ML20216F317

Forwards Insp Rept 50-271/99-06 on 990621-0801.One Violation Identified & Being Treated as Noncited Violation

ML20216F317
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	09/13/1999
From:	Anderson C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Wanczyk R VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
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ML20216F321	List: IR 05000271/1999006 ML20216F317
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50-271-99-06, NUDOCS 9909210261
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See also: IR 05000271/1999006

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September 13, 1999

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~ Mr. Robert Wanczyk

' Acting Director of Operations

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation

185 Old Ferry Road

Brattleboro, Vermont 05301

- SUBJECT:

NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-271/99-06

Dear Mr. Wanczyk:

On August 1,1999, the NRC completed an inspection at your Vermont Yankee (VY) facility.

' The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.

- During the six weeks covered by this inspection period, the conduct of activities at Vermont

Yankee was generally characterized by safe plant operations. However, several problems were

identified by the NRC that we consider should have been self-identified. Specifically, we

identified two service water leaks from room cooling unit heat exchangers, a loose fastener on

an emergency diesel (EDG) generator Jacket water cooling flange, undersize bolts on the EDG

turbochargers, and, in the area of radiological controls, several instances of conditions that

could have led to the spread of contamination. While these individual issues were not safety

significant, we considered that, together, they indicated that the area of in-plant ps oblem

identification warrants increased management attention. We noted that your initiative to form a

multi-discipline team to perform detailed inspections of the EDGs and other safety significant

systems was a positive step in this area.

Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that one Severity Level IV

violation of NRC requirements occurred. This violation is being treated as a Ncn-Cited Violation

(NCV), consistent with Appendix C of the Enforcement Policy. The NCV involved failure to

revise the limiting case analysis for containment depressurization to reflect a design change that

was made to the torus-to-reactor building vacuum breakers during plant construction. The NCV

is further described in the subject inspection report, if you contest the violation or severity level

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of the NCV, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report,

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with the basis for your denial, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control

Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001, with a copies to the Regional Administrator, Region 1; and

the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident inspector at the Vermont Yankee facility.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practices," a copy of this letter and its

enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

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Sincerely,

Original Signed by:

Clifford J. Anderson, Chief

Projects Branch 5

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Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No.:

50-271

License No.: DPR-28

Enclosure: NRC inspection Report 50-271/99-06

cc w/enci:

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.

D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire

Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attomey General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

D. Lewis, Esquire

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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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Distribution w/ encl:

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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

Distribution w/enci(VIA E-MAIL):

M. Tschiltz, RI EDO Coordinator

E. Adensam, NRR

R. Croteau, NRR

R. Correia, NRR

D. Screncl, PAO

Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)

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