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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-259/81-09,50-260/81-09 & 50-296/81-09 on 810226-0325 & Notice of Violation
ML18025B514
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Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 04/09/1981
From: Robert Lewis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Parris H
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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See also: IR 05000259/1981009

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

101 MARIETTAST., N.W., SUITE 3100

ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303

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Tennessee

Valley Authority

ATTN:

H. G. Parris

Manager of Power

500A Chestnut Street Tower II

Chattanooga,

TN

37401

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Report Nos. 50-259/81-09,

50-260/81-09

and 50-296/81-09

This refers to the routine safety inspection

conducted

by R.

F. Sullivan of this

office

on

February

26,

to

March 25,

1981,

of activities

authorized

by

NRC

Operating

License

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52,

and

DPR-68 for the Browns Ferry facility.

Our preliminary findings were discussed

with Herb Abercrombie 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 inspectors.

During the inspection, it was

found that certain activities under your license

appear

to violate

NRC requirements.

These

items

and references

to pertinent

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.

One

new unresolved

item is identified in the enclosed

inspection report.

This

item will be examined during subsequent

inspections.

In accordance

with Section

2.790 of the

NRC "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 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 infqrmation is proprietary

and the proprietary information

should

be contained in'

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.

Tennessee

Valley Authority

A~>> q 1981

Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter,

we will be glad to discuss.

them with you.

Sincerely,

Ec;

R. C.

was, Acting Director

Division of Resident

and

Reactor Project Inspection

Enclosures:

1.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2

Inspection Report Nos. 50-259/81-09,

50-260/81-09,

and 50-296/81-09

cc w/encl:

H. J.

Green, Division Director

H. L. Abercrombie, Plant Superintendent

R. E. Rogers, Project Engineer

H. N. Culver, Chief, Nuclear Safety