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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-259/79-03,50-260/79-03 & 50-296/79-03 on 790129-0201 & Notice of Violation
ML18024A760
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 03/02/1979
From: Robert Lewis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Parris H
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML18024A758 List:
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NUDOCS 7904110032
Download: ML18024A760 (4)


See also: IR 05000259/1979003

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In Reply Refer To:

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50-259/79-3

50-260/79-3

50-296/79-3

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

101 MARIETTASTREET, N.W.

ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303

MAR 0 2 1979

Tennessee

Valley Authority

Attn:

Mr. H. G. Parris

Manager of Power

500A Chestnut Street Tower II

Chattanooga,

Tennessee

37401

Gentlemen:

This refers

to the inspection

conducted

by Mr. D. S. Price of this office

on January

29 - February I, 1979, of activities authorized

by NRC Operating

License

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52

and DPR-68 for the Browns Ferry Unit 1,

2 and

3

facilities,

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, inter-

views with personnel,

and observations

by the inspector.

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 10,

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:

(1) 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 '90 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) believe

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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 proprie-

tary,

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 withyou.'incerely,

R.

C.

ewe.s,

Chief

Reactor Operations

and

Nuclear Support Branch

Enclosures:

1.

Appendix A, Notice

of Violation

2.

Inspection Report Nos. 50-259/79-3,

50-260/79-3

and 50-296/79-3

cc w/encl:

Mr. J.

G.

Dewease

Plant Superintendent

Box 2000

Decatur,

Alabama

35602

Mr. D. E. McCloud, Project Engineer

400 Chestnut Street

Tower II

Chattanooga,

Tennessee

37401

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