IR 05000327/2003007

IR 05000327-03-007 & IR 05000328-03-007, on June 23-27, 2003, Tennessee Valley Authority, Sequoyah Plant. Verification of Compliance with Interim Compensatory Measures Order

ML032230503
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	08/11/2003
From:	Boland A Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Scalice J Tennessee Valley Authority
References
IR-03-007
Download: ML032230503 (9)

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ust 11, 2003

SUBJECT:

SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NRC SAFEGUARDS INSPECTION REPORT 05000327/2003007 AND 05000328/2003007

Dear Mr. Scalice:

On June 27, 2003, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection at your Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2. The enclosed inspection report documents the inspection findings, which were discussed on June 27, 2003, with Mr. D. Koehl and other members of your staff.

The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety and compliance with an Order issued on February 25, 2002, which required your site to implement specific measures related to security of your facility. The inspection used Temporary Instruction 2515/148, Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Safeguards Interim Compensatory Measures, to verify implementation of the Order as clarified in your responses dated March 18, July 3, September 3, and September 24, 2002. The inspection also included evaluations of other selected areas of the security program including performance indicators, access control, intrusion detection and assessment system testing, and aspects of contingency response.

Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selected examination of procedures and records, observation of activities, and interviews with personnel.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, without the enclosed Safeguards Information, will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of DOCUMENT CONTAINS ENCLOSURE CONTAINS UPON SEPARATION THIS PAGE IS DECONTROLLED

TVA 2 DOCUMENT CONTAINS NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

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TVA 3 DOCUMENT CONTAINS Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anne T. Boland, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-327 and 50-328 License Nos.: DPR-77 and DPR-79

Enclosure:

Inspection Report 05000327/2003007 and 05000328/2003007 w/Attachment: Supplemental Information (Contains Safeguards Information)

REGION II==

Docket Nos.: 50-327, 50-328 License Nos.: DPR-77, DPR-79 Report No.: 05000327/2003007, 05000328/2003007 Licensee: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Facility: Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Location: Sequoyah Access Road Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379 Dates: June 23-27, 2003 Inspectors: Lee R. Miller, Senior Operations Engineer Donald B. Forbes, Physical Security Inspector Jerry D. Ennis, Physical Security Inspector William M. Sartor, Senior Emergency Preparedness Inspector Approved by: Anne T. Boland, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety DOCUMENT CONTAINS ENCLOSURE CONTAINS UPON SEPARATION THIS PAGE IS DECONTROLLED SUMMARY OF FINDINGS IR 05000327/2003007, 05000328/2003007; 6/23-27/03; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/148, Verification of Compliance with Interim Compensatory Measures Order.

The report covered an announced inspection by two regional physical security inspectors, an emergency preparedness inspector, and a reactor operations inspector. Two issues, the significance of which is to be determined, were identified. Pending further review, these issues are characterized as unresolved items. The NRCs program for overseeing the safe operation of commercial nuclear power reactors is described in NUREG-1649, Reactor Oversight Process, Revision 3, dated July 2000.

A. Inspector-Identified and Self-Revealing Findings Cornerstone: Physical Security

• The inspectors identified an unresolved item concerning the licensees implementation of Interim Compensatory Measure B.1.c of the February 25, 2002 Order. (Section II.C)

• The inspectors identified an unresolved item concerning the licensees implementation of Interim Compensatory Measure B.5.b of the February 25, 2002 Order. (Section VI.B)

B. Licensee-Identified Violations None DOCUMENT CONTAINS ENCLOSURE CONTAINS UPON SEPARATION THIS PAGE IS DECONTROLLED

SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION REMOVED