ML20244D025

Forwards Safety Evaluation Accepting Util Second 10-yr Interval Inservice Insp Program Plan.Relief Granted to Requirements That License Determined to Be Impractical to Perform at Facility

ML20244D025
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	06/07/1989
From:	Fairtile M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Capstick R VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
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ML20244D026	List: ML20244D025 ML20244D031
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TAC-65735, NUDOCS 8906160041
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% p# June 7,1989 Docket No. 50-271 Mr. R. W. Capstick Licensing Engineering Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation 580 Main Street Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398

SUBJECT:

SECOND TEN-YEAR INTERVAL INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM PLAN E

(TAC NO. 65735)

By letter dated July 1,1987 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (licensee) submitted to the NRC the Vermont Yankce Wuclear Power Station Second Ten-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Plan. The program plan was submitted for review and evaluation of its compliance with the requirements of the 1980 Edition through Winter 1980 Addenda of Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, with the following exceptions:

(a) the extent of examination for Code Class I piping welds has been determined by the 1974 Edition through Summer 1975 Addenda as permitted by 10 CFR 50.55a(b), and (b) the extent of examination for Code Class 2 piping welds has been determined by ASME Code Case N-408, " Alternative Rules for Examination of Class 2 Piping." The second 10-year inspection interval began November 30, 1982 and ends November 30, 1992.

The staff with technical assistance from the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, has reviewed and evaluated the program plan, additional information provided, and requests for relief from requirements that the licensee determined to be impractical to perform at the facility. Based on the information submitted, the staff agrees with the contractor's conclusions and recommendations presented in the Safety Evaluation Report attached.

We have determined that the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station is in compliance with the requirements cited above. We have determined that certain Section XI Code requirements cited by the licensee are impractical to perform at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. In such instances we have granted relief from those requirements. A summary of the requirements and the bases for granting the relief requests are contained in the at; ached SER. We conclude that the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Inservice Inspection Program Plan with the additional information and reliefs granted constitute part of the basis for meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a and the Technical Specifications.

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'k Mr. R..W. Capstick Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station .j cc: 'l

. Mr. J. Gary Weigand _ W. P. Murphy, Vice President l

President & Chief Executive Officer and Manager of Operations Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.. . Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.

R.D. 5, Box 169 R.D. 5, Box 169 l

Ferr.y' Road Ferry Road Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 ~(

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Mr. John DeVincentis, Vice President Mr. George Sterzinger, Commissioner Yankee Atomic Electric Company ~ Vermont Department of.Public Service 3 580 Main Street 120 State Street 3rd Floor  !

Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Montpelier,~ Vermont 05602 New England Coalition on Nuclear .Public Service Board Pollution State of Vermont ~

Hill and Dale Farm 120 State Street R.D. 2, Box 223 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Putney, Vermont 05346 Vermont Public Interest Research J Group, Inc. G. Dean Weyman 43 State Street Chairman, Board of Selectman i Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Post Office Box 116 Vernon, Vermont 05354 William Russell, Regional Administrator Raymond N. McCandless Region I Office Vermont Division of Occupational a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Radiological Health- '

475 Allendale Road Administration Building King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 i

Mr. R. W. Capstick Honorable John J. Easton Vermont Yankee Nuclear Attorney General Power Corporation State of Vermont i 580 Main St. 109 State Street i Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Montpelier, Vermont 05602-R. K. Gad III Ropes & Gray Conner & Wetterhahn, P.C.

225 Franklin Street Suite 1050 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 i

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Corporation CC:

Diane Curran, Esq. Resident Inspector Harmon, Curran & Tousley U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2001 S Street, N.W., Suite 430 P.O. Box 176 Washington, D.C. 20009 Vernon, Vermont 05354 David J. Mullett, Esq. . John Traficonte, Esq.

Special Assistant Attorney General Chief Safety Unit Vermont Depart. of Public Service Office of the Attorney General 120 State Street One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Montpelier, VT 05602 Boston, MA .02108 Jay Gutierrez Geoffrey M. Huntington, Esquire Regional Counsel Office of the Attorney General USNRC, Region I Environmental Protection Bureau 475 Allendale Road State House Annex King of Prussia, PA 19406 25 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6397 .

G. Dana Bisbee, Esq. Charles Bechhoefer, Esq.

Office of the Attorney General Administrative Judge Environmental Protection Bureau Atomic Safety and Licensing Board State House Annex U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 25 Capitol Street Washington, DC 20555 Concord, NH 03301-6397 Dr. James H. Carpenter Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Mr. Gustave A. Linenberger, Jr. Adjudicatory File (2).

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