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Category:Inspection Report
MONTHYEARIR 05000390/20250102024-11-0404 November 2024 Notification of an NRC (FPTI) (NRC Inspection Report 05000390/2025010 0500039/ 2025010) (RFI) IR 05000390/20243012024-10-17017 October 2024 Operator Licensing Examination Approval 05000390/2024301 and 05000391/2024301 IR 05000390/20240052024-08-28028 August 2024 Updated Inspection Plan and Assessment Follow-Up Letter for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Report 05000390-2024005 and 05000391-2024005 IR 05000390/20244022024-08-20020 August 2024 – Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000390-2024402 and 05000391/2024402 - Public IR 05000390/20240022024-08-0707 August 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2024002 and 05000391/2024002 Rev IR 05000390/20244402024-07-12012 July 2024 95001 Supplemental Inspection Supplemental Report 05000390-2024440 and 05000391-2024440 and Follow-Up Assessment Letter IR 05000390/20240012024-05-14014 May 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2024001 and 05000391/2024001 IR 05000391/20240072024-04-30030 April 2024 Assessment Follow-up Letter for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 – Report 05000391/2024007 IR 05000390/20244012024-04-0202 April 2024 – Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000390/2024401 and 05000391/2024401 - (Public) IR 05000390/20240102024-03-0808 March 2024 Age-Related Degradation Inspection Report 05000390/2024010 and 05000391/2024010 IR 05000390/20230062024-02-28028 February 2024 Annual Assessment Letter for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 - Report 05000390/2023006 and 05000391/2023006 IR 05000390/20230042024-02-13013 February 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2023004 and 05000391/2023004 and Apparent Violation IR 05000390/20234412023-12-21021 December 2023 Plant–Final Significance Determination for a Security-Related Greater than Green Finding, Nov, and Assessment Follow-up, 05000390-2023441 and 05000391-2023441-Public IR 05000390/20234042023-12-14014 December 2023 – Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000390/2023404 and 05000391/2023404 IR 05000390/20230102023-11-30030 November 2023 RE-Issue Watts Bar Nuclear Plant - Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Report 050000390/2023010 and 05000391/2023010 and Apparent Violation IR 05000390/20230032023-11-13013 November 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2023003 and 05000391/2023003 and Apparent Violation ML23296A0242023-10-24024 October 2023 Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Report and Preliminary Greater than Green Finding and Apparent Violation IR 05000390/20230052023-08-30030 August 2023 Updated Inspection Plan for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Report 05000390/2023005 and 05000391/2023005 IR 05000390/20230022023-08-16016 August 2023 Reissue - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant - Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2023002 and 05000391/2023002 ML23220A1582023-08-0909 August 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2023002 and 05000391/2023002 IR 05000390/20230112023-07-24024 July 2023 Quadrennial Focused Engineering Inspection (FEI) Commercial Grade Dedication Report 05000390 2023011 and 05000391 2023011 IR 05000390/20234032023-05-30030 May 2023 Cyber Security Inspection Report 05000390/2023403 and 05000391/2023403 IR 05000390/20220032023-05-0909 May 2023 Reissue Watts Bar Nuclear Plant - Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2022003 and 05000391/2022003 IR 05000390/20230012023-05-0404 May 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2023001 and 05000391/2023001 IR 05000390/20234012023-03-13013 March 2023 – Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000390 2023401 and 05000391 2023401 IR 05000390/20220062023-03-0101 March 2023 Annual Assessment Letter for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Report 05000390/2022006 and 05000391/2022006 IR 05000390/20220042023-02-10010 February 2023 – Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2022004 and 05000391/2022004 IR 05000390/20224202022-12-0101 December 2022 Security Baseline Inspection 05000390/2022420 and 05000391/2022420 Cover Letter ML22318A0072022-11-14014 November 2022 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2022003 and 05000391/2022003 IR 05000390/20220102022-10-28028 October 2022 Design Basis Assurance Inspection (Teams) Inspection Report 05000390/2022010 and 05000391/2022010 ML22256A2952022-09-14014 September 2022 