ML070450074

Administrative Changes to Licenses in Conjunction with Order EA-06-037 and Revisions to Security Plan

ML070450074
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	02/07/2007
From:	Chernoff M NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2
To:	Singer K Tennessee Valley Authority
References
EA-06-037, TAC MC4796, TAC MD2198, TAC MD2199, TAC MD2200
Download: ML070450074 (7)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 7, 2007 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, UNITS 1,2 AND 3 - ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSION ORDER EA-06-037 AND REVISIONS TO PHYSICAL SECURITY PLAN, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION PLAN, AND SAFEGUARDS CONTINGENCY PLAN (TAC NOS. MD2199, MD2198, AND MD2200)

Dear Mr. Singer:

By letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated April 28, 2006, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted its revised plans and confirmed the full implementation at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant of Order EA-06-037 regarding an updated adversary characteristic in the design basis threat.

The NRC staff has completed its review of the changes related to implementation of Order EA-06-037. As discussed in the enclosed safeguards evaluation (Enclosure 2), the NRC staff has determined that TVA's changes to the security plans meet the requirements of the Order and Part 73 of Title 10 of the Code of FederalRegulations (10 CFR) and are, therefore, acceptable. The effectiveness of these security provisions will continue to be the subject of NRC review and inspection.

Consistent with the Order, administrative license changes to Renewed Facility Operating Licenses No. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 are being made to incorporate the reference to the revised Physical Security Plan, Safeguards Contingency Plan, and Training and Qualification NOTICE: Enclosure 2 contains Security-Related Information. Upon separation from Enclosure 2, this letter and Enclosure 1 are DECONTROLLED.

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K. Singer February 7, 2007 Plan. These changes comply with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I.

Please replace Pages 4, 4, and 4 of the TVA Renewed Facility Operating Licenses for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively, with the enclosed pages (Enclosure 1). to this letter is designated exempt from public disclosure under 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1).

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-4041.

Sincerely, Margaret noff, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296

Enclosures:

1. Revised Pages 4, 4, and 4 of Licenses

2. Safeguards Evaluation cc w/encls 1 and 2: J. 0. Mitchell, Site Security Manager M. Widmann, RII cc w/encl 1 only: See next page OFFICIALvUSE NLY S.ECURITY RELATED INFORMATION *t/

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 O'Grady, Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Ms. Beth A. Wetzel, Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Corporate Nuclear Licensing P.O. Box 2000 and Industry Affairs Decatur, AL 35609 Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge Mr. Preston D. Swafford, Senior 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, General Manager 10833 Shaw Road Nuclear Assurance 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 Mr. Robert H. Bryan, Jr., General Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Licensing and Industry Affairs P.O. Box 2000 Tennessee Valley Authority Decatur, AL 35609 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

(3) The licensee is authorized to relocate certain requirements included in Appendix A and the former Appendix B to licensee-controlled documents.

Implementation of this amendment shall include the relocation of these requirements to the appropriate documents, as described in the licensee's application dated September 6, 1996, as supplemented December 11, 1996; April 11, May 1, August 14, October 15, November 5 and 14, December 3, 4, 11, 22, 23, 29, and 30, 1997; January 23, March 12 and 13, April 16, 20, and 28, May 7, 14, 19, and 27, and June 2, 5, 10 and 19, 1998; evaluated in the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation enclosed with this amendment. This amendment is effective immediately and shall be implemented within 90 days of the date of this amendment.

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(11) The licensee shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The combined set of plans, which contains Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, is entitled:

"Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Physical Security Plan, Training and Qualification Plan, and Contingency Plan," submitted by letter dated April 28, 2006.

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BFN-UNIT 1 Renewed License No. DPR-33 Amendment No. 265 Revised by letter dated February 7, 2007

application dated September 6, 1996, as supplemented May 1, August 14, November 5 and 14, December 3, 4, 11, 22, 23, 29, and 30, 1997; January 23, March 12, April 16, 20 and 28, May7, 14, 19, and 27, and June 2, 5, 10 and 19, 1998; evaluated in the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation enclosed with this amendment. This amendment is effective immediately and shall be implemented within 90 days of the date of this amendment.

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(5) Classroom and simulator training on all power uprate related changes that affect operator performance will be conducted prior to operating at uprated conditions. Simulator changes that are consistent with power uprate conditions will be made and simulator fidelity will be validated in accordance with ANSI/ANS 3.5-1985. Training and the plant simulator will be modified, as necessary, to incorporate changes identified during startup testing. This amendment is effective immediately.

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(11) The licensee shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The combined set of plans, which contains Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, is entitled: "Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Physical Security Plan, Training and Qualification Plan, and Contingency Plan," submitted by letter dated April 28, 2006.

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BFN-UNIT 2 Renewed License No. DPR-52 Revised by letter dated February 7, 2007

it (3) The licensee is authorized to relocate certain requirements included in Appendix A and the former Appendix B to licensee-controlled documents.

Implementation of this amendment shall include the relocation of these requirements to the appropriate documents, as described in the licensee's application dated September 6, 1996; as supplemented May 1, August 14, November 5 and 14, December 3, 4, 11, 22, 23, 29, and 30, 1997; January 23, March 12, April 16, 20, and 28, May 7,14, 19, and 27, and June 2, 5, 10 and 19, 1998; evaluated in the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation enclosed with this amendment. This amendment is effective immediately and shall be implemented within 90 days of the date of this amendment.

(4) Deleted.

(5) Classroom and simulator training on all power uprate related changes that affect operator performance will be conducted prior to operating at uprated conditions. Simulator changes that are consistent with power uprate conditions will be made and simulator fidelity will be validated in accordance with ANSI/ANS 3.5-1985. Training and the plant simulator will be modified, as necessary, to incorporate changes identified during startup testing. This amendment is effective immediately.

(6) The licensee shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search.

Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The combined set of plans, which contains Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, is entitled: "Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Physical Security Plan, Training and Qualification Plan, and Contingency Plan," Revision 4, submitted by letter dated April 28, 2006.

(7) Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved Fire Protection Program as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report for BFN as approved in the safety evaluations dated December 8, 1988; March 6, 1991, March 31, 1993; November,2, 1995; and Supplement dated November 3, 1989; subject to the following provision:

The licensee may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.

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BFN-UNIT 3 Renewed License No. DPR-68 Revised by letter dated February 7, 2007

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