate plant personnel support for the team during the scheduled review. Those chosen for this purpose should include a reactor operator, an instrument technician, an electrician, and a security officer.

The team will make every effort to schedule its activities so as to minimize disruption of normal plant operations. The time that various team members will spend on site will vary, but generally will range from four to seven hours per day.

The names and organizational affiliation of the team members, with badge number, social security number and level of clearance, are being provided to the Vermont Yankee Plant Manager in an enclosure to his copy of this letter.

If you have any questions regarding the conduct of these regulatory effec-tiveness reviews which you wish to have answered prior to the team's visit, please contact Liz Ten Eyck of the NRC Division of Safeguards, at (301) 427-4723, or James H. Joyner of my staff at (215) 337-5251.

Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.

Sincerely, Origfnal STgned tiy Tho:nas E. Murley Thomas E. Murley Regional Administrator

Enclosure:

As stated cc (w/o enc 1):

Mr. R. W. Capstick, Licensing Engineer Mr. W. F. Conway, President and Chief Executive Officer Mr. J. P. Pelletier, Plant Manager (w/ encl)

Mr. Donald Hunter, Vice President Public Document Room (PDR) local Public Document Room (LPDR) r.; clear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector (w/ enc 1)

State of Vermont State of New Hampshire bec (w/o encl):

Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

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