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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-259/81-16,50-260/81-16 & 50-296/81-16 on 810622-25 & Notice of Violation
ML18025B655
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 07/22/1981
From: Robert Lewis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Parris H
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML18025B652 List:
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NUDOCS 8109240580
Download: ML18025B655 (4)


See also: IR 05000259/1981016

Text

JUL 2 2 198)

Tennessee

Valley Authority

ATTN:

Mr. H. G. Parris

Manager of Power

500A Chestnut Street Tower II

Chattanooga,

TN

37401

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Report Nos. 50-259/81-16,

50-260/81-16

and 50-296/81-16

This refers to the routine safety

inspection

conducted

by Mr. B.

R. Crowley of

this office

on

June

22-25,

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 Mr.

H.

L. Abercrombie,

Power

Plant

Superintendent,

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 cert'ain 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.

Two new unresolved

items 'are identified in the enclosed

inspection report.

These

items will be examined during subsequent

inspections.

7

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 within ten days

from the date of this letter of your intention to file

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

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)(1),

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 requir'es

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.

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Val 1 ey Authority

JUL 28

1981

Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter,

we will be glad to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

R. C. Lewis, Acting Director

Division of Resident

and

Reactor Project Inspection

Enclosures:

1.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2.

Inspection Report Nos. 50-259/81-16,

50-260/81-16

and 50-296/81-16

cc w/encl:

H. J.

Green, Director of Nuclear Power

H. L. Abercrombie, Plant Superintendent

R.

E. Rogers, Project Engineer

H. N. Culver, Chief, Nuclear Safety

Review Staff

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NRC Resident Inspector

Central Files

Local Public Document

Room

Washington Public Document

Room

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