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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-259/79-36,50-260/79-36 & 50-296/79-36 on 791108-09 & Notice of Violation
ML18025A845
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Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 11/27/1979
From: Robert Lewis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Parris H
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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Download: ML18025A845 (4)


See also: IR 05000259/1979036

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

101 MARIETTAST., N.W., SUITE 3100

ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303

NDV2 V l979

8065080

In Reply Refer To:

RII:CJ

50-259/79"36

.50-260/79-36

50-296/79-36

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 C. Julian of this office on

November 8-9,

1979 of activities authorized

by NRC Iicense

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52

and DPR-68 for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant facility, and to the discussion of

our findings held with 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.

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

here-

with 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 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

application must include

a full statement

of the reasons

on the, basis of which

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Tennessee

Valley Authority

Nov 2 7 1979

it is claimed that the information is proprietary,

and should

that proprietary information identified in the application is

separate

part of the document.

If we do not hear from you in

the specified period,

the report will be placed in the Public

be prepared

so

contained in a

this regard within

Document

Room.

Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter,

we will be glad to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

g. C.

R.

C. Lewis, Acting Chief

Reactor Operations

and

Nuclear Support Branch

Encl'osures:

l.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2.

Inspection Report Nos. 50-259/79-36,

50-260/79-36

and 50-296/79-36

cc w/enclosures:

H. L. Abercrombie

Plant Superintendent

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

AL

35602

D. E. McCloud, Project Engineer

400 Chestnut Street

Tower II

Chattanooga,

TN

37401

J. Z.

Cox

400 Commerce Street

VlOC131 C-K

Knoxville, TN

37902

E.

G. Beasley

Tennessee

Valley Authority

309 Grant's Building

Knoxville, Tennessee

37902

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