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Report 07201048/2022001 IR 05000390/20220052022-08-31031 August 2022 Updated Inspection Plan for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Report 05000390/2022005 and 05000391/2022005 - Final IR 05000390/20220022022-08-12012 August 2022 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2022002 and 05000391/2022002 and Exercise of Enforcement Discretion IR 05000390/20224012022-08-0303 August 2022 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000390/2022401 and 05000391/2022401 ML22123A2412022-05-11011 May 2022 Review of the Fall 2021 Mid-Cycle Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report IR 05000390/20220012022-05-11011 May 2022 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2022001 and 05000391/2022001 IR 05000390/20210062022-03-0202 March 2022 Annual Assessment Letter for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Report No. 05000390/2021006 and 05000391/2021006) IR 05000390/20210042022-02-10010 February 2022 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2021004 and 05000391/2021004 IR 05000390/20223012022-01-0707 January 2022 Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000390/2022301 and 05000391/2022301 IR 05000390/20210032021-11-10010 November 2021 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2021003 and 05000391/2021003 IR 05000390/20214022021-11-0202 November 2021 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000390/2021402 and 05000391/2021402 IR 05000390/20214032021-10-26026 October 2021 Material Control and Accounting Program Inspection Report 05000390/2021403 and 05000391/2021403 (OUO Removed) ML21263A0042021-09-24024 September 2021 Review of the Fall 2020 Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report IR 05000390/20214012021-08-31031 August 2021 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000390/2021401 and 05000391/2021401 IR 05000390/20210052021-08-24024 August 2021 Updated Inspection Plan for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2 Report 05000390/2021005 and 05000391/2021005 IR 05000390/20210022021-08-0404 August 2021 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2021002 and 05000391/2021002 IR 05000390/20210122021-07-0101 July 2021 Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Report 05000390/2021012 and 05000391/2021012 IR 05000390/20210102021-05-0606 May 2021 NRC Inspection Report 05000390/2021010 and 05000391/2021010 IR 05000390/20210012021-05-0505 May 2021 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2021001 and 05000391/2021001 IR 05000390/20210112021-04-13013 April 2021 Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Report 05000390/2021011 and 05000391/2021011 2024-08-07
[Table view] Category:Letter
MONTHYEARIR 05000390/20250102024-11-0404 November 2024 Notification of an NRC (FPTI) (NRC Inspection Report 05000390/2025010 0500039/ 2025010) (RFI) CNL-24-074, Tennessee Valley Authority - Central Emergency Control Center Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Revisions2024-10-23023 October 2024 Tennessee Valley Authority - Central Emergency Control Center Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Revisions IR 05000390/20243012024-10-17017 October 2024 Operator Licensing Examination Approval 05000390/2024301 and 05000391/2024301 ML24282B0412024-10-15015 October 2024 Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML24260A1682024-10-0404 October 2024 Regulatory Audit Summary Related to Request to Add and Revise Notes Related to Technical Specification Table 3.3.2-1, Function 5 ML24261C0062024-10-0404 October 2024 Correction to Amendment No. 134 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-90 and Amendment No. 38 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-96 ML24284A1072024-09-26026 September 2024 Affidavit for Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 CNL-24-060, Supplement to Request for Approval of the Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Quality Assurance Program Description2024-09-24024 September 2024 Supplement to Request for Approval of the Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Quality Assurance Program Description CNL-24-047, Decommitment of Flood Mode Mitigation Improvement Systems2024-09-24024 September 2024 Decommitment of Flood Mode Mitigation Improvement Systems ML24262A0602024-09-23023 September 2024 Summary of August 19, 2024, Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding a Proposed Supplement to the Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan CNL-24-065, Tennessee Valley Authority – Central Emergency Control