ML041600275

& Watts Bar Nuclear Plant - Interim Safeguards and Security Compensatory Measures Reports & Notices of Violation - Reply to Notices of Violation

ML041600275
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Site:	Watts Bar, Sequoyah
Issue date:	06/03/2004
From:	Burzynski M Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION CLAI' 3FICATION DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PAGE V.

SEPARATED FROM ATTACiMiEtu.N June 3, 2004 10 CFR 2.201 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Gentlemen:

In the Matter of ) Docket Nos: 50-327 Tennessee Valley Authority ) 50-390 50-328 SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN) AND WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT (WBN) - INTERIM SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY COMPENSATORY MEASURES REPORTS 05000327-008, 05000328-008, AND 05000390-008 AND NOTICES OF VIOLATION - REPLY TO NOTICES OF VIOLATION (NOV)

This letter and its enclosures provide TVA's reply to the subject NOV. The NOV contains virtually identical violations for SQN and WBN as documented in your letters to Mr. John A. Scalice, dated May 12, 2004, citing inadequate evaluations. Enclosure 1 to this letter contains TVA's reply to the subject NOV in accordance with 10 CFR 2.201. TVA respectfully disagrees with NRC's characterization of the noncompliances as cited violations. Enclosure 2 explains the bases for TVA's disagreement.

During our review of the NRC inspection reports, TVA discovered an error in the SQN report. In the discussion of closure of the Unresolved Items (URIs), NRC references report 05000327-006/328-006 as containing the original documentation of the URIs.

The correct inspection report for SQN was 05000327-007/328-007.

Enclosure 1 to this response contains "Safeguards Information" as defined in 10 CFR 73.21. TVA therefore requests that Enclosure 1 be withheld from public disclosure.

SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION

SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION June 3, 2004 DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PAGE WHEN SEPARATED FROM ATTACHMENT This submittal contains no commitments. If you have questions regarding this response, please contact me at extension (423) 751-2508 or Fred Mashburn at (423) 751-8817.

Sincerely, MarkJJu Vzy Manager Nuclear Licensing Enclosures cc (Enclosures):

Mr. Manny M. Comar, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission MS 08 G9 One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 Mr. Michael L. Marshall Jr., Senior Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission MS 08 G9 One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 NRC Resident Inspector Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 2600 Igou Ferry Road Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee 37379-3624 cc: Continued on page 3 SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION

SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 3 SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PAGE WHEN June 3, 2004 SEPARATED FROM ATTACHMENT cc: NRC Resident Inspector Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000 Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 23T85 Atlanta, Georgia 30353-8931 SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION