ML053010363
| ML053010363 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 05/05/2004 |
| From: | Howe A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Scott Burnell, Dyer J, Richard Ennis, Holden C, Jasinski R, Kim T, Leeds E, Madden T, Marsh T, Darrell Roberts, Sheron B, Skay D, Virgilio R Office of Public Affairs |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2004-0369 | |
| Download: ML053010363 (6) | |
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Allen Howe - Fwd: FW: Douglas: NRC to Conduct Enhanced Indepndent Assessment--Plan Goes Further than PSB Requed d From:
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To:
&?K Burnell, Scott; Dyer, Jim; Ennis, Rick; Holden, Cornelius; Jasinski, Robert; Kim, Tae; Leeds, Eric; Madden, Thomas; Marsh, Tad; Roberts, Darrell; Sheron, Brian; Skay, Donna; Virgilio, Rosetta Date:
05/05/2004 2:50PM
Subject:
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Allen Howe - Fwd: FW: Douglas: NRC to Conduct Enhanced Independent Asessement--Plan Goes Further than PSB RequesPagd t k From:
Cliff Anderson To:
Date:
05/05/2004 2:41 PM
Subject:
Fwd: FW: Douglas: NRC to Conduct Enhanced Independent Assessment--Plan Goes Further than PSB Request and is Addition to Existing Uprate Review fyi CC:
Allen Howe; Donald Florek; Tracy Walker
Allen Howe - FW: Douglas: NRC to Conduct Enhanced Independent Assessment--Plan Goes Further than PSB Request andedi' From:
"Sherman, William" <William.Sherman©state.vt.us>
To:
"Cliff Anderson (E-mail)" <cja~nrc.gov>, "Paul Lohaus (E-mail)" <PHL~nrc.gov>, "Rick Ennis (E-mail)" <rxe~nrc.gov>, "Rosetta Virgilio (E-mail)" <ROV~nrc.gov>, "Dave Pelton (E-mail)"
<dipl @nrc.gov>
Date:
05/05/2004 2:33PM
Subject:
FW: Douglas: NRC to Conduct Enhanced Independent Assessment--Plan Goes Further than PSB Request and is Addition to Existing Uprate Review
> JAMES H. DOUGLAS GOVERNOR
> <<...OLE_Obj...>>
> State of Vermont
> OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
> For Immediate Release:
> Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Contact:
Jason Gibbs
> (802) 828-3333
> Douglas: NRC to Conduct Enhanced Independent Assessment
> Plan Goes Further than PSB Request and is Addition to Existing Uprate
> Review
> Montpelier, Vt.--Governor Jim Douglas today said his administration's
> efforts to urge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to conduct a
> comprehensive Independent Engineering Assessment of the Vermont Yankee
> nuclear power plant have been successful. In fact, the NRC has developed
> a more comprehensive review than the assessment requested by the Public
> Service Board that will supplement its current uprate assessment.
> Governor Douglas said that he is pleased that the NRC has been responsive
> to Vermont's desire for a comprehensive assessment of the plant. "We have
> been aggressive in our efforts to convince the NRC that a comprehensive
> assessment of Vermont Yankee is necessary," Douglas said. "They must
> assure the people of Vermont, with certainty, that this facility is
> operating safely."
> Douglas went on to say that his administration would continue to monitor
> the assessments and the search for the missing fuel rods very closely.
> "Our efforts will always put the health and safety of Vermonters first,"
> he said.
> The new NRC assessment would be the first of its kind and applied to NRC
> reactor oversight across the country. According to a letter to PSB
> Chairman Michael Dworkin from NRC Chairman Diaz six experts including
> several independent inspectors will conduct the inspection. According to
> Chairman Diaz, more than 700 hours0.0081 days <br />0.194 hours <br />0.00116 weeks <br />2.6635e-4 months <br /> of direct inspection will be conducted.
> In addition, Chairman Diaz said that the NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor
> Safeguards (ACRS) would conduct its own independent review of the power
> uprate request. The ACRS is a committee that reports to the Commission
Allen Howe - FW: Douglas: NRC to Conduct Enhanqed Independent Assessment--Plan Goes urther than PSB Reuest and qM
> and is a forum for experts to provide supplemental technical advice for
> the NRC. The ACRS will then make another independent recommendation on
> the uprate based its own review.
> "The NRC will not approve the Vermont Yankee uprate, or any proposed
> change to a plant license, unless the NRC staff can conclude that the
> proposed change will be executed in a manner that assures the public's
> health and safety," Chairman Diaz wrote.
> The reviews announced today by the NRC are in addition to the established
> uprate review process which includes a team of engineers with specialties
> in a minimum of 17 different technical areas, more than 4,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> of
> assessment on the engineering, design, and safety of the plant while
> reviewing the uprate application.
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- JAMES H. DOUGLAS GOVERNOR
- <<... OLE~_Obj... >>>
> State of Vermont
> OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
> For Immediate Release:
> Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Contact:
Jason Gibbs
- (802) 828-3333
> Douglas: NRC to Conduct Enhanced Independent Assessment
- Plan Goes Further than PSB Request and is Addition to Existing Uprate
- Review
- Montpelier, Vt.-Governor Jim Douglas today said his administration's
- efforts to urge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to conduct a
- comprehensive Independent Engineering Assessment of the Vermont Yankee
- nuclear power plant have been successful. In fact, the NRC has developed
- a more comprehensive review than the assessment requested by the Public
- Service Board that will supplement Its current uprate assessment.
> Govemnor Douglas said that he is pleased that the NRC has been responsive
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> to Vermont's desire for a comprehensive assessment of the plant. *We have
> been aggressive in our efforts to convince the NRC that a comprehensive
> assessment of Vermont Yankee is necessary," Douglas said. 'They must
> assure the people of Vermont, with certainty, that this facility is
> operating safely."
> Douglas went on to say that his administration would continue to monitor
> the assessments and the search for the missing fuel rods very closely.
> 'Our efforts will always put the health and safety of Vermonters first,'
> he said.
> The new NRC assessment would be the first of its kind and applied to NRC
> reactor oversight across the country. According to a letter to PSB
> Chairman Michael Dworkin from NRC Chairman Diaz six experts including
> several independent inspectors will conduct the inspection. According to
> Chairman Diaz, more than 700 hours0.0081 days <br />0.194 hours <br />0.00116 weeks <br />2.6635e-4 months <br /> of direct inspection will be conducted.
> In addition, Chairman Diaz said that the NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor
> Safeguards (ACRS) would conduct its own independent review of the power
> uprate request. The ACRS is a committee that reports to the Commission
> and is a forum for experts to provide supplemental technical advice for
> the NRC. The ACRS will then make another independent recommendation on
> the uprate based its own review.
> "The NRC will not approve the Vermont Yankee uprate, or any proposed
> change to a plant license, unless the NRC staff can,conclude that the
> proposed change will be executed in a manner that assures the public's
> health and safety,' Chairman Diaz wrote.
> The reviews announced today by the NRC are in addition to the established
> uprate review process which includes a team of engineers with specialties
> in a minimum of 17 different technical areas, more than 4,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> of
> assessment on the engineering, design, and safety of the plant while
> reviewing the uprate application.
> ###