Center Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Revisions2024-09-18018 September 2024 Tennessee Valley Authority – Central Emergency Control Center Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Revisions 05000390/LER-2024-002, Automatic Reactor Trip Due to Main Generator Protection Relay Actuation2024-09-0505 September 2024 Automatic Reactor Trip Due to Main Generator Protection Relay Actuation IR 05000390/20240052024-08-28028 August 2024 Updated Inspection Plan and Assessment Follow-Up Letter for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Report 05000390-2024005 and 05000391-2024005 ML24218A1442024-08-27027 August 2024 Issuance of Amendment Nos. 169 and 75 Regarding Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.9.5.1 to Reduce the Residual Heat Removal Flow Rate IR 05000390/20244022024-08-20020 August 2024 – Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000390-2024402 and 05000391/2024402 - Public CNL-24-061, Supplement to Application to Revise Function 5 of Technical Specification Table 3.3.2-1, ‘Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System Instrumentation,’ for the Sequoyah and Watts Bar (SQN-TS-23-02 and WBN-TS-23-08),2024-08-19019 August 2024 Supplement to Application to Revise Function 5 of Technical Specification Table 3.3.2-1, ‘Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System Instrumentation,’ for the Sequoyah and Watts Bar (SQN-TS-23-02 and WBN-TS-23-08), ML24219A0262024-08-12012 August 2024 Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure IR 05000390/20240022024-08-0707 August 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2024002 and 05000391/2024002 Rev ML24204A2652024-07-25025 July 2024 Regulatory Audit Summary Related to Request to Revise Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.9.5.1 to Reduce the Residual Heat Removal Flow Rate ML24199A0012024-07-22022 July 2024 Clarification and Correction to Exemption from Requirement of 10 CFR 37.11(c)(2) ML24170A8002024-07-15015 July 2024 Issuance of Amendment Nos. 168 and 74 Regarding Revision to Technical Specification Table 1.1-1 for Required Number of Fully Tensioned Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Closure Bolts ML24172A1342024-07-15015 July 2024 Exemptions from 10 CFR 37.11(C)(2) (EPID L-2023-LLE-0024) - Letter IR 05000390/20244402024-07-12012 July 2024 95001 Supplemental Inspection Supplemental Report 05000390-2024440 and 05000391-2024440 and Follow-Up Assessment Letter 05000391/LER-2024-003, Inoperability of Both Trains of Unit 2 Low Head Safety Injection2024-07-11011 July 2024 Inoperability of Both Trains of Unit 2 Low Head Safety Injection ML24131A0012024-07-0202 July 2024 Issuance of Amendment Nos. 167 and 73 Regarding Adoption of Technical Specification Task Force Traveler TSTF-427-A, Revision 2 CNL-24-052, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Application to Modify the Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.9.5.1 (WBN-TS-21-14)2024-06-27027 June 2024 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Application to Modify the Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.9.5.1 (WBN-TS-21-14) CNL-24-018, License Amendment Request for Adoption of Technical Specification Task Force Traveler TSTF-276-A, Revision 2, Regarding TS 3.8.1 AC Sources – Operating to Clarify Requirements for Diesel Generator Testing (WBN-TS2024-06-25025 June 2024 License Amendment Request for Adoption of Technical Specification Task Force Traveler TSTF-276-A, Revision 2, Regarding TS 3.8.1 AC Sources – Operating to Clarify Requirements for Diesel Generator Testing (WBN-TS ML24089A1152024-06-21021 June 2024 Transmittal Letter, Environmental Assessments and Findings of No Significant Impact Related to Exemption Requests from 10 CFR 37.11(c)(2) ML24141A0482024-05-17017 May 2024 EN 56958_1 Ametek Solidstate Controls, Inc ML24100A7642024-05-16016 May 2024 Issuance of Amendment No. 166 Regarding Revision to Technical Specification 3.8.2, AC Sources-Shutdown, to Remove Reference to C-S Diesel Generator (CNL-23-062) IR 05000390/20240012024-05-14014 May 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2024001 and 05000391/2024001 CNL-24-040, Tennessee Valley Authority - Central Emergency Control Center Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Revisions2024-05-0808 May 2024 Tennessee Valley Authority - Central Emergency Control Center Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Revisions 05000391/LER-2024-002, Re Automatic Reactor Trip Due to Steam Generator 3 Level LO-LO2024-05-0606 May 2024 Re Automatic Reactor Trip Due to Steam Generator 3 Level