IR 05000259/1979039
| ML18024B407 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 01/08/1980 |
| From: | Dance H, Sullivan R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18024B406 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-259-79-39, 50-260-79-39, 50-296-79-39, NUDOCS 8003190332 | |
| Download: ML18024B407 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
101 MARIETTAST., N.W., SUITE 3100 ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303 Report Nos. 50-259/79-39, 50-260/79-39-and 50-296/79-39 Iicensee:
Tennessee Valley Authority 500A Chestnut Street Tower II Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 Facility Name:
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260 and 50-296 License Nos.
DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 Inspection at Browns Ferry Site near Athens, Alabama
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SlllÃARY Inspection on October 15 - November 9, 1979 Areas Inspected This routine inspection involved 88 resident inspector-hours in the areas of plant operations, plant tours, reportable occurrences, refueling, maintenance, plant physical protection and radiation area controls.
Results Of the six areas inspected no items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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DETAIIS Persons Contacted
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ensee Employees L. Abercrombie, Plant Superintendent L. Harness, Assistant Plant Superintendent B. Studdard, Operations Supervisor Hunkapillar, Assistant Operations Supervisor A. Teague, Maintenance Supervisor, Electrica'l A. Haney, Maintenance Supervisor, Mechanical R. Pittman, Maintenance Supervisor, Instruments G. Metke, Results Section Supervisor T. Jones, Outage Director T. Smith, QA Supervisor G. Bugg, Plant Health Physicist L. Burnett, Shift Engineer E. Jackson, Captain, Public Safety D. Glover, Shift Engineer R. Smallwood, Shift Engineer Cole, QA Site Representative Office of Power Lic H.
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Other licensee employees contacted included Licensed Senior Reactor Operators and Reactor Operators, auxiliary operators, craftsmen, technicians, public safety officers, QA personnel and engineering personnel.
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Management Interviews Management interviews were conducted on October 18, 26, November 2 and 9, 1979, with the Plant Superintendent or the Assistant Plant Superintendent and selected members of his staff.
The inspector summarized the scope and findings of his inspection activities.
The licensee was informed that no items of noncompliance or deviations were identified during this report period.
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Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Unresolved item (259, 260/79-20-01):
Seismic qualification records for Unit 1 and 2 diesel generator batteries were reviewed by the inspector.
(Closed) Unresolved item (296/79-20-01):
Seismic qualification records for Unit 3 diesel-generator six foot battery racks were reviewed the by inspector.
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Unresolved Items No unresolved items were identified during this inspection perio I
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Plant Operations The inspector kept informed on a daily basis of the overall plant status and any significant safety matters related to plant operations.
Daily discussions were held with plant management and various members of the plant operations staff.
Frequent visits were made to the shift engineer's office and control rooms to review current reactor operating status and activities.
Special visits were made to other locations in the plant to observe activities and to verify system or component status..
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Selected portions of the daily journals and other operating records were reviewed on at least a weekly basis during the report period.
The inspector made general plant tours on the following dates:
October 16, 26, November 1 and 5, 1979.
Selected areas in the turbine building, reactor building, refueling floor and outside areas were visited.
Observations included witnessing work activities in progress, status of operating and standby safety systems, valve positions, snubber condition, instrument readings and recordings, annunciator alarms, housekeeping, radiation area controls and vital area controls.
Informal discussions were held with operators and other personnel on work activities and equipment status.
Specific non-routine observations included:
control room activities following a Unit 2 load rejection scram on October
and preparations for reactor re-start; startup operations and the return of Unit 2 to the system on October 30; control room activities following scram of Unit 1 on November
and subsequent startup operations involving rod withdrawals.
The inspector also witnessed shift turnovers on October 15 in the Unit 3 control room and on October 30 in the Unit 2 control room.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified by the inspector in the above areas.
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Reportable Occurrence Review The below listed licensee event reports information provided met NRC reporting included adequacy of event description planned, existence of potential generic significance of each event.
were reviewed to determine if the requirements.
The determination and corrective action taken or problems and the relative safety LER NO.
259/79-23 Date 10/15/79 Event Daily source checks three monitors missed on 9/17/79 259/79-24 260/79-11 296/79"15 10/18/79 06/06/79 10/12/79 Monitor out of service for 9Q hours 5.5 second period encountered on startup Annunciator panel on fire protection circuit inoperative,
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The inspector's questions were satisfactorily answered.
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Maintenance Activites The inspector reviewed selected portions of the below listed maintenance activities.
Work sites were visited and discussions held with personnel involved.
Unit 1 feedwater pump impeller and shaft replacement Unit 3 B RHR heat exchanger repairs No items of noncompliance or deviations were noted.
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Plant Physical Protection During the course of routine inspection activities, the inspector made obser-vations of certain plant physical protection activities.
These included personnel badging, personnel search and escort, vehicle search and escort, vital area access control and physical barriers.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were noted.