ML090400542
| ML090400542 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 02/17/2009 |
| From: | Rowley J G License Renewal Projects Branch 2 |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| Rowley J, NRR/DLR/RLRB, 415-4053 | |
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| Download: ML090400542 (11) | |
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February 17, 2009
MEMORANDUM TO: File
FROM: Jonathan Rowley, Project Manager /RA/ Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
AUDIT PLAN FOR REVIEW OF CONFIRMATORY ANALYSES FOR THE CORE SPRAY AND REACTOR RECIRCULATION OUTLET NOZZLES AT THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION
This Memorandum makes the audit plan for the staff's review of confirmatory environmentally adjusted cumulative usage factor analyses for the core spray and reactor recirculation outlet nozzles at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station publicly available (see enclosure).
Docket No. 50-271
Enclosure:
As stated
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DATE 02/13/09 02/17/09 02/17/09 To File from J. ROWLEY, dated February 17, 2009
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SUBJECT:
AUDIT PLAN FOR REVIEW OF CONFIRMATORY ANALYSES FOR THE CORE SPRAY AND REACTOR RECIRCULATION OUTLET NOZZLES AT THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION
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Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415
Mr. David R. Lewis Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1128
Mr. David O'Brien, Commissioner Vermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2601
Mr. James Volz, Chairman Public Service Board State of Vermont 112 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2701
Chairman, Board of Selectmen Town of Vernon P.O. Box 116 Vernon, VT 05354-0116
Operating Experience Coordinator Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 320 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354
G. Dana Bisbee, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6937
Chief, Safety Unit Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Boston, MA 02108
Ms. Carla A. White, RRPT, CHP Radiological Health Vermont Department of Health P.O. Box 70, Drawer #43 108 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05402-0070
Mr. David Mannai Manager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500
Resident Inspector Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 176 Vernon, VT 05354
Director, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency ATTN: James Muckerheide 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399
Mr. John F. McCann Director, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601
Mr. John T. Herron Sr. Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213
Mr. Oscar Limpias Vice President, Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station
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Mr. Christopher Schwartz Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601
Mr. Michael J. Colomb Director of Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601
Mr. William C. Dennis Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601
Mr. Theodore Sullivan Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500
Mr. James H. Sniezek 5486 Nithsdale Drive Salisbury, MD 21801
Mr. Garrett D. Edwards 814 Waverly Road Kennett Square, PA 19348
Ms. Stacey M. Lousteau Treasury Department Entergy Services, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113
Mr. Norman L. Rademacher Director, NSA Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500
Mr. Raymond Shadis New England Coalition P.O. Box 98 Edgecomb, ME 04556
Mr. James P. Matteau Executive Director Windham Regional Commission 139 Main Street, Suite 505 Brattleboro, VT 05301
Mr. William K. Sherman Vermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601
Mr. Michael D. Lyster 5931 Barclay Lane Naples, FL 34110-7306
Diane Curran, Esq.
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg &
Eisenberg, L.L.P 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036
Ronald A. Shems, Esq.
Shems, Dunkiel, Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401
Karen Tyler, Esq.
Shems, Dunkiel, Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401
Sarah Hofmann, Esq.
Director of Public Advocacy Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station
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Jennifer J. Patterson, Esq.
Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301
Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq.
Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128
Matthew Brock, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Environmental Protection Division One Ashburton Place, Room 1813 Boston, MA 02108-1598
Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.
National Legal Scholars Law Firm 84 East Thetford Road Lyme, NH 03768
John Sipos, Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General The Capitol State Street Albany, NY 12224
Audit Plan Review of the Confirmatory Cumulative Usage Factor Including Environmental Effects (CUF en) Analyses for the Core Spray and Reactor Recirculation Outlet Nozzles
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station
ENCLOSURE
Background
On January 25, 2006, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. and Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC (Entergy) submitted the license renewal application (LRA) for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS). In the Safety Evaluation Report of the Vermont Yankee license renewal application (LRA) of May 2008 (NUREG-1907), the staff proposed a license condition that would require Entergy to perform confirmatory analyses of the core spray (CS) and recirculation outlet (RO) nozzles two years prior to the period of extended operations and submit them to the NRC for review and approval. However, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) stated in its November 24, 2008, partial initial ruling on three contentions related to the LRA that the analyses must be performed prior a final ruling on the contentions and prior to the issuance of a renewed license. On January 15, 2009, Entergy submitted the results of its confirmatory cumulative usage factor including environmental effects (CUF en) analyses for the CS and RO nozzles at the VYNPS.
Audit Bases
The staff will perform an audit of the calculations used to produce the confirmatory results consistent with the proposed license condition.
Audit Scope
The audit will focus on determining if the confirmatory analyses appropriately utilized the ASME Code Section III methodology rat her than the Gr een's Function methodology, which was used in the original analyses, to demonstrate acceptable CUF en for 60 years of plant life for the CS and RO nozzles at VYNPS.
Necessary Information and Materials
The staff will review the calculations, any plant procedures, and any plant documents used to develop or that support the calculations.
Team Assignments Organization Name Function NRC/NRR/DE/EMCB John Fair Project Team Leader NRC/NRR/DLR/RER1 James Gavula Co-project Team Leader NRC/NRR/DE/EMCB Mark Hartzman Reviewer NRC/NRR/DLR Allen Hiser Reviewer NRC/NRR/DLR/RER1 Chuang-Yeh Yang Reviewer
Audit Logistics
February 18 - 20, 2009
NPOC Offices 11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 230 Rockville, MD 20852
February 18, 2009 - Entrance briefing at 2:00 PM
- Start CS and RO review at 2:30 PM February 19, 2009 - Continue CS and RO review at 8:00 AM February 20, 2009 - Continue CS and RO review at 8:00 AM
- Exit briefing at 4:00 PM
Deliverables
An audit summary will be placed on the docket and the results of the audit will be documented in a Supplemental Safety Evaluation Report related to VY LRA. Both documents are planned to be issued by the end of April 2009.
References
January 25, 2006 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station License No. DPR-28 (Docket No. 50-271) License Renewal Application
May 2008 Safety Evaluation Report Related to the License Renewal of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (NUREG-1907)
November 24, 2008 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Partial Initial Decision (Ruling on Contentions 2A, 2B, 3, and4), ASLBP No. 02-849-03-LR
January 15, 2009 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station License No. DPR-28 (Docket No. 50-271) License Renewal Application Amendment 37