ML040630192
| ML040630192 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2004 |
| From: | Anderson C NRC/RGN-I/DRP/PB5 |
| To: | Thayer J Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee |
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| IR-04-001 | |
| Download: ML040630192 (6) | |
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March 2, 2004 Mr. Jay K. Thayer Site Vice President - Vermont Yankee Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - VERMONT YANKEE (REPORT 05000271/2004001)
Dear Mr. Thayer:
On February 5, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. The review involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2003. 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 so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.
Overall, Vermont Yankee operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Based on plant performance, our risk-informed baseline inspection program is the appropriate level of NRC inspection.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2005.
The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.
The inspections in the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting.
We note that you have recently submitted an amendment request to the NRC to increase the power output of Vermont Yankee. Our inspection plan includes baseline inspections that will review modifications made to the plant to support operation at the higher power output. These inspections will assure that the modifications will not adversely impact safe operation at the currently authorized power output. Our inspection plan may be revised to include specific inspections directed at operation at the higher power output as the NRC review of your amendment request proceeds.
Mr. Jay K. Thayer 2
As you are aware, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2004, we plan to continue inspections of order implementation combined with newly developed portions of the security baseline inspection program.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 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).
If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 610-337-5227 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Clifford Anderson, Chief Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-271 Licensee No. DPR-28
Enclosure:
Vermont Yankee Inspection/Activity Plan
Mr. Jay K. Thayer 3
cc w/encl:
M. R. Kansler, President, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
G. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Entergy Operations J. Herron, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer D. Pace, Vice President, Engineering R. Edington, Vice President, Operations Support Manager, Licensing, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station M. Hamer, Operating Experience Coordinator - Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Director of Oversight, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
J. M. Fulton, Assistant General Counsel S. Lousteau, Treasury Department, Entergy Services, Inc.
Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Mass.
D. Lewis, Esquire G. D. Bisbee, Esquire J. Block, Esquire D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)
M. Daley, New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc. (NECNP)
R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff C. McCombs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SLO Designee G. Sachs, President/Staff Person, c/o Stopthesale K. Graesser, BWR SRC Consultant J. Sniezek, BWR SRC Consultant R. Toole, BWR SRC Consultant J. P. Matteau, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission State of New Hampshire, SLO Designee State of Vermont, SLO Designee Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
Mr. Jay K. Thayer 4
Distribution w/encl:
H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA (1)
A. Blough, DRP W. Lanning, DRS B. Holian, DRP R. Crlenjak, DRS C. Anderson, DRP DRS Branch Chiefs (5)
D. Screnci, PAO N. Sheehan, PAO D. Florek, DRP D. Pelton, Senior Resident Inspector B. Norris, DRS J. Furia, DRS P. Frechette, DRS D. Silk, DRS J. Jolicoeur, RI EDO Coordinator J. Clifford, NRR R. Ennis, PM, NRR T. Tate, Backup PM, NRR RidsNrrDipmLipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
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NAME DFlorek/DF CAnderson/CA DATE 03/2/04 03/2/04 03/ /04 03/ /04 03/ /04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Vermont Yankee Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 03/02/2004 12:55:07 Report 22 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 02/17/2004 02/20/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 02/17/2004 02/20/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
2 71130
- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Access Authorization IP 7113001 1
Baseline Inspections 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Access Control IP 7113002 1
Baseline Inspections 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Fitness For Duty Program IP 7113008 1
Baseline Inspections 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
3 7111108G
- INSERVICE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR IP 7111108G 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
1 71114
- EP PRGM INSP & PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 08/02/2004 08/06/2004 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1
Baseline Inspections 08/02/2004 08/06/2004 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1
Baseline Inspections 08/02/2004 08/06/2004 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1
Baseline Inspections 08/02/2004 08/06/2004 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1
Baseline Inspections 08/02/2004 08/06/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
6 7111121
- SSDI Baseline Inspections 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1
Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1
2 7111111B
- LO REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM Baseline Inspections 08/29/2004 09/03/2004 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 1
3 71111.05
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1
Baseline Inspections 09/27/2004 10/01/2004 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1
1 7112201
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS Baseline Inspections 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Vermont Yankee Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 03/02/2004 12:55:07 Report 22 1
7112103
- OCC RAD SAFETY - INSTRUMENTATION Baseline Inspections 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
Baseline Inspections 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 7111107B
- HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1
3 1/31 EXM
- OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 VERMONT YANKEE INITIAL EXAM (6/1-5/05)
U01540 1
Not Applicable 01/31/2005 02/04/2005 VERMONT YANKEE INITIAL EXAM (6/1-5/05)
U01540 1
1 7111117B
- MODS & 50.59 Baseline Inspections 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1
Baseline Inspections 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1
1 7111401
- EXERCISE EVALUATION & EP PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1
Baseline Inspections 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 7112202
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 08/08/2005 08/12/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 08/08/2005 08/12/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
1 71152B
- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1
Baseline Inspections 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.