ML032400074

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

ML032400074
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Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	08/27/2003
From:	Cahill S Division of Nuclear Materials Safety II
To:	Scalice J Tennessee Valley Authority
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August 27, 2003 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. J. A. Scalice Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT DOCKET NOS. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296

Dear Mr. Scalice:

On August 12, 2003, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. The mid-cycle review for Browns Ferry involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the first half of the current assessment cycle, January 1 - December 31, 2003. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through September 30, 2004.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2004.

Inspections will also be conducted in the areas of the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) construction, License Renewal activities, and the recovery effort for Browns Ferry Unit 1. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review meeting.

TVA 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 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).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 404-562-4520 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA by S. Shaeffer for/

Stephen J. Cahill, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, 50-296 License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68

Enclosure:

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: (See page 3)

TVA 3 cc w/encls: Chairman Karl W. Singer Limestone County Commission Senior Vice President 310 West Washington Street Nuclear Operations Athens, AL 35611 Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Institute of Nuclear Power Operations 700 Galleria Parkway SE James E. Maddox, Vice President Atlanta, GA 30339-5943 Engineering and Technical Services Tennessee Valley Authority Distribution w/encl: (See page 4)

Electronic Mail Distribution Ashok S. Bhatnagar Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Robert J. Adney, General Manager Nuclear Assurance Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Michael D. Skaggs, Plant Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Mark J. Burzynski, Manager Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Timothy E. Abney, Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P. O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017

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