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Forwards IE Inspec Rept 50-259/78-22, 50-260/78-25 & 50-296/78-21 on 780911-14 & Notice of Violation
ML18024A567
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 10/27/1978
From: Sutherland J
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Niav Hughes
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML18024A564 List:
References
781127, NUDOCS 7812060026
Download: ML18024A567 (4)


See also: IR 05000259/1978022

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

101 MARIETTASTREET, N.W.

ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303

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In Reply Refer To:

RII:GLT

50-259/78-22

50-260/78-25

50"296/78-21

OCT 27

1978

Tennessee

Valley Authority

Attn:

Mr. N. B. Hughes

Manager of Power

830 Power Building

Chattanooga,

Tennessee

37401

Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by Mr.

G. L. Troup of this office on

September

11-14,

1978, of activities authorized

by NRC Operating License

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52 and DPR-68 for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant facility,

and to the discussion of our findings held with Mr. J.

G.

Dewease

at the

conclusion of the inspection.

Areas

examined during the inspection

and our findings are discussed

in the

enclosed

inspection report.

Within these

areas,

the inspection consisted of

selective

examinations

of procedures

and representative

records,

interviews

with personnel,

and observations

by the inspectors.

We have

examined actions

you have taken with regard to previously identified

inspection findings.

These

are discussed

in the enclosed

inspection report.

During the inspection, it was found that certain activities under your

license

appear to be in noncompliance with NRC requirements.

This item and

references. to pertinent requirements

are listed in the Notice of Violation

enclosed

herewith as Appendix A.

This notice is sent to you pursuant to the

provisions of Section 2.201 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title

l0, Code of Federal Regulations.

Section 2.201 requires

you to submit to

this office, within 20 days of your receipt of this notice,

a written

statement

or explanation in reply including:

(l) corrective steps

which

have been taken by you,

and the results

achieved;

(2) corrective steps

which

will be taken to avoid further noncompliance;

and (3) the date

when full

compliance will be achieved.

In accordance

with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2,

Title 10,

Code of Federal Regulations,

a copy of this letter and the

enclosed

inspection report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document

Room.

If this report contains

any information that you (or your contractor)

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Tennessee

Valley Authority

believe to be proprietary, it is necessary

that you make

a written

application within 20 days to this office to withhold such information from

public disclosure.

Any such application must include

a full statement of

the reasons

on the basis of which it is claimed that the information is

proprietary,

and should be prepared

so that proprietary information

identified in the application is contained in a separate

part of the

document.

If we do not hear from you in this regard within the specified

period, the report will be placed in the Public Document

Room.

Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter,

we will be glad to

'discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

. T. Sutherland,

Chief

Fuel Facility and Materials

Safety Branch

Enclosures:

1.

Appendix A, Notice

of Violation

2.

Inspection Report Nos.

50-259/78-22

50-260/78-25

50-296/78-21

cc w/encl:

Mr. J.

G. Dewease

Plant Superintendent

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

Alabama

35602

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