ML13018A195
| ML13018A195 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry, Watts Bar, Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 01/14/2013 |
| From: | James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| EA-09-009, EA-09-203 | |
| Download: ML13018A195 (3) | |
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Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 January 14, 2013 EA-09-009 EA-09-203 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 NRC Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating.License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 NRC Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 Facility Operating License No. NPF-90 NRC Docket No. 50-390
Subject:
Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Safety Culture Assessment
References:
- 2. Letter from TVA to NRC, "Tennessee Valley Authority Safety Culture Assessment" dated April 25, 2012 The purpose of this letter is to inform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed the development of planned corrective actions related to the 2011 TVA Nuclear Safety Culture Assessment and that the planned corrective actions are available for NRC review. TVA completed the development of planned corrective actions on November 14, 2012.
Reference 1, Section 111.2.c, requires TVA to perform two (2) independent safety culture assessments, comparable to the independent survey conducted in February 2009, administered, in approximately two-year intervals. Reference 1, Section 111.2.c, further requires TVA to make the results of each survey and planned corrective actions available for NRC review within sixty (60) calendar days after development of the planned corrective actions.
The first of the two assessment surveys was performed for TVA by SYNERGY Consulting Services (SYNERGY) between September 2011 and January 2012. In Reference 2, TVA provided the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 January 14, 2013 results of this survey. Reference 2 further indicated that TVA was developing corrective actions to address issues identified during the assessment consistent with Section 111.2.c of the referenced Confirmatory Order.
Planned corrective actions for TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plants (BFN), Sequoyah Nuclear Plants, Watts Bar Nuclear (WBN) Plant Unit 1, and TVA's Corporate Nuclear Power Group (NPG) have been developed and entered into the TVA MAXIMO Problem Evaluation Report - Nuclear database. Enclosure 1 provides a listing of Problem Evaluation Reports (PERs) associated with the 2011 SYNERGY Survey-related results, including the planned corrective actions, which are available for NRC review.
It should be noted that TVA is currently performing a safety culture survey at BFN. That ongoing survey is being performed by SYNERGY, in part, to gauge the effectiveness of actions taken at BFN in response to the SYNERGY survey discussed in Reference 2. The planned corrective actions for BFN were influenced by an evaluation of the Reference 2 SYNERGY results performed by the BFN Safety Culture Team as part of the scope of the BFN 95003 recovery project.
This letter contains no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments.
If you have any questions, please contact John Laffrey at (423) 751-3262.
Res ctfully, Shea ce President, Nuclear Licensing
Enclosure:
- 1. A Listing of Problem Evaluation Reports (PERs) Associated With TVA's 2011 SYNERGY Survey Related Planned Corrective Actions cc (Enclosure):
NRC Regional Administrator - Region II NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
ENCLOSURE1 A Listing of Problem Evaluation Reports (PERs) Associated With TVA's 2011 SYNERGY Survey Related Planned Corrective Actions BROWNS FERRY SEQUOYAH PER WATTS BAR UNIT 1 CORPORATE PER NUMBERS NUMBERS PER NUMBERS NUCLEAR POWER GROUP PER NUMBERS 514964 571345 571348 580416 582472 582476 582485 584359 584360 584361 584364 584390 584392 584393 584396 584397 584398 584399 584401 584404 584406 584413 584416 584426 584430 584432 578579 578627 578630 578636 578639 578646 585769 585771 585773 585777 585780 585781 585784 585785 585786 585787 Page 1 of 1