ML20211H085
| ML20211H085 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 08/19/1999 |
| From: | Lanning W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Wanczyk R VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20211H087 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-271-99-12, EA-99-177, NUDOCS 9909020011 | |
| Download: ML20211H085 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000271/1999012
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August 19, 1999
EA 99-177 ~
'Mr. Robert Wanczyk.
Acting Director of Operations
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation
.185 Old Ferry Road
Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-271/99-12 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Dear Mr. Wanczyk-
On August 11,1999, the NRC completed an inspection at your Vermont Yankee (VY) facility.
' The inspector was on site during the week of June 28 to July 1,1999. Additional in-office
inspection of materials supplied by your staff was com' leted on August 11,1999.. The enclosed
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report presents the results of the inspection. At the conclusion of this inspection, these findings
were discussed with members of your staff.
The inspection focused on your maintenance rule periodic evaluation. Except as described
below, your evaluatiyn met the requirements of the maintenance rule.
Based on the results of this inspection, a ' violation of NRC requirements was identified. Failure
to monitor unavailability of specific systems, structures, and components (SSCs) during the
. refueling outage did not allow an adequate assessment of maintenance effectiveness on a
number of risk significant systems, and did not allow balancing reliability and unavailability of risk
'significant systems (or functions). This is a violation of 10 CFR50.65(a)(3). Also, if unavailability
had been properly monitored and performance measures properly established, some of the risk
significant systems could have required corrective action programs and placement of the system
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into the (a)(1) category. The violation has been categorized at Severity Level IV in accordance
with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
(Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600, Revision 1.
- This violation is being cited because it was identified by the NRC and was repetitive as a result
of inadequate corrective actions for a previous violation of 10 CFR 50.65. In February 1998, a
Severity Level IV violation was cited for failure to monitor unavailability of risk significant SSCs
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, during refueling outages contrary to 10 CFR 50.65(a)(2). At that time, you were also informed
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that the failure to properly monitor unavailability during a refueling outage could also result in
ineffective periodic balancing of reliability and unavailability as required by 10 CFR 50.65(a)(3).
.While your corrective action to measure the unavailability of key plant safety functions during the
refueling outages was sufficient to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50.65(a)(2), your actions
should also have reasonably prevented the current violation of 10 CFR 50.65(a)(3) for balancing
reliability and unavailability. FWher, you have not placed the current violation into your
correctiva action program.
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Mr. Robert Wanczyk
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. You are required to respond to this letter and you should follow the instructions specified in the
enclosed Notice when preparing your response. ' in your response, you should document the
specific actions taken and any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing _
your response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future
inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is necessary to
ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR2.790 of the NRC's " Rules pf Practice," a copy of this letter, its
enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
' Sincerely, .
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ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
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BRIAN E. HOLIAN FOR
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Wayne D. Lanning, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
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Docket No. 50-271
License No. DRP-28
Enclosure:
- Inspection Report No. 50-271/99-12
cc w/ encl:
R. McCullough, Operating Experience Coordinator - Vermont Yankee
G. Sen, Licensing Manager, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation -
D. Rapaport, Director, Vermont Public interest Research Group, Inc.
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D. Tom, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire
Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
D.~ Lewis, Esquire
G. Bisbee, Esquire :
J. Block, Esquire .
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T. Rapone, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety
' D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)
M. Daley, New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc. (NECNP)
State of New Hampshire, SLO Designee
~ State of Vermont, SLO Designee
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SLO Designee
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Distnbution w/ encl:
Region i Docket Room (with concurrences)
PUBLIC
Nuclear Safety information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident inspector:
H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA .
D. Screnci, PAO .
C.' Anderson, DRP
R.' Summers, DRP
R. Junod, DRP
W. Lanning, DRS
B. Holian, DRS
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R. Conte, DRS
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J. Williams, DRS
R. Borchardt, OE (2)
W. Kane, NRR
. B. Sheron, NRR
D. Holody, EO, RI
T. Walker, ORA, RI
DRS File
Distribution w/enci(VIA E-MAIL):
. M. Tschiltz, RI EDO Coordinator
E. Adensam, NRR -
R. Croteau, NRR
R. Correia, NRR
D. Screnci, PAO .
. G. Matakas, ORA, RI
Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
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DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\HPEPB\\WILLIAMSWY9912.WPD
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Distribution w/ encl:
Region i Docket Room (with concurrences)
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Nuclear Safety Information Center (NS'C)
NRC Resident inspector
. H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA
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D. Screnci, PAO
C. Anderson, DRP
R.- Summers, DRP
R. Junod, DRP
W. Lanning, DRS
B. Holian, DRS
R. Conte, DRS
J. Williams, DRS
R. Borchardt, OE (2)
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W. Kane, NRR
B. Sheron, NRR
D. Holody, EO, RI
T. Walker, ORA, RI
DRS File
Distribution w/enci(VIA E-MAIL):
M. Tschiltz, RI EDO Coordinator
E. Adensam, NRR
R. Croteau, NRR
R. Correia, NRR :
D. Screnci, PAO
G. Matakas, ORA, RI-
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