ML063000005

Summary of Category 1 Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Regarding Browns Ferry, Unit 1 Recovery Status

ML063000005
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Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	10/26/2006
From:	James Shea Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Singer K Tennessee Valley Authority
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October 26, 2006 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. K. W. Singer Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

CATEGORY 1 PUBLIC MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) - BROWNS FERRY UNIT 1 RECOVERY STATUS

Dear Mr. Singer:

This refers to the public meeting conducted at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Two White Flint North Auditorium, Rockville, Maryland on October 20, 2006. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the Browns Ferry Unit 1 (BF1) Restart Project Status. Discussions during this meeting included the following topics: Unit 1 overview and schedule, returning systems to service, regulatory status, fire protection Appendix R, nuclear assurance, Browns Ferry Nuclear (BFN) operational readiness, BFN site status, and fuel load readiness. Enclosure 1 contains a list of attendees. Enclosure 2 contains the BF1 Restart Master Tracking Forecast Schedule which is an forecast estimate of NRC actions and processes required during the recovery process in accordance with NRC Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC), IMC 2509, Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart Project Inspection Program. These actions are based on TVA milestones. Enclosure 3 contains the presentation material used by your staff to discuss the status of the Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart Project.

TVA also discussed the transition of Unit 1 staff, systems, procedures and schedule into overall site operations. As a result of the meeting, the NRC will continue to conduct inspections to ensure that all measures applicable to fuel load are in place prior to the fuel load date. We understand that BF1 system turnover process is dynamic; therefore, we will continue to facilitate communications between TVA and NRC staff regarding changes to your schedule.

The NRC plans to closely monitor recovery progress and inspect accordingly to maintain and ensure public health and safety as its overriding priority of the operating Units 2 and 3 and throughout the Unit 1 recovery process.

TVA 2 Documents associated with the NRC oversight of the BF1 Recovery can be found at on the NRCs website at http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/bf1-recovery.html .

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of 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). Should you have any questions concerning these meetings, please contact me at (404) 562-4600.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Joseph W. Shea, Director Division of Reactor Safety, Region II Docket No.: 50-259 License No.: DPR-33

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

2. BF1 Restart Master Tracking Forecast Schedule

3. TVA Presentation Handout - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant - Unit 1 Restart cc w/encls: (See page 3)

OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE TXN1 MTW NAME TNazario MWidmann DATE 10/26/2006 10/26/2006 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

TVA 3 cc w/encls: William D. Crouch, Manager Ashok S. Bhatnagar Licensing and Industry Affairs Senior Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution State Health Officer Larry S. Bryant, Vice President Alabama Dept. of Public Health Nuclear Engineering & RSA Tower - Administration Technical Services Suite 1552 Tennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 303017 Electronic Mail Distribution Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Brian O'Grady Chairman Site Vice President Limestone County Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 310 West Washington Street Tennessee Valley Authority Athens, AL 35611 Electronic Mail Distribution Masoud Bajestani, Vice President Preston D. Swafford Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart Senior Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 2000 Electronic Mail Distribution Decatur, AL 35609 General Counsel Robert G. Jones, General Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Site Operations Electronic Mail Distribution Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority John C. Fornicola, General Manager P. O. Box 2000 Nuclear Assurance Decatur, AL 35609 Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Distribution w/encls: (See page 4)

Bruce M. Aukland, Plant Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Russell R. Thompson, Acting Manager Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Robert H. Bryan, Jr., General Manager Licensing & Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution

TVA 4 Meeting Summary to Karl W. Singer from Joseph W. Shea dated October 26, 2006.

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

CATEGORY 1 PUBLIC MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) - BROWNS FERRY UNIT 1 RECOVERY STATUS Distribution w/encl:

C. Holden, NRR L. Raghavan, NRR J. Boska, NRR M. Widmann, DRP L. Mellen, DRP T. Nazario, DRP K. Clark, RII M. Lesser, DRS W. Bearden, DRP T. Ross, FRP C. Casto, DRP J. Shea, DRS V. McCree, RII S. Campbell, OEDO L. Slack, RII EICS T. McGinty, NRR C. Haney, NRR E. Brown, NRR M. Chernoff, NRR RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC

List of Attendees NRC/TVA Unit 1 Restart Management Meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commission B. Boger, Associate Director for Operating Reactor Oversight and Licensing, NRR C. Haney, Director of DORL, NRR J. Shea, Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS)

C. Holden, Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL), NRR M. Widmann, Chief, Branch 6, DRP L. Raghavan, Branch Chief, DORL, NRR S. Weerakkody, Chief, Fire Protection Branch, NRR M. Lesser, Office of Regional Administrator-Region II W. Bearden, Senior Resident Inspector BF Unit 1, Branch 6, DRP T. Ross, Senior Resident Inspector BF Units 2 and 3, Branch 6, DRP T. Nazario, Project Engineer, Branch 6, DRP J. Boska, Project Manager, DORL, NRR C. Moulton, Fire Protection Engineer, NRR A. Muniz, Project Engineer, NRR J. Paige, NSPDP, NRR H. Harrington, Office of Public Affairs L. Regner, Project Manager, NRR P. Qualls, Fire Protection Engineer, NRR Browns Ferry (TVA)

A. Bahtnager, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Operations M. Bajestani, Vice President Unit 1 Restart T. McGrath, Senior Project Manager, Operational Readiness W. Crouch, Site Licensing & Industry Affairs Manager R. Baron, Unit 1 Nuclear Assurance Manager J. McCarthy, Unit 1 Licensing J. Valente, Engineering Restart Manager B. Bryan, Director of Licensing R. Moll, Recovery System Engineering Manager T. Langley, Supervisor for Licensing Units 2 and 3 Public B. Lawson, Huntsville Times Enclosure 1