IR 05000259/1993025

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-259/93-25, 50-260/93-25 & 50-296/93-25

ML18037A460
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	09/07/1993
From:	Crlenjak R NRC Office of Inspection & Enforcement (IE Region II)
To:	Medford M Tennessee Valley Authority
References
NUDOCS 9309220315
Download: ML18037A460 (7)

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ESSION NBR:9309220315 DOC.DATE: 93/09/07 NOTARIZED: NO ACIL:50-259 Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1,'ennessee 50-260 Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2, Tennessee 50-296 Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3, Tennessee AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION CRLENJAK,R.V.

Region 2 (Post 820201)

RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION MEDFORD,M.O.

Tennessee Valley Authority SUBJECT: Ack receipt of 930819 ltr informing NRC of steps taken to correct violations noted in Insp Repts 50-259/93-25, 50-260/93-25

& 50-296/93-25.

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DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN:

Dr. Hark 0. Hedford, Vice President Technical Support 3B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS.

50-259/93-25, 50-260/93-25, AND 50-296/93-25 Thank you for your response of August 19, 1993, to our Notice of Violation (NOV) issued on July 29, 1993, concerning activities conducted at your Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.

As discussed in the cover letter to the NOV, we are concerned that the plant operators did not have adequate information available to determine the necessary and timely actions to take for implementation of a Technical Specification action statement.

We note that your August 19, 1993 response did not address findings of your internal review of this event in regard to this concern, specifically, the lack of standard methodology to insert trips in the Reactor Protection System.

In addition, the response did not address your planned actions in regard to the evaluation of the failure mode of the turbine stop valve limit switch.

We believe the implementation of corrective actions for these findings to be important to deterring future violations and occurrences of conditions adverse to quality.

In addition, we are concerned about the time frames targeted for development of standard methodology for inserting trips in the RPS.

We recognize the effort involved in developing a comprehensive program; however, considering the benefit of this effort, we are concerned that dates of 5 to 13 months after recognizing the need for this guidance have been set for imple-mentation.

Therefore, we request that you provide additional information to:

1) indicate why these findings were not discussed in your response to the NRC; 2) justify why these corrective actions were not considered necessary to fully address the violation; and, 3) why the corrective actions should not be completed in a more timely manner; The additional information should be submitted in a written statement within 30 days of the date of this letter.

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Tennessee Valley Authority The responses directed by this letter are not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paper Reduction Act of 1980, Pub.

L. No.96-511.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely, (Original signed by R. Crlenjak)

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R. V. Crlenjak, Chief Reactor Projects Branch

Division of Reactor Projects

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Mr. W. H. Kennoy, Director Tennessee Valley Authority ET 12A 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 Mr. R.

M. Eytchison, Vice President Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley Authority 3B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Pedro Salas Site Licensing Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. 0.

Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35602 B. S. Schof iel d, Manager Nuclear Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority 5B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 TVA Representative Tennessee Valley Authority 11921 Rockville Pike Suite 402 Rockville, MD 20852 Tennessee Valley Authority e-General Counsel'ennessee Valley Authority ET 11H 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 Chairman, Limestone County Commission P. 0.

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State Dept. of Public Health State Office Building 434 Monroe Street Montgomery, AL 36130 Mr. Raul R. Baron Site quality Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. 0.

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