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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-259/79-14,50-260/79-14 & 50-296/79-14 on 790521-25 & Notice of Violation
ML18024A975
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 06/25/1979
From: Robert Lewis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Parris H
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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Download: ML18024A975 (4)


See also: IR 05000259/1979014

Text

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

101 MARIETTAST., N.W., SUITE 3100

ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303

In Reply Refer To:

RI

, 0"259 79-14

50"260/79-14

50"296/79-14

JUN

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5 1919

Tennessee

Valley Authority

ATTN:

H. G. Parris

Manager of Power

500A Chestnut Street Tower II

Chattanooga,

TN

37401

Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by B. T.

Moon of this office on May 21-

25,

1979,

of activities

authorized

by

NRC License

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52,

and

DPR-68 for the Browns Ferry Units 1)

2y and

3 facility, and to the discussion of

our findings held with 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 inspector.

One

new unresolved

item resulted

from this inspection

and is discussed

in the

enclosed report.

This item will be examined during subsequent

inspections.

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 pr'ovisions of Section

2.201 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regula-

tions.

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 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Pra'ctice," 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 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.

I

C

0

Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter,- we will be glad to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

Z.c

Richard

. Lewis, Acting Chief

Reactor Operations

and Nuclear

Support Branch

Enclosures:

l.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2.

Inspection Report Nos. 50-259/79-14,

50-260/79-14,

and 50-296/79-14

cc w/encl:

J.

G.

Dewease

Plant Superintendent

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

AL

35602

D. E. McCloud, Project Engineer

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400 Chestnut Street

Tower II

Chattanooga,

TN

37401