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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-259/80-47,50-260/80-37 & 50-296/80-41 on 801201-31 & Notice of Violation
ML18025B401
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 03/10/1981
From: Robert Lewis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Parris H
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML18025B403 List:
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NUDOCS 8103240655
Download: ML18025B401 (4)


See also: IR 05000259/1980047

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Tennessee

Valley Authority

ATTN:

H.

G. Parris

Manager of Power

500A Chestnut Street

Tower. II

Chattanooga,

TN

37401

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

101 MARIETTAST., N.W., SUITE 3100

ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303

M>RI 0 1981

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Gentlemen:

Subject:

Report Nos. 50-259/80-47,

50-260/80-37,

and 50-296/80-41

This refers

to the routin'e safety

inspection

conducted.

by

R.

F. Sullivan

and'.

W.-Chase

of this office on

December

1-31,

1980, of activities authorized

by

NRC Operating

License

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52,

and

DPR-68

for

the

Browns

Ferry

facility.

Out preliminary findings were

discussed

with H. L. Abercrombie

and

J..

L. Harness at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas

examined

during

the

inspection

and

our findings

are

discussed

in the

enclosed

inspe'ction

report.

Within these

areas,

the

inspection

consisted

of

selective

examinations

of procedures

and representative

records,

interviews with

personnel,

and observations

by the inspectors.

During the inspection, it was

found that certain activities under your license

appear

to violate

NRC requirements.

These

items

and

references

to pertinent

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requirements

are

listed

in

the

Notice

of Violation

enclosed

herewith

as

Appendix. A.

..Elements

to

be

included

in your

response

are

delineated

in

Appendix A.

The

inspector's

fiIIding in the

area

of fire protection

program,

which is

discussed,

in paragraph

.8 .of, the enclosed

inspecti,on report, has.been, referred to

'in specti

o1n rep'ort 50.-259/81-01,

50"260/81-01'nd 50-296/81"01.

In accordance

with Section

2.790 .of the

NRC "Rules of Practice,"

Peart,2, Title

10,

Code of'ederal

Regulations,

a

copy of 'this'etter

and

the

enclosed

inspection'eport

will be 'placed in'he

NRC Public

Document

Room.

If this

report

contains

any

information that

you 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

the

basis

for claiming that

the

information is proprietary

and

the

proprietary information should

be 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.

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Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter,

we will be glad to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

Richard

C.

ewis, Acting Director

Division of Resident

and Reactor

Project Inspection

Enclosures:

l.

Appendix A, Notice

o 'iolation

2.

Inspection

Report Nos. 50-259/80-47,

50-260/80-37,

and 50-296/80-41

cc w/encl:

H. L. Abercrombie,

Plant Superintendent

R.

E. Rogers,

Project Engineer

H.

N. Culver, Chief, Nuclear Safety

Review Staff

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H. J.

Green,

Division Director

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