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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-259/79-27,50-260/79-27 & 50-296/79-27 on 790806-0914 & Notice of Violation
ML18024B204
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Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 11/08/1979
From: Robert Lewis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Parris H
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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Download: ML18024B204 (4)


See also: IR 05000259/1979027

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UNITEDSTATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISS

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REGION II

101 MARIETTAST., N.W., SUITE 3100

ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303

In Reply Refer To:

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50-259/79-27

50-260/79-27

50-296/79-27

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Tennessee

Valley Authority

Attn:

H.

G. Parris

Manager of Power

500A Chestnut Street

Tower II

Chattanooga,

Tennessee

37401

Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by R. F. Sullivan of this office on

August

6 through September

14,

1979 of activities authorized

by NRC License

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52 and DPR-68 for the Browns Ferry facility, and to the discussion

of our findings held with H; L. Abercrombie or J. L. Harness

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.

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

appear to be in noncompliance with NRC requirements.

These

items

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 Pract'ice", 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 noncompli-

ance;

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) 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

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Tennessee

Valley Authority

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,

jic A,.: /j,

R.

C. Iewis, Acting Chief

Reactor Operations

and

Nuclear Support Branch

Enclosures:

l.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2.

Inspection Report Nos. 50-259/79-27,

50-260/79-27

and 50-296/79-27

cc w/enclosures:

H. L. Abercrombie

Plant Superintendent

Post Office Box 2000

Decatur,

Alabama

35602

D. E. McCloud, Project Engineer

400 Chestnut Street

Tower II

Chattanooga,

Tennessee

37401

J. F.

Cox

400 Commerce Street

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Knoxville, Tennessee

37902

E.

G. Beasley

Tennessee

Valley Authority

309 Grant's Building

Knoxville, Tennessee

37902

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