ML20129F446
| ML20129F446 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 09/24/1996 |
| From: | Russell W NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Sears P AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| 2.206, NUDOCS 9610010345 | |
| Download: ML20129F446 (3) | |
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Sb30j September 24, 1996-l l
Mr. Patrick M. Sears Box 13 l
Fairfield, Pennsylvania 17320 i:
Dear Mr. Sears:
This letter is to acknowledge receipt of your Petition dated August 19,'1996, I
addressed to the Executive Director for Operations of the U. S. Nuclear j
Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Petition requsts that the NRC take action i
with regard to the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station and all users of the i
i RELAP computer code for emergency core cooling system analyses.
The Petition
.i requests that the NRC fine Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company and Yankee Atomic j
Electric Company (YAEC) if records have not been kept in accordance with i
YAEC's computer code cuality assurance procedures, and that the NRC inspect all users of RELAP anc fine those users not operating within required computer l
code verification procedures.
As the basis for this request, the Petition states that:
the May 5, 1989, statement of Steve Nichols of Maine Yankee that RELAP5YA was " operable" and would be.used for subsequent reloads was false; no computer code inspections were performed by the NRC before a 1992 inspection at YAEC by you when you were an NRC employee and not again until 1995; you were told not to do any more computer code inspections; RELAP is widely used; RELAP has been shown to have serious deficiencies; and the RELAP problem is not confined to Maine Yankee but is endemic to the industry as a whole.
The Petition has been referred to me pursuant to Section 2.206 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Reaulations. As provided by Section 2.206, action will be taken on your request within a reasonable time.
I have enclosed for your information a copy of the notice that is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,.
Original Signed By WILLIAM T. RUSSELL William T. Russell, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Mr. Charles B. Brinkman Plant Manager Manager - Washington Nuclear Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station 4
Operations P.O. Box 408 A88 Combustion Engineering Wiscasset, ME 04578 4
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. G. D. Whittier, Vice President Licensing and Engineering i
l Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., Esquire Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 329 Bath Road Ropes & Gray i
One International Place Brunswick, ME 04011
. Boston, MA 02110-2624 Mr. Patrick J. Costie State of Maine Nuclear Safety i
Mr. Uldis Vanags State Nuclear Safety Advisor Inspector
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Mr. P. L. Anderson, Project Manager Mr. Graham H. Leitch Yankee Atomic Electric Company Vice President, Operations Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station l
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Wiscasset, ME 04578 l
Regional Administrator, Region I U.S.-Nuclear Regulatory Comission Mary Ann Lynch, Esquire 475 Allendale Road Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company King of Prussia, PA 19406 329 Bath Road Brunswick, ME 04578 First Selectman of Wiscasset Mun'cipal Building Mr. Jonathan M. Block i
U.S. Route 1 Attorney at Law Wiscasset, ME 04578 P.O. Box 566 Putney, VT 05346-0566 l
Mr. J. T. Yerokun Senior Resident Inspector cc w/ enc 1 and incoming:
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station Mr. Charles D. Frizzle, President i
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Wiscasset, ME 04578 Brunswick, ME 04011 Mr. James R. Hebert, Manager Mr. Andrew Kadak Nuclear Engineering and Licensing President Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Yankee Atomic Electric Company 329 Bath Road 580 Main Street Brunswick, ME 04011 Bolton, MA 01740-1398 Friends of the Coast P.O. Box 98 l
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