LO-LO IR 05000391/20240072024-04-30030 April 2024 Assessment Follow-up Letter for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 – Report 05000391/2024007 ML24120A1182024-04-29029 April 2024 – Notification of NRC Supplemental Inspection (95001) and Request for Information CNL-24-037, Clinch River, Sequoyah, Units 1 and 2, Watts Bar, Unit 1 and 2, Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan, TVA-NQA-PLN89-A, Revision 422024-04-22022 April 2024 Clinch River, Sequoyah, Units 1 and 2, Watts Bar, Unit 1 and 2, Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan, TVA-NQA-PLN89-A, Revision 42 ML24087A1912024-04-18018 April 2024 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, Security Notifications, Reports, and Recordkeeping and Suspicious Activity Reporting CNL-24-024, Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System Project Milestone Status Update2024-04-17017 April 2024 Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System Project Milestone Status Update CNL-24-010, License Amendment Request to Recapture Low-Power Testing Time (WBN-TS-23-19)2024-04-17017 April 2024 License Amendment Request to Recapture Low-Power Testing Time (WBN-TS-23-19) CNL-24-033, Central Emergency Control Center Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Revisions2024-04-17017 April 2024 Central Emergency Control Center Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Revisions ML24072A0052024-04-15015 April 2024 Issuance of Amendment Nos. 165 and 72 Regarding Increase in the Maximum Number of Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods and Supporting Changes, and Revision to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report CNL-24-004, Application to Modify the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 and Unit 2 Technical Specifications for Main Control Room Chiller Completion Time Extension (WBN-TS-23-13)2024-04-0404 April 2024 Application to Modify the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 and Unit 2 Technical Specifications for Main Control Room Chiller Completion Time Extension (WBN-TS-23-13) IR 05000390/20244012024-04-0202 April 2024 – Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000390/2024401 and 05000391/2024401 - (Public) CNL-24-020, Clinch River, Sequoyah, Units 1 and 2, Watts Bar, Units 1 and 2, Request for Approval of Quality Assurance Program Description and Application to Revise the Technical Specifications Associated with QAPD Requirements2024-04-0101 April 2024 Clinch River, Sequoyah, Units 1 and 2, Watts Bar, Units 1 and 2, Request for Approval of Quality Assurance Program Description and Application to Revise the Technical Specifications Associated with QAPD Requirements 05000391/LER-2024-001, Automatic Reactor Trip Due to Main Generator Protection Relay Actuation2024-03-27027 March 2024 Automatic Reactor Trip Due to Main Generator Protection Relay Actuation CNL-24-007, Annual Insurance Status Report2024-03-27027 March 2024 Annual Insurance Status Report CNL-24-008, Guarantee of Payment of Deferred Premiums - 2023 Annual Report2024-03-27027 March 2024 Guarantee of Payment of Deferred Premiums - 2023 Annual Report CNL-24-025, Notice of Intent to Pursue License Renewal for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 - Submittal Schedule2024-03-25025 March 2024 Notice of Intent to Pursue License Renewal for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 - Submittal Schedule ML24081A0262024-03-21021 March 2024 Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Revisions ML24079A0312024-03-19019 March 2024 Wb 2024-301, Corporate Notification Letter (210-day Ltr) 2024-09-05
[Table view] Category:Notice of Violation
MONTHYEARML21200A1362021-07-23023 July 2021 Revised TVA Notice of Violation, Enclosure 1 (EA-19-092) ML21200A1382021-07-23023 July 2021 Revised TVA Notice of Violation, Enclosure 2 (EA-19-092) OI 2-2016-042, Mr. Sprinkle Notice of Violation (IA-20-018)2020-11-0606 November 2020 Mr. Sprinkle Notice of Violation (IA-20-018) IR 05000390/20190912019-11-19019 November 2019 Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty - $145,000, NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000390/2019091 and 05000391/2019091 IR 05000390/20190902019-04-15015 April 2019 Final Significance Determination of a White Finding and Notice of Violation and Assessment Follow-Up Letter (NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000390/2019090 and 05000391/2019090) Dated April 15, 2019 IR 05000390/20160032016-11-10010 November 2016 NRC Integrated Inspection Report 05000390/2016003, 05000391/2016003 and Notice of Violation