ML100361241
| ML100361241 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 02/05/2010 |
| From: | Nease R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB2 |
| To: | Swafford P Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| Download: ML100361241 (6) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 February 5, 2010 Mr. Preston D. Swafford Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC MEETING CATEGORY 1 -
PRELIMINARY GREATER THAN GREEN FINDINGS - BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, DOCKET NOS. 50-259, 50-260, AND 50-296
Dear Mr. Swafford:
This letter confirms the conversation between Mr. Rod Krich and myself on January 29, 2010, concerning a Category 1 public meeting, being conducted at your request, which has been scheduled for February 22, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. (EST). The purpose of the meeting is to discuss three preliminary Greater Than Green findings (findings of greater than very low safety significance) associated with the Browns Ferry fire protection program. The first finding involves multiple examples of the failure to ensure that one of the redundant trains of safe shutdown equipment and cables located in the same fire area was free of fire damage in accordance with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.2. The second finding involves multiple examples of the failure to ensure that one train of equipment and systems necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown conditions was free of fire damage in accordance with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.1. The third finding involves a revision to the Browns Ferry post-fire safe shutdown instruction entry conditions, which resulted in the safe shutdown instruction not meeting the requirements of Technical Specification 5.4.1.a. These findings are documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000259/2009009, 05000260/2009009 and 05000296/2009009. The meeting notice, which provides additional details, is enclosed.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
2 Should you have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact me at (404) 562-4530.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Rebecca L. Nease, Chief Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, 50-296 License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: (See page 3)
3 cc w/encl:
Mr. R. M. Krich Senior Resident Inspector Vice President, Nuclear Licensing U.S. NRC Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 3R Lookout Place 10833 Shaw Road 1101 Market Street Athens, AL 35611-6970 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 K. J. Polson Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 J.J. Randich General Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 F.R. Godwin Manager, Licensing and Industry Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 E. J. Vigluicci Assistant General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 6A West Tower 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P.O. Box 30317 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611
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/RA/
/RR By CKontz/
/RA/
NAME MTHOMAS EGUTHRIE RNEASE DATE 2/5/10 2/5/10 2/5/10 E-MAIL COPY?
YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
SUBJECT:
PUBLIC MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA)
FACILITY:
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant DOCKETS:
05000259, 05000260, and 05000296 DATE & TIME:
Monday February 22, 2010 - 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Region II Office, Room 24T20, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center (Tower Building), 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303 PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Regulatory Conference is to discuss three preliminary Greater Than Green apparent violations associated with the Browns Ferry fire protection program: (1) failure to ensure one of the redundant trains of safe shutdown equipment and cables in the same fire area was free of fire damage; (2) failure to ensure one train of equipment and cables necessary for fire protection safe shutdown is free of fire damage; and (3) inadequate fire safe shutdown instructions. The NRC's Policy Statement, Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings, effective May 28, 2002, applies to this meeting. The policy statement may be found on the NRC Web site, www.nrc.gov.
CATEGORY:
This is a Category 1 meeting. The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned. The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the meeting in another format (e.g., braille, large print), please notify the NRC=s meeting contact listed below.
Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
NRC OFFICE(S)
PARTICIPATING:
Region II (RII)
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING:
None PARTICIPANTS:
NRC (partial list)
L. Reyes, Regional Administrator, RII V. McCree, Deputy Regional Administrator Operations, RII K. Kennedy, Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS), RII L. Wert, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII R. Nease, Chief, Engineering Branch 2, DRS, RII E. Guthrie, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 6, DRP, RII W. Rogers, Senior Reactor Analyst, DRS, RII G. MacDonald, Senior Reactor Analyst, DRS, RII
2 NRC (partial list - contd)
J. Hanna, Senior Reactor Analyst, DRS, RIIPARTICIPANTS:
M. Thomas, Senior Reactor Inspector, DRS, RII S. Sparks, Senior Enforcement Specialist, RII L. James, Chief, PRA Operational Support Branch, NRR J. Circle, Senior Reliability and Risk Analyst, NRR LICENSEE (partial list)
P. Swafford, TVA Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President D. Jernigan, Senior Vice President of Operations R. Krich, Vice President of Licensing R. Whalen, Vice President of Engineering K. Polson, Browns Ferry Site Vice President R. Godwin, Browns Ferry Site Licensing Manager J. Emens, Browns Ferry Site Licensing Supervisor A. Robinson, PRA Program Manager W. Baker, Browns Ferry Senior Reactor Operator/Shift Technical Advisor MEETING Rebecca Nease CONTACT:
(404) 562-4530 Rebecca.Nease@nrc.gov AUDIO TELE-Interested members of the public may participate in this meeting via a toll-CONFERENCING:
free audio teleconference. Please contact the NRC meeting contact in advance of the meeting, indicating your intent to attend and to obtain teleconferencing information.
VIDEO TELE-Not Available CONFERENCE: