ML062780122
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 10/12/2006 |
| From: | Rowley J NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRB |
| To: | Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| Rowley J, NRR/DLR/RLRB, 415-4053 | |
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October 12, 2006LICENSEE:Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
FACILITY:Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2006, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC., CONCERNING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEARPOWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (the staff) and representatives of EntergyNuclear Operations, Inc., (ENO) held a telephone conference call on September 19, 2006, to discuss and clarify the staff's requests for additional information (RAIs) and other issues concerning the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Station (VYNPS) license renewal application (LRA).
The conference call was useful in clarifying the staff's questions.Enclosure 1 provides a listing of the conference call participants. Enclosure 2 contains a listingof the issues discussed with the applicant, including a brief discussion of the items status. The applicant had an opportunity to comment on this summary.
/RA/Jonathan Rowley, Project ManagerLicense Renewal Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-271
Enclosures:
As statedcc w/encls: See next page
ML062780122 DOCUMENT NAME: G:\ADRO\DLR\RLRB\Rowley\Vermont YankeeSummary of Telephone Conference - September 19, 20006.wpdOFFICEPM:RLRBLA:RLRBBC:RLRBNAMEJRowley SFigueroa JZimmermanDMerzkeDATE10/11/0610/06/0610/12/06 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station cc:
Regional Administrator, Region IU. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415Mr. David R. LewisPillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1128Mr. David O'Brien, CommissionerVermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2601Mr. James Volz, ChairmanPublic Service Board State of Vermont 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2701Chairman, Board of Selectmen Town of Vernon P.O. Box 116 Vernon, VT 05354-0116Operating Experience CoordinatorVermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 320 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354G. Dana Bisbee, Esq.Deputy Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6937Chief, Safety Unit Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Boston, MA 02108Ms. Carla A. White, RRPT, CHPRadiological Health Vermont Department of Health P.O. Box 70, Drawer #43 108 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05402-0070Mr. James M. DeVincentisManager, Licensing Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500Resident InspectorVermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
P.O. Box 176 Vernon, VT 05354Director, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency ATTN: James Muckerheide 400 Worcester Rd.
Framingham, MA 01702-5399Jonathan M. Block, Esq.Main Street
P.O. Box 566 Putney, VT 05346-0566Mr. John F. McCannDirector, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Gary J. TaylorChief Executive Officer Entergy Operations 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station cc:
Mr. John T. HerronSr. VP and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Oscar LimpiasVice President, Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Christopher SchwartzVice President, Operations Support Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Michael J. ColombDirector of Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Travis C. McCulloughAssistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Theodore SullivanSite Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500Mr. James H. Sniezek5486 Nithsdale Drive Salisbury, MD 21801Mr. Garrett D. Edwards814 Waverly Road Kennett Square, PA 19348Ms. Stacey M. LousteauTreasury Department Entergy Services, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113Mr. Norman L. RademacherDirector, NSA Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500Mr. Raymond ShadisNew England Coalition Post Office Box 98 Edgecomb, ME 04556Mr. James P. MatteauExecutive Director Windham Regional Commission 139 Main Street, Suite 505 Brattleboro, VT 05301Mr. William K. ShermanVermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601Mr. Michael D. Lyster5931 Barclay Lane Naples, FL 34110-7306Ms. Charlene D. FaisonManager, Licensing 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. James RossNuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station cc:
Diane Curran, Esq.Harmon, Curran, Spielberg &
Eisenberg, L.L.P 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Note to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., from Jonathan Rowley dated October 12, 2006
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2006, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC., CONCERNING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEARPOWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONHARD COPYDLR R/FJRowleyE-MAIL:JFairRWeisman AMurphy RPettis GGalletti DShum GBagchi SSmith (srs3)
