ML18025B632
| ML18025B632 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 07/14/1981 |
| From: | Robert Lewis NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Parris H TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18025B630 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8109090431 | |
| Download: ML18025B632 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000259/1981013
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JUL 1 4 l981
Val 1 ey Authority
ATTN:
Mr. H. G. Parris
Manager of Power
500A Chestnut Street Tower II
Chattanooga,
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I I
101 MARIETTAST., N.W., SUITE 3'IOO
ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303
OFFICIALCOP V
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Report Nos. 50-259/81-13,
50-260/81-13
and 50-296/81-13
This 'refers
to the 'routine
inspection
conducted
by Mr. E.
H. Girard of .this.
office
on
May 18-22,
and
June 9-10,
1981,
of activities
authorized
by
NRC
Operating
License
Nos.
and
DPR-68 for the Browns Ferry facility.
Our preliminary findings were di'scussed
with Mr. J.
L. Harness of your staff at
the conclusion of inspection at the
Browns Ferry site,
and with Mrs.
E. Balch
of your staff'at the conclusion of the inspection in Atlanta,
GA.
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'epresentative
records,
interviews with
personnel,
and observations
by the inspectors.
During the inspection, it was found that certai'n 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
Appen-
dix A.
Elements to be included in your response
are delineated
in Appendix A.
During the .inspection it was
found 'that certain activities
under your license
appear to deviate
from commitments, to the Commission'nd
have
safety signifi-
cance.
This item is identified in the Notice of Deviation enclosed
herewith
as
Appendix B.
Please
provide
us in writing your comments
including a description
of corrective actions that have
been or will be taken, corrective actions
which
will be taken to avoid further deviatiorrs',
and the date your corrective actions
will be completed.
We have
examined
actions, you
have
taken with regard
to previously identified
enforcement matters.
These are discussed
in the enclosed inspection report.
Eight
new unresolved
items
are identified in the enclosed
inspection
report.
These items wi,ll be examined during subsequent
inspections.
In accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's
regulations,
a copy of this
letter and the enclosed
report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document, Room.
If the .report contains
any information that you believe to be exempt from disclo-
sure under
10 CFR 9.5(a)(4), it is necessary
that you:
(a) notify this office by
telephone
wTthin ten days
from the date of this letter of your intention to file
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a request for withholding; and (b) submit within twenty-five days
from the date
of this letter
a written application to this office to withhold such information.
If your receipt of this letter has been. delayed
such that less than seven days
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are available for your review, please notify this office promptly so that
a
new
due date
may be established.
Consistent with section 2.790(b)(l),
such applica-
tion must be accompanied
by an affidavit executed
by the owner of the information
which identifies the document
or part thereof sought to be withheld,
and
a full
statement of the reasons
on the basis of which it is claimed that the information
should
be withheld from public disclosure.
This section further requires
the
statement
to address
with specificity the considerations
listed in
10 CFR 2.790-
(b)(4).
The information sought to be withheld shall
be incorporated
as far as
possible into a separate
part of the- affidavit. If we do not hear
from you in
this'regard within the specified periods
noted above,
the report will be placed
in the Public Document
Room.
Should you have any questions- concerning this letter,
we will be glad to discuss
'hem
with you.
Sincerely,
ew'cting
D rector
Division of Resident
and
Reactor Project Inspection
Enclosures:
1.
Appendix A, Notice of Violation
2.
Appendix B, Notice of Deviation:
3.
Inspection Report Nos. 50-259/81-13,
50-260/81-13
and 50-296/81-13
cc w/encl:
H. J.
Green, Division'Director
H. L. Abercrombie, Plant Superintendent
R. E. Rogers; Project Engineer
H. N. Culver, Chief, Nuclear Safety
Review Staff