ML062080577

RAI, Response to Generic Letter 87-02, Supplement 1, Supplemental Safety Evaluation No. 2..

ML062080577
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	07/27/2006
From:	Chernoff M NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2
To:	Singer K Tennessee Valley Authority
Chernoff M, NRR/DORL, 415-4041
References
GL-87-002, TAC MC4796
Download: ML062080577 (5)

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July 27, 2006 Mr. Karl W. Singer Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 87-02, SUPPLEMENT 1 (TAC NO. MC4796)

Dear Mr. Singer:

By letter dated October 7, 2004, the Tennessee Valley Authority submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a response to Generic Letter 87-02, Supplement 1, which transmitted the NRCs Supplemental Safety Evaluation No. 2 on the Seismic Qualification Utility Groups Generic Implementation Procedure for Seismic Verification of Nuclear Power Plant Equipment, Revision 2 (GIP-2) for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1.

A response to the enclosed Request for Additional Information is needed before the NRC staff can complete the review. If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-4041.

Sincerely,

/RA by EBrown for/

Margaret H. Chernoff, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-259

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: See next page

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REDACTED REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 87-02, SUPPLEMENT 1 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-259

1. In its letter dated October 7, 2004, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) stated that it will complete the operations review of the BFN Unit 1 USI A-46 verification of Safe Shutdown Equipment List (SSEL) following approval of BFN Unit 1 Operations Procedures, and notify the NRC of the results of that review prior to BFN Unit 1 restart.

Please provide the status and the schedule for completion of the verification of SSEL.

2. Enclosure 2 to TVA submittal dated October 7, 2004, provides the BFN Unit 1 USI A-46 Seismic Evaluation Report. Chapter 5 of that report indicated that a total of 84 individual items of mechanical and electrical equipment on the SSEL were identified as outliers.

The report indicated that designs have been completed for to resolve the outliers where the resolution method was plant modification. The licensee stated that follow-up verification of each outlier that is resolved by work order or design change will be performed during plant area turnover walkdowns as described in Appendix H of the report. Appendix H contains a Punch List of 139 SSEL equipment items requiring verification of the final configuration for outlier resolution prior to plant restart. Please provide the status and specific schedule for completion of the implementation of outlier resolution as delineated in Table 5-1 and Appendix H of the USI A-46 Seismic Evaluation Report.

Enclosure 1

Mr. Karl W. Singer BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT Tennessee Valley Authority cc:

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President Mr. Robert G. Jones, General Manager Nuclear Operations Browns Ferry Site Operations Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 6A Lookout Place Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street P.O. Box 2000 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Larry S. Bryant, Vice President Mr. Larry S. Mellen Nuclear Engineering & Technical Services Browns Ferry Unit 1 Project Engineer Tennessee Valley Authority Division of Reactor Projects, Branch 6 6A Lookout Place U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1101 Market Street 61 Forsyth Street, SW.

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303-8931 Brian OGrady, Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Mr. Glenn W. Morris, Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Corporate Nuclear Licensing P.O. Box 2000 and Industry Affairs Decatur, AL 35609 Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge Mr. Robert J. Beecken, Vice President 1101 Market Street Nuclear Support Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place Mr. William D. Crouch, Manager 1101 Market Street Licensing and Industry Affairs Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority General Counsel P.O. Box 2000 Tennessee Valley Authority Decatur, AL 35609 ET 11A 400 West Summit Hill Drive Senior Resident Inspector Knoxville, TN 37902 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Mr. John C. Fornicola, Manager 10833 Shaw Road Nuclear Assurance and Licensing Athens, AL 35611-6970 Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place State Health Officer 1101 Market Street Alabama Dept. of Public Health Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 Mr. Bruce Aukland, Plant Manager P.O. Box 303017 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Chairman Decatur, AL 35609 Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Mr. Masoud Bajestani, Vice President Athens, AL 35611 Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609