and OI Report Number OI-2-2015-039 IR 05000391/20156072015-09-29029 September 2015 IR 05000391/2015607 and Notice of Violation, July 1, 2015 August 15, 2015, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Integrated Inspection ML15181A4462015-06-29029 June 2015 IR 05000391/2015604; 05/16/2015; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 Construction - NRC Integrated Report and Notice of Violation IR 05000390/20156042015-06-29029 June 2015 IR 05000391/2015604; 05/16/2015; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 Construction - NRC Integrated Report And Notice of Violation IR 05000390/20156142015-04-0707 April 2015 Notice Of Violation (NRC Inspection Report No. 05000391/2015-614, and Investigation Report No. 2-2013-011, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant) IR 05000391/20146162015-01-12012 January 2015 Inspection Report 05000391/2014616; Investigation Report No. 2-2013-011; and Apparent Violation IR 05000390/20130092013-06-0404 June 2013 Nuclear Plant, Final Significance Determination of Yellow Finding, White Finding and Notices of Violations; Assessment Follow-Up Letter; Inspection Report No. 05000390-13-009 ML12139A0522012-05-18018 May 2012 Response to Corrective Actions with TIA for Watts Bar Unit 2 Notice of Violation (NOV) 05000391-10-603-08 IR 05000391/20126122012-05-0909 May 2012 IR 05000391-12-612 and Notice of Violation, 03/12-28/2012, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 Construction - NRC Problem Identification and Resolution ML1021704652010-08-0505 August 2010 IR 05000391-10-603; 04/01/2010 - 06/30/2010; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, NRC Integrated Inspection Report ML0610006432006-04-0707 April 2006 EA 05-169 - Watts Bar White Finding and Notice of Violation IR 05000390/20050082005-04-11011 April 2005 IR 05000390-05-008, for Watts Bar, Unit 1, Final Significance Determination for a White Finding and Notice of Violation 2021-07-23
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EA-14-179 Mr. MichaelSenior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 05000391/2015614, AND INVESTIGATION REPORT NO. 2-2013-011, WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT)
Dear Mr. Skaggs:
This refers to an investigation completed on October 30, 2014, by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Office of Investigations (OI) at Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (Watts Bar), Unit 2, as described in NRC Inspection Report (IR)
05000391/2014616 dated January 12, 2015.
The purpose of the investigation was to determine whether contract employees working at Watts Bar Unit 2 deliberately violated a TVA procedure during anchor bolt installation for overhead base plates on Unit 2 hangers. The inspection report documented the identification of one apparent violation, involving the deliberate failure to follow TVA Procedure MAI-5.1B, for anchor bolt installation for overhead base plates on Unit 2 hangers 86-1541 and 86-1545, which occurred in December of 2011. The apparent violation was considered for escalated enforcement in accordance with the NRC's Enforcement Policy. In the letter transmitting the inspection report, we provided you the opportunity to address the apparent violations identified in the report by either attending a pre-decisional enforcement conference, providing a written response before we made our final enforcement decision, or requesting Alternative Dispute Resolution. At your request, a pre-decisional enforcement conference was held on March 6, 2015, to discuss the apparent violation, it's significance, root causes, and your corrective actions. During the meeting, your staff accepted the facts as described in the inspection report, including the willful aspects, and provided details of your corrective actions to preclude recurrence.
Based on the information developed during the investigation and the information that you provided at the pre-decisional enforcement conference on March 6, 2015, the NRC has determined that a violation of NRC requirements occurred. This violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice) and the circumstances surrounding it are described in detail in the subject inspection report (IR 05000391/2014616). To summarize, the violationinvolved a contract foreman assigned to install anchor bolts for overhead base plates on hangers 86-1541 and 86-1545 in December of 2011. The foreman willfully failed to remove and replace or obtain site engineering approval for newly installed wedge anchor bolts exceeding the 5 degrees of perpendicular as required by TVA Procedure MAI-5.1B.
Based on the NRC's review, the violation did not result in any actual consequences. In this case, the facility remained under construction and the issue was identified and corrected.
The potential consequences of the quality of construction and its resulting effect on the safety of the facility are of concern to the NRC. The potential existed to install Hanger 86-1545 and Hanger 86-1541 with bent (weakened) bolts, diminishing the quality of construction. The hangers are used to support safety-related heating ventilation and cooling (HVAC) equipment in containment.
In addition to the importance of the quality of construction, of greater concern to the NRC is the fact that contract personnel, specifically the foreman, conspired and/or engaged in deliberate misconduct such that anchor bolts were not installed to within 5 degrees of perpendicular as required by procedure. The contract foreman requested one of the contract employees to fabricate a non-approved modified tool. At the direction of the contract foreman, the tool was then used to straighten the wedge anchor bolts to within 5 degrees of perpendicular. The contract foreman was also observed by others to use the modified tool to straighten the wedge anchors bolts. All four overhead base plates of hangers 86-1541 and 86-1545 had at least one bent bolt. As discussed in the NRC Enforcement Policy, willful violations are of particular concern because the NRC's regulatory program is based on licensees and their contractors, employees, and agents acting with integrity and communicating with candor. Based on the above, this violation has been categorized in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy at Severity Level III.
In accordance with the Enforcement Policy, a base civil penalty in the amount of $70,000 is considered for a Severity Level III violation. Because your facility has been the subject of escalated enforcement actions within the last 2 years1 and because the violation was willful, the NRC considered whether credit was warranted for Identification and Corrective Action in accordance with the civil penalty assessment process in Section 2.3.4 of the Enforcement Policy.
Identification credit is warranted because TVA identified the issue and determined that corrective action was needed. Regarding the factor of Corrective Action, TVA initiated Problem Evaluation Report (PER) 675331 to evaluate the issue and determine the extent of condition.
Corrective actions included, but were not limited to: (1) immediate stoppage of anchor bolt work; (2) anchor bolt retraining with emphasis on strict procedure use/adherence; (3) structural repair including the removal of bent anchor bolts, repair of concrete, and installation of new anchor bolts and baseplates; and (4) disciplinary action against the responsible individuals, including the removal of site access for the foreman. Based on the above, credit is warranted for the factor of Corrective Action.
Therefore, to emphasize the importance of prompt identification and comprehensive correction of violations, I have been authorized, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement, not to propose a civil penalty in this case. However, significant violations in the future could 1 On June 18, 2013 (EA-13-019) a SLIII violation was issued associated with the commercial grade dedication program (ADAMS Accession No. ML13169A030)result in a civil penalty. The NRC plans to conduct a followup inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure 92702, "Followup on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, Confirmatory Orders, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Confirmatory Orders." The followup inspection will verify that adequate corrective actions have been implemented, the root cause has been identified, generic implications have been addressed, and that your programs and practices have been appropriately enhanced to prevent recurrence. The NRC requests that your staff provide notification of your readiness for the NRC to conduct the traditional enforcement followup inspection to review the actions taken to address the Severity Level III violation. You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. If you have additional information that you believe the NRC should consider, you may provide it in your response to the Notice. The NRC will use your response, in part, to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
For administrative purposes, this letter is issued as NRC Inspection Report 05000391/2015614.
Apparent Violation (AV)05000391/2014616-01, "Failure to Follow Site Procedure for Installation of Anchor Bolts," has been re-designated as Violation 05000391/2015614-01, "Failure to Follow Site Procedure for Installation of Anchor Bolts."
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure," a copy of this letter, it's enclosure, and your response will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room and in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be made available to the Public without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such information, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.390(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information).The NRC also includes significant enforcement actions on its Web site at (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/).
Sincerely,/RA/ Victor M. McCree Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-391
Enclosure:
Notice of Violation cc w/encl: (See next page)