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Forwards Maint Team Insp Rept 50-271/89-80 on 890227-0310 & Notice of Violation.Written Response Addressing Unresolved Item Re Drywell Paint Peeling Requested within 30 Days
ML20244B452
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Site: Vermont Yankee Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 06/02/1989
From: Martin T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Murphy W
VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
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See also: IR 05000271/1989080

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JUN 0 2.1989

Docket No. 50-271

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation

ATTN: Mr. Warren P. Murphy

Vice President and Manager of Operations

R.D. 5, Box 169

Ferry Road

Brattleboro, Vermont 05301

Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection Report No. 50-271/89-80

This letter transmits the report of the special maintenance team inspection led

by Mr. Leonard Cheung of this office from February 27 to March 10, 1989, at the-

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, Vermont.

the-team's findings with you and members of your staff on MarchMr. Cheung

10,1989 at discussed

the

conclusion of the inspection.

This inspection was performed as part of NRC's industry wide effort to

evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance activities at licensed power

-reactors.

implementing The team concluded

a generally that Vermont

effective maintenance Yankee Nuclear Power Station is

program. The effectiveness of

this program

nance staff. appears attributable to a very capable and well motivated mainte-

The main area of needed improvement is your development of a set

of documents providing a comprehensive description and upgrade of expected

practices. -responsibilities and authorities to assure that good maintenance

activities continue in the future.

the inspection are discussed in the enclosed inspectionAppendix report. 3Strengths and w

provides a listing of the identified weakness with a cross reference to the

applicable section of the inspection report. Appendix 4 presents a similar

listing and cross reference for unresolved items identified during the

inspection.

Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that one of your activities

was not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements as set forth in the

Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A.

The violation has been

categorized by severity level in accordance with the General Statement of

Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C.

You are required to respond to this letter and in preparing your response, you

should follow the instructions in Appendix A.

We request that you notify us in writing of actions taken or planned in order

to enhance your maintenance activities in the areas where weaknesses were

identified and to resolve the identified unresolved items. Please provide this

response within 60 days of receipt of this letter.

item regarding drywell paint peeling (50-271/88-80-01),In the case

we request thatofyou

the unresolved

address

receipt of this concern

this and provide your response in writing within 30 days of

letter.

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Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.

SI"ifrfliht R;ned By:

Jack R. Str0 snider

Thomas T. Martin, Diractor

Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosure:

NRC Region I Inspection Report No. 50-271/89-80

cc: w/ enc 1:

J. Weigand, President and Chief Executive Officer

J. Pelletier, Plant Manager

J. DeVincentis, Vice President, Yankee Atomic Electric Company

R. Capstick, Licensing Engineer, Yankee Atomic Electric Company

J. Gilroy, Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Inc.

G. Sterzinger, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Public Service

P. Agnes, Assistant Secretary of Public Safety, Commonwealth of

Massachusetts

Public Document Room (PDR)

Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector

State of New Hampshire-

State of Vermont

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

M. Perkins, Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o encl)

D. Haverkamp, Section Chief, DRP

G. Grant, SRI - Vermont Yankee (w/ concurrences)

H. Eichenholz, SRI - Yankee

V. Rooney, PM, NRR

R. Bores, Technical Assistant, DRSS

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J. Wiggins, DRP

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