ML060480413

2006/02/06-Comment (43) of Sarah Kotkov on Entergy'S Push to Uprate Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant for a 20% Increase in the Production of Electrical Power

ML060480413
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	02/06/2006
From:	Kotkov S - No Known Affiliation
To:	NRC/ADM/DAS/RDB
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%dam200606, 71FR1774 00043
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Guilford, VT 05301 77/ft/i7z February 6, 2006 f X, FEB 15 Ml 8: 36 Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission RFr1-i1\!/D Washington DC 20555-0001 Re: page 1774 Federal Register/Vol.71, No.7/Wednesday January 11,2006

Dear Sir:

The probabilistec risk assessment used by the licensee assumes the plrnt to be new.

It is, however, 33 years old. Without a complete Independent Safety Assessment, it is impossible to know which components are cracked, leaking, degraded or even mispositioned, and therefore to determine the real spfety margins, It is impossible for the NRC staff to assure the public that there is no significant increase the poobability of an accident.

Recent events involving td1e high pressure coolant injection system, a mispositioned valve in the containment, the mans.e problems discoversi in the superficial inspection already performed', and the transformer fire of 2004, are all evidence that a thorough safety assessment must be performed before an uprate is granted approval.

Sincerely, Sarah Kotkov

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