ML18030B169
| ML18030B169 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1986 |
| From: | Olshinski J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | White S TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
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| NUDOCS 8603110547 | |
| Download: ML18030B169 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000259/1986005
Text
MAR 05
1986
Va1 1 ey Authority
ATTN:
Mr. S.
A. White
Manager of Nuclear Power
6N 38A Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga,
TN
37402-2801
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
REPORT
NOS.
50-259 86-05
50-260/86-05,
'AND 50"296/86-05
On January
1-31,
1986,
VRC inspected
activities
authorized
by
NRC Operating
License
Nos.
and
DPR-68 for your Browns Ferry facility.
At the
conclusion of the inspection,
the findings were discussed
with those
members of
your staff identified in the enclosed
inspection report.
Areas
examined during the inspection
are identified in the report.
Within these
areas,
the
inspection
consisted
of selective
examinations
of procedures
and
representative
records,
interviews wi'th personnel,
and observation
of activities
in progress.
The apparent
violation described
in paragraph
5.c. (Incorrect Design Specifica=
tion
Reference)
is
under
consideration
for
escalated
enforcement
action.
Accordingly,
no Notice of Violation is being issued at this time.
Please
provide
this office with your evaluation
of the safety significance of the differences
noted
between
the correct
design
specification
and incorrect design
specifica-
tion.
This should
include
an
assessment
of the
generic
implications of this
error .
Your evaluation report will be considered
in determining
any enforcement
action.
However,
please
be advised that the
number
and characterization
of the
violations described
in the enclosed
report
may change
as
a result of further
NRC
review.
Your attention
is invited to
unresolved
items identified in the
inspection
report.
These
matters
will
be
pursued
during
future
inspections.
We
are
particularity concerned
about
the generic
implications of using incorrect trip
setpoints
for instrumentation
required
by
Technical
Specifications.
Please
provide this office with the setpoint
basis for the unresolved
item concerning
radiation monitors (259/260/296/86-05-09)
and discuss
similar deficiences
related
to the instrument setpoint
program in general.
Likewise,
we are
concerned
over
the
breakdown
in control
of your
arinual
updates
discussed
in paragraph
5.a.
(259/260/296/86-05-01).
Additionally, provide
an evaluation
of any condi-
tion that resulted
in the nuclear
power plant being
in an unanalyzed
condition
due
to past
changes
to the
performed
without justification
or
safety
evaluations.
8603i i0547 860305
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Val 1 ey Authority
MAR 05 686
In accordance
with
a copy of this letter, its enclosures,
and
your reply will be placed
in NRC's Public
Document
Room
upon
completion of our
evaluation
of the reply. If you wish to withhold information contained therein,
please
notify this office
by telephone
and
include
a written application
to
withhold information in your response.
Such application
must be consistent with
the requirements
of 2.790(b)( 1).
The
responses
directed
by this letter and the enclosures
are not subject to the
clearance
procedures
of the Office of Management
and
Budget
issued
under
the
Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980,
PL 96-511.
Should you have
any questions
concerning this letter,
please
contact
us.
Sincerely,
Original signed
by
John
A. Olshinski
Deputy Regional Administrator for TVA
Enclosure:
Inspection
Report
Nos. 50-259/86-05,
50-260/86-05,
and 50-296/86-05
cc w/encl:
W.
C. Bibb, Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant Site Director
R.
L. Lewis, Plant Manager
K.
W. Whitt, Chief, Nuclear Safety Staff
D.
L. Williams, Jr., Supervisor
Licensing Section
R.
E. Rogers,
Project
Engineer
bcc w/encl:
NRC Resident
Inspector
Document Control
Desk
H.
R. Denton,
H.
L. Thompson,
J.
M. Taylor, IE
B. B. Hayes,
R. J. Clark, Licensing
Project Manager,
NRC Reside'nt
Inspector
State of Alabama
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