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Forwards Insp Rept 50-271/96-08 on 960714-0831.No Violations Noted
ML20129E889
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Site: Vermont Yankee Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 09/24/1996
From: Conte R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Reid D
VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
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See also: IR 05000271/1996008

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September 24,1996

Mr. Donald Reid

Vice President, Operations

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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation

RD 5, Box 169

Ferry Road

Brattleboro, Vermont 05301

SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-271/96-08

. Dear Mr. Reid:

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l On August 31,1996, the NRC completed an inspection at your Vermont Yankee reactor

j facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.

During the 7-week period covered by this inspection period, the conduct of activities, in

i general, at the Vermont Yankee facility reflected safety-conscious operations, sound

engineering and maintenance practices, and careful radiological work controls.

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Overall, plant operations staff performance continued to be good as activities progress

towards the end of Cycle 18 operations and the planned refuel outage. Inspector review

l determined that your staff 'was implementing a Security Program that effectively protects

j public health and safety. Also in the functional area of plant support, we found that VY

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has an overall effective program for radioactive material and radiological waste

_ management and transportation. In addition, the UFSAR had been apprapriately

i maintained regarding radioactive waste systems.

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Efforts have been noted to improve performance in the engineering functional area. i

) However, the effectiveness of these efforts have not yet been confirmed, and will be i

addressed during future engineering inspections. During the Apper. dix R follow-up l

inspection, the inspector determined that the design modifications were of good quality, ,

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well supported with sound technical design basis, and in conformance with the established i

design control procedures. The inspector noted that the VY staff had made good progress  !

in addressing Appendix R program-related problems.

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No reply to this report is necessary and your cooperation with us is appreciated.

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Enclosure: NRC Inspection Report 50-271/96-08

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R. Wanczyk, Plant Manager ,

J. Thayer,' Vice President, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. l

J. Duffy, Licensing Engineer, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation  ;

J. Gilroy, Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Inc.  !

D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire

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Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of j

Massachusetts  !

R. Gad, Esquire  !

G. Bisbee, Esquire  !

T. Rapone, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety

State of New Hampshire, SLO Designee  !

State of Vermont, SLO Designee (

. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SLO Designee

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Distribution w/ encl:  !

Region i Docket Room (with concurrences) '

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Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident inspector

D. Screnci, PAO

R. Conte, DRP

H. Eichenholz

C. O'Daniell,' DRP

Distribution w/enci (VIA E-MAIL):

W. Dean, OEDO

. S. Bajwa, PDI-1, NRR

D. Dorman, PM, NRR

R. Correia, NRR

R. Frohm, Jr., NRR

inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)

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