ML072430948

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Vermont Yankee

ML072430948
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Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	08/31/2007
From:	David Lew Division Reactor Projects I
To:	Ted Sullivan Entergy Nuclear Operations
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406-1415 August 31, 2007 Mr. Theodore A. Sullivan Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

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

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Sullivan:

On August 8, 2007, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station for the first half of the calendar year 2007 assessment cycle. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous twelve months. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility.

This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A separate letter designated and marked as "Official Use Only--Security Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter of 2007 at Vermont Yankee was within the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on one finding of low to moderate safety significance (White) in the Public Radiation Safety cornerstone. This finding involved the shipment of a package of contaminated equipment from Vermont Yankee on August 31, 2006, that was not properly prepared and shipped in conformance with the Department of Transportation radiation level limitations. Although the surface of the package was not accessible to members of the public, the condition had the potential to adversely affect personnel receiving the package or responding to an incident involving the package. The NRC has completed a supplemental inspection in accordance with inspection procedure 95001. The results of that inspection were provided in NRC Supplemental Inspection Report 05000271/2007009. As a result of that review, this finding will be closed and will no longer be considered for plant assessment purposes, effective October 1, 2007. Therefore, we plan to conduct the reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through December 31, 2008. In addition to baseline inspections, we plan on conducting an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) inspection. The inspection plan is provided to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed

T. Sullivan 2 due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

As you may know, the NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all of the baseline inspection procedures. If the results of the evaluation, or any other circumstances, cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Mr. Raymond J. Powell, of my staff, at 610-337-6967 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David C. Lew, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28

Enclosure:

Vermont Yankee Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:

M. R. Kansler, President, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

G. J. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Entergy Operations J. Wayne Leonard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Entergy Operations J. T. Herron, Senior Vice President M. Balduzzi, Senior Vice President, Northeastern Regional Operations J. DeRoy, Vice President, Operations Support O. Limpias, Vice President, Engineering Sr Vice President, Engineering and Technical Services D. Mannai, Manager, Licensing, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Operating Experience Coordinator, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station W. Maguire, General Manager, Plant Operations, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

N. Rademacher, Director, Engineering, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station J. F. McCann, Director, Licensing Manager, Licensing E. Harkness, Director of Oversight, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Assistant General Counsel, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

J. H. Sniezek, PWR SRC Consultant M. D. Lyster, PWR SRC Consultant G. Edwards cc w/encl:

T. Sullivan 3 S. Lousteau, Treasury Department, Entergy Services, Inc.

D. O Dowd, Administrator, Radiological Health Section, DPHS, DHHS, State of New Hampshire W. Irwin, Chief, CHP, Radiological Health, Vermont Department of Health Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Mass.

D. Lewis, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP G. D. Bisbee, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Environmental Protection Bureau J. Block, Esquire J. P. Matteau, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)

R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff G. Sachs, President/Staff Person, c/o Stopthesale J. Volz, Chairman, Public Service Board, State of Vermont Chairman, Board of Selectman, Town of Vernon C. Pope, State of New Hampsire, SLO D. O'Brien, State of Vermont, SLO J. Giarrusso, SLO, MEMA, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

T. Sullivan 3 due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

As you may know, the NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all of the baseline inspection procedures. If the results of the evaluation, or any other circumstances, cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Mr. Raymond J. Powell, of my staff, at 610-337-6967 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David C. Lew, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28

Enclosure:

Vermont Yankee Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:

M. R. Kansler, President, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

G. J. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Entergy Operations J. Wayne Leonard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Entergy Operations J. T. Herron, Senior Vice President M. Balduzzi, Senior Vice President, Northeastern Regional Operations J. DeRoy, Vice President, Operations Support O. Limpias, Vice President, Engineering Sr Vice President, Engineering and Technical Services D. Mannai, Manager, Licensing, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Operating Experience Coordinator, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station W. Maguire, General Manager, Plant Operations, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

N. Rademacher, Director, Engineering, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station J. F. McCann, Director, Licensing Manager, Licensing E. Harkness, Director of Oversight, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Assistant General Counsel, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

J. H. Sniezek, PWR SRC Consultant M. D. Lyster, PWR SRC Consultant G. Edwards DOCUMENT NAME: S:\ROP 8 Mid Cycle Review\Letters for Mid Cycle\Branch 5 Mid-cycle letters\ROP-8 2007 Mid-cycle VY Letter.Rev5.wpd SUNSI Review Complete: BSN (Reviewers Initials)

DOCUMENT NAME: ROP-8 2007 Mid-cycle VY Letter.Rev4.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will/will not be released to the Public.

To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP NAME BNorris/BSN RPowell/RJP DLew/DCL DATE 08/30/07 08/31/07 08/31/07 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to T. Sullivan from David C. Lew dated August 31, 2007 Distribution w/encl: (via E-mail) D. Silk, DRS S. Collins, RA D. Screnci, PAO M. Dapas, DRA N. Sheehan, PAO D. Lew, DRP R. Barkley, ORA J. Clifford, DRP D. Holody, ORA J. Thompson, NRR M. Kowal, NRR M. Cox, RI OEDO J. Lubinski, NRR R. Powell, DRP J. Kim, PM, NRR B. Norris, DRP J. Boska, Backup PM, NRR M. Gamberoni, DRS J. Benjamin, DRP, Senior Resident Inspector (Acting)

D. Roberts, DRS B. Sienel, DRP, Resident Inspector J. Trapp, DRS A. Rancourt, DRP, Resident OA J. Rogge, DRS Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

M. Sykes, DRS RidsNrrDirslpab@nrc.gov J. White, DRS ROPreports@nrc.gov L. Doerflein, DRS R. Conte, DRS L. Scholl, DRS P. Frechette, DRS

Page 1 of 2 Vermont Yankee 08/27/2007 13:55:15 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 07/01/2007 - 12/31/2008 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 95001 - TRANSPORTATION - WHITE FINDING 1 1 IP 95001 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area 07/09/2007 07/13/2007 Supplemental Program 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control Program 07/30/2007 08/03/2007 Baseline Inspections MODS - MODS AND 50.59 3 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 08/06/2007 08/10/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 08/06/2007 08/10/2007 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/10/2007 09/14/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/10/2007 09/14/2007 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PI&R 4 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 10/22/2007 10/26/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 11/05/2007 11/09/2007 Baseline Inspections ISFSI - ISFSI INSPECTIONS 1 1 IP 60854.1 Preoperational Testing of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility Installation at Operating Plants 10/01/2007 11/30/2007 Other Routine 7112202 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 1 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 10/15/2007 10/19/2007 Baseline Inspections 7111401 - EP EXERCISE & PI VERIFICATION 4 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 10/15/2007 10/19/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 10/15/2007 10/19/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 10/15/2007 10/19/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System 10/15/2007 10/19/2007 Baseline Inspections 71111.12 - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 11/05/2007 11/09/2007 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - CDBI 7 1 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 04/28/2008 05/02/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 05/12/2008 05/16/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - L.O REQUAL INSPECTION 5 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 07/14/2008 07/25/2008 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/04/2008 08/08/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/04/2008 08/08/2008 Baseline Inspections EP - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 2 Vermont Yankee 08/27/2007 13:55:15 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 07/01/2007 - 12/31/2008 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type EP - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 Baseline Inspections 7111108 - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 10/20/2008 10/24/2008 Baseline Inspections 7111107B - HEAT SINK 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 11/03/2008 11/07/2008 Baseline Inspections 7112201 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS 1 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 11/03/2008 11/07/2008 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.