According to information supplied by Vermont Yankee, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently completed a security inspection at the plant involving a review of selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed personnel and identified one finding which they describe as a non-cited violation of very low security significance. The details are withheld from the public because they are related to nuclear plant security, but according to the NRC, the deficiency was promptly corrected or compensated for, and the plant was in compliance with applicable physical protection and security requirements within the scope of the inspection before the inspectors left the site. Vermont Yankee agreed with the inspector’s conclusions.
Also, Yankee's emergency planning department is finishing up its annual emergency information distribution to all households and businesses in the 17 towns in the ten-mile emergency planning zone. The calendars – all 35,000 of them – and posters and brochures were mailed out the week of December 28. They include official Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire emergency management information regarding notification sirens, emergency alert radio stations, protective actions and reception centers. The annual distribution is a FEMA requirement. If you are located in the Vermont Yankee emergency planning zone and want a copy of the material, call Mark Gilmore at 802-258-4168.
The plant was at 65-percent power (~406 mwe) yesterday, having reduced power earlier in the day to support transmission line work by VELCO. The plant has been operating continuously for 423 days since returning to service from a refueling outage.
Source: Vermont Yankee. 1.7.2010.
NRC finds small security deficiency at Vermont Yankee
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