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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-259/81-22,50-260/81-22 & 50-296/81-22 on 810626-0726 & Notice of Violation
ML18025B671
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 08/25/1981
From: Robert Lewis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Parris H
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML18025B669 List:
References
NUDOCS 8110160427
Download: ML18025B671 (4)


See also: IR 05000259/1981022

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ATTN:

Mr. H.

G. Parris

Manager of Power

500A Chestnut Street

Tower II

Chattanooga,

TN

37401

Gentlemen:

AUG 8 5

1981

Subject:

Report

Nos

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9/81-22

50-260/81-22,

50-296/81-22

This refers to the routine safety inspection

conducted

by Mr. Robert

F. Sullivan

of this office on June

26 through July 26,

1981', of activities authorized

by

NRC

License

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52 and

DPR-68 for the

Browns Ferry facility.

Our

preliminary findings were discussed

with Mr. H. A. 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.

During the inspection it was found that certain activities under

your license

appeared

to deviate

from commmitments

to the

Commission report enclosed

and

have

safety significance.

This item

identified in the Notice of Deviation enclosed

herewith

as

Appendix

B,

Please

provide us in writing within 25 days of your

receipt of this letter your

comments

including

a description of corrective

actions that

have

been

or will be taken, corre'ctive actions

which will be 'taken

to avoid further deviations,

and the date your corrective actions

were or will be

completed.

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 dis-

, closure

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 informa-

tion.

If your recei pt 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

application

must

be accompanied

by an affidavit executed

by the owner of the

information which identifies the document or part thereof sought to

be withheld,

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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

them with you.

Sincerely,

Enclosures:

l. Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2. Appendix B, Notice of Deviation

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Report Nos. 2S9-81-22,

260-81-22

and 296-81-22

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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

R.

C. Lewis, Director

Division of Resident

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