ML080520269

02/01/2008 Summary of Telephone Conference Call Between the NRC & Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Concerning Confirmatory Analysis Pertaining to the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application

ML080520269
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	02/29/2008
From:	Rowley J NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
To:	Entergy Nuclear Operations
Rowley J, NRR/DLR/RLRB, 415-4053
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February 29, 2008

LICENSEE: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

FACILITY: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station

SUMMARY

OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON FEBRUARY 1, 2008, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC., CONCERNING CONFIRMATORY ANALYSIS PERTAINING TO THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) and representatives of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy), held a telephone conference call on February 1, 2008, to discuss and clarify Entergy

=s analysis used to confirm its environmental fatigue analysis concerning the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station license renewal application.

provides a listing of the participants; and Enclosure 2 contains a listing of the staff's requests discussed with the applicant, including a brief description on the status of the items.

The applicant had an opportunity to comment on this summary.

/RA/

Jonathan G. Rowley, Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-271

Enclosures:

As stated

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DATE 02/29/08 02/29/08 02/29/08 Letter to Entergy from J. Rowley, dated February 29, 2008

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Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415

Mr. David R. Lewis Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20037-1128

Mr. David O'Brien, Commissioner Vermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2601

Mr. James Volz, Chairman Public Service Board State of Vermont 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2701

Chairman, Board of Selectmen Town of Vernon P.O. Box 116 Vernon, VT 05354-0116

Operating Experience Coordinator Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 320 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354

G. Dana Bisbee, Esq.

Deputy Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6937

Chief, Safety Unit Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Boston, MA 02108

Ms. Carla A. White, RRPT, CHP Radiological Health Vermont Department of Health P.O. Box 70, Drawer #43 108 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05402-0070

Mr. David Mannai Manager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500

Resident Inspector Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 176 Vernon, VT 05354

Director, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency ATTN: James Muckerheide 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399

Mr. John F. McCann Director, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

Mr. John T. Herron Sr. Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station

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Mr. Oscar Limpias Vice President, Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213

Mr. Christopher Schwartz Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

Mr. Michael J. Colomb Director of Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

Mr. William C. Dennis Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

Mr. Theodore Sullivan Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500

Mr. James H. Sniezek 5486 Nithsdale Drive Salisbury, MD 21801

Mr. Garrett D. Edwards 814 Waverly Road Kennett Square, PA 19348

Ms. Stacey M. Lousteau Treasury Department Entergy Services, Inc.

639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113 Mr. Norman L. Rademacher Director, NSA Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500

Mr. Raymond Shadis New England Coalition P.O. Box 98 Edgecomb, ME 04556

Mr. James P. Matteau Executive Director Windham Regional Commission 139 Main Street, Suite 505 Brattleboro, VT 05301

Mr. William K. Sherman Vermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601

Mr. Michael D. Lyster 5931 Barclay Lane Naples, FL 34110-7306

Diane Curran, Esq.

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg &

Eisenberg, L.L.P 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036

Ronald A. Shems, Esq.

Shems, Dunkiel, Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401

Karen Tyler, Esq.

Shems, Dunkiel, Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station

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Sarah Hofmann, Esq.

Director of Public Advocacy Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601

Jennifer J. Patterson, Esq.

Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq.

Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128

Matthew Brock, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Environmental Protection Division One Ashburton Place, Room 1813 Boston, MA 02108-1598

Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.

National Legal Scholars Law Firm 84 East Thetford Road Lyme, NH 03768

John Sipos, Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General The Capitol State Street Albany, NY 12224 Enclosure 1 TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FEBRUARY 1, 2008

PARTICIPANTS AFFILIATIONS

Jonathan Rowle y U.S.Nuclear Re gulator y Commission (NRC)

Kenneth Chan g NRC David Mannai Enter gy Nuclear O perations, Inc.

(Entergy)

John Dre yfuss Enter gy Garr y Youn g Enter gy David Lach Enter gy Michael Metell Enter gy Scott Goodwin Enter gy James Fitz patrick Enter gy Matias Travieso-Diaz Enter gy Gar y Steven Structural Inte g rit y Associates Terr y Herrmann Structural Inte g rit y Associates

Enclosure 2 OPEN ITEMS VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FEBRUARY 1, 2008

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and representatives of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., held a telephone conference call on February 1, 2008, to discuss and clarify the following staff requests concerning the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station license renewal application.

The NRC Request #1

Describe how water chemistry effects were accounted for in the evaluation of environmentally assisted fatigue.

Discussion: The applicant agreed to provide the requested information.

The NRC Request #2 Demonstrate why the confirmatory analysis for the feedwater nozzle bounds the geometry of the recirculation outlet nozzle.

Discussion: The applicant agreed to provide the requested information.