ML13212A084

Summary of Public Conference Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss Safety Significance of One Preliminary Greater than Green Finding Associated with One Apparent Violation Documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000260/20132012

ML13212A084
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	07/30/2013
From:	Scott Shaeffer Reactor Projects Region 2 Branch 6
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
References
EA-13-118, IR-13-012
Download: ML13212A084 (37)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 July 30, 2013 EA-13-0118 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC MEETING

SUMMARY

- REGULATORY CONFERENCE FOR BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, DOCKET NO. 50-260

Dear Mr. Shea:

This refers to the meeting conducted on July 24, 2013, in Atlanta, GA. The purpose of this meeting, was to allow representatives of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the licensee for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, to meet with U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) personnel to discuss the safety significance of one preliminary Greater Than Green finding associated with one Apparent Violation that was documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000260/2013012 (ML13162A780). This finding involved the failure to properly implement procedure 2-OI-99, Reactor Protection System. Specifically, during restoration of 2B Reactor Protection System (RPS) 480 volt power, the RPS motor generator set tie to battery board 2 breaker on the 2A RPS bus motor generator set was incorrectly opened, causing a Unit 2 reactor scram and main steam isolation valves (MSIV) closure. The licensee discussed the immediate corrective actions they implemented and the actions that will be taken based on the licensees root cause analysis.

A list of attendees and a copy of the presentation handouts are enclosed.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 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).

J. Shea 2 Should you have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact me at (404) 997-4521.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Scott Shaeffer, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-260 License Nos.: DPR-52

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

2. Presentation Handouts cc w/encls: (See page 3)

_ __________ _ X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE JXH /RA/ SMS /RA/

NAME JHeisserer SShaeffer DATE 07/30/2013 07/30/2013 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO J. Shea 3 cc w/encl:

K. J. Polson Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution S. M. Bono Plant Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution James E. Emens Manager, Site Licensing Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution E. W. Cobey Manager, Corporate Licensing Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution T. A. Hess Program Manager Corporate Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Edward J. Vigluicci Associate General Counsel, Nuclear Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611 State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health P.O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017

J. Shea 4 Letter to J. Shea from Scott Shaeffer dated July 30, 2013

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC MEETING

SUMMARY

- REGULATORY CONFERENCE FOR BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, DOCKET NO. 50-260 Distribution w/encl:

C. Evans, RII L. Douglas, RII OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMBrownsFerry Resource

NRC ATTENDEES F. Brown, Deputy Regional Administrator, RII W. Jones, Deputy Director, DRP, RII C. Evans, Regional Counsel, RII E. Guthrie, Chief, Special Project Browns Ferry, DRP, RII C. Kontz, Senior Project Engineer, Special Project Browns Ferry, DRP, RII S. Sparks, Senior Enforcement Specialist, RII R. Bernhard, Senior Reactor Analyst, DRP, RII J. Heisserer, Senior Project Engineer, Reactor Projects Branch 6, DRP, RII S. Weerakkody, Branch Chief, Division of Risk Assessment, NRR A. Howe, Deputy Director, Division of Inspection and Regional Support (DIRS), NRR (by phone)

R. Franovich, Branch Chief, DIRS, NRR (by phone)

S. Vaughn, Reactor Operations Engineer, DIRS, NRR (by phone)

L. Casey, Enforcement Specialist, Office of Enforcement (by phone)

D. Dumbacher, Senior Resident Inspector, Browns Ferry (by phone)

L. Pressley, Resident Inspector, Browns Ferry (by phone)

T. Stephen, Resident Inspector, Browns Ferry (by phone)

Enclosure 1 BROWNS FERRY ___________________________________

REGULATORY ___________________________________

CONFERENCE PUBLIC MEETING Title and Organization Atlanta, GA July 24, 2013

_BREDL/BEST/MATRR________________

Attendees (by _BREDL/BEST/MATRR________________

phone)

Name (Print) _BREDL/BEST/MATRR________________

____ Stewart Horn _____________ WPLN _____________________________

____ Gretel Johnston _________________ Huntsville Times ____________________

____ Garry Morgan __________________ ___________________________________

____ Bradley George ____________ ___________________________________

____ Brian Lawson _______ _________ ___________________________________

CONFERENCE BROWNS FERRY PUBLIC MEETIN REGULATORY Atlanta, GA Enclosure 1

Senior Vice President, Nuclear Operations _

July 24, 2013 Attendees Site Vice President, Browns Ferry _____

Name (Print) Operations Manager, Browns Ferry _

____ Preston Swafford _____________ Nuclear Licensing Engineer, Browns Ferry

____ Jim Morris __ _________________ Manager, Corporate Nuclear Licensing ___

____ Keith Polson ____________________ Site Licensing Oversight Manager ______

____ Daniel (Lang) Hughes ____________ _TVA______________________________

____ Michael Oliver _______ _________ _Public ___________________________

____ Eugene Cobey _________________ ___________________________________

____ Peter Wilson ____________________ ___________________________________

____Kendall Minor __________________ ___________________________________

____Angela Oliver __________________ ___________________________________

Title and Organization TVA CNO and Executive VP _ ____

Enclosure 1