ML18025B540
| ML18025B540 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 03/31/1981 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18025B539 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-259-81-06, 50-259-81-6, 50-260-81-06, 50-260-81-6, 50-296-81-06, 50-296-81-6, NUDOCS 8106170033 | |
| Download: ML18025B540 (2) | |
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APPENDIX A Tennessee Valley Authority
, Br owns Ferry 1,. 2.;. and 3' NOTICE OF VIOLATION Docket, Nos. 50-259, 260 &.296 License Nos. DPR-33, 52.&,68 I
As a result of the inspection conducted.
on February 1-Z5, 1981, and in accordance with the. Interim. Enforcement Policy, 45'R 66754'October 7, 1980),
the. following violation was identified.
Technical Specification 3.7.C. 1 requires that secondary containment integrity shall be maintained in the reactor zone-at all times.
Contrary to the
- above, secondary containment was not maintained in that between 7:40 a.m.
and 8:40 a,.m.
on February 25, 1981 the secondary contain-ment boundary door
¹228 was propped open for painting, concurrent with equipment air lock door ¹229 being open for the receipt of new fuel.
In
- addition, personnel access door ¹232 was verified to have been utilized for personnel passage a minimum of three times during the period that doors 228 and 229 were, open. Unit 1 was operating at power and Units 2 and 3 were in a hot shutdown condition.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1.D.3.).
A similar item was brought to your attention in Inspection Report 50-259, 260, 296/81-03, which was forwarded to'you subsequent to this occurrence.
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR Z.201, you are hereby required to submit to this office within twenty-five days of the date of this Notice,
- a. written state-ment. or. expl'anation in reply, including:
(1) admission or denial of, the. alleged violation; (2) the* reasons. for the violation if admitted; (3) the corrective steps which have* been taken and the results achieved; (4) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Under the authority of Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of
- 1954, as amended, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.
MAR 8 1 l98l'