Vendor Equipment Technical Information Program

The Vendor recontact program aka Vendor Equipment Technical Information Program (VETIP) is a periodic effort to check with a plant's vendor list and check on changes or new vendor manuals.

Source

At Salem, a ATWS event in February 1983 when a breaker failed to open, caused some corrective actions. Included was a desire to have licensees proactively get new info from vendors. How to go about doing this has become the province of this program.

• NRC Generic Letter 83-28, Required Actions Based on Generic Implications of Salem ATWS Events
• NRC Generic Letter 90-03, Relaxation of Staff Position in Generic Letter 83-28, Item 2.2 Part 2 "Vendor Interface for Safety-Related Components"

See also

• NRC Generic Letter 83-28, Required Actions Based on Generic Implications of Salem ATWS Events