ML20249A114
| ML20249A114 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 06/04/1998 |
| From: | Cowgill C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Maret G VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20249A115 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-271-98-04, 50-271-98-4, NUDOCS 9806160073 | |
| Download: ML20249A114 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000271/1998004
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Mr. Gregory A. Maret
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SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-271/98-04 AND NOTICE OF
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Dear Mr. Maret:
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' On May 2,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Vermont Yankee reactor
facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
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During the majority of the seven week period covered by this inspection period, you have
been conducting a refueling outage. Overall plant activities were conducted safely,
including the transition from power operations through establishing the shutdown
conditions required to support the outage. During this period two violations of NRC
requirements that were identified. The first violation involved a short circuit of one of the
main station batteries during a test evolution that was, in part, a result of inadequate
oversight of that activity by station personnel. In addition, we noted that you experienced
problems with control of contractors during the torus project during the outage. The
second violation involved a vital area access control problem identified by the NRC
inspectors during a tour of the facility. Each of these problems was either self-revealing or
identified by NRC inspectors during tours of your station. Although you took aggressive
corrective action for each of these events, we are concerned about the oversight of station
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activities by Vermont Yankee personnel during the outage. Your continued management
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The violations are cited in the enclosed Nctice of Violation, and the circumstances
' surrounding the violations are described ir. detail in the enclosed report. Please note that
you'are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
enclosed Notice when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part,
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to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with
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The response directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the
clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511. 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
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practices," a copy of this letter
and the enclosed Notice will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
Original Signed By:
Curtis J. Cowgill, Chief
Reactor Projects Branch 5
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No. 50-271
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NRC Inspection Report 50-271/98-04
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.
D. Tefft, 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
T. Rapone, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety
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D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)
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M. Daley, New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc. (NECNP)
, State of New Hampshire, SLO Designee
State of Vermont, SLO Designee
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SLO Designee
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Distribution w/ encl:
Region 1 Docket Room (with concurrences)
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Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector
H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA
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G. Morris, DRS
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B. McCabe, OEDO
C. Thomas, NRR (COT)
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R. Correia, NRR
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inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
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