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JRowley RLaufer JShea CAnderson, RI RPowell, RI DScrenci, RI MModes, RI DPelton, Sr. Resident MYoung RidsOpaMail LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALLTO DISCUSS THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATIONLICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONSeptember 19, 2006Participants AffiliationsJonathan RowleyU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)Kenneth ChangNRC Kaihwa HsuNRC Duc NguyenNRC James DeVincentisEntergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO)
Mike MetellENO David LachENO Mike HamerENO Allan CoxENO Jim FitzpatrickENO VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONSeptember 19, 2006The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (the staff) and representatives of EntergyNuclear Operations, Inc., held a telephone conference call on September 19, 2006, to discuss and clarify the staff's requests for additional information (RAIs) and other issues concerning the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS) license renewal application (LRA). The following issues were discussed during the telephone conference call:RAI 3.6.2.2-N-08-1The applicant responded to the staff's Request for Additional Information (RAI) 3.6.2.2-N-08 ina letter dated July 14, 2006, "License Renewal Application, Amendment 4". In the letter theapplicant stated: "Entergy, consistent with the Peach Bottom precedent, credited the [FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission] FERC dam inspection program to manage the effects of aging on civil and structural elements of the [Vernon Hydroelectric Station] VHS."A FERC letter to the previous owner of the VHS, New England Power Company (currentlyowned by TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc.), dated August 6,1997 states: "By letter dated June 26, 1997, you requested an exemption from filing an Independent Consultant's SafetyInspection Report under Part 12, Subpart D, of the Commission's Regulations..." and "...I am granting your request for an exemption from the Part 12, Subpart D requirement for submittal of an Independent Consultant's Safety Inspection Report." As the exemption is only on the filing of an Independent Consultant's Safety Inspection Reportunder Part 12, Subpart D, describe specific Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station aging management activities, provide inspection reports, and describe any corrective actions that have been taken as a result of the inspection reports - as they pertain to the VHS in accordance with 10 CFR 54.21(a)(3) - since the exemption was granted.Discussion: The staff wanted to assure the applicant understood this RAI completely. Thestaff wanted to prevent reiteration of the response given to the initial RAI. The staff's positionand basis for the question was clearly presented. The applicant indicated to the staff that theRAI was clear.RAI 3.6.2.2-N-08-2 Electrical components for the VHS include 2 black-start turbine generators, cables and busesfor power transmission, instrumentation and control components and their associated cablesand connections. The audit team found that there is an aging management program (AMP) for underground cables from Vernon tie breaker routed to Vermont Yankee. However, there appears to be no AMPs for electrical components from the tie breaker to VHS generators. Please describe how aging effects on the rest of the electrical components will be m anagedduring the period of extended operation.Discussion: The staff clarified the scope of the RAI. The applicant indicated to the staff thatthe RAI was against their current licensing basis (CLB) and that the presence of systemredundancy should be just cause not to require a AMP for those electrical components. The staff requested that the applicant prove that no aging management is required.RAI 4.3-H-01Table 4.3-2 on Page 4.3-4 of the VYNPS LRA indicates that the design transient of reactorstartup/shutdown cycles has bounded all other transients for the reactor coolant system (RCS). Please describe all the transients bounded and demonstrate how this bounding transientencompasses all other RCS transients (e.g. transient curves for pressure and temperature cycles). Please demonstrate that the cumulative usage factors (CUFs) are still within the limitof this revised bounding transient.Discussion: The staff did not find the applicant's response in their September 5, 2006 letter(License Renewal Application, Amendment 12) to this RAI acceptable. The staff reiterated itsposition. The applicant will attempt to provide an adequate supplemental response to thisconcern in a impending letter to the NRC.Additional issue
- The applicant referenced the use of relief request in its Inservice Inspection aging managementprogram (AMP B.1.15) of the license renewal application. The staff wanted to make the applicant aware of this. The staff position is that relief requests can not be used as justification for exceptions to the Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report recommendations for license renewal.Discussion: The applicant understood the staff's position. The applicant will amend itsapplication.