ML18031A599

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Notice of Violation from Insp on 860501-31
ML18031A599
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 06/26/1986
From: Weise S
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML18031A598 List:
References
50-259-86-16, 50-260-86-15, 50-296-86-16, NUDOCS 8607210308
Download: ML18031A599 (1)


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ENCLOSURE 1

NOTICE OF VIOLATION Il Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry 1, 2, and 3

Docket Nos.

50-ZS9, 50-Z60, and 50-296 License Nos.

DPR-33, DPR-52 and DPR-68 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on May 1-31,

1986, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.

The violation involved a failure to properly control an instruction.

In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure.for NRC Enforcement Actions,"

10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1985),

the violation is listdd below:

10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion VI requires that documents, such as instructions, procedures, and

drawings, including changes thereto are reviewed for adequacy, and approved for release by authorized personnel.

Contrary to the

above, changes were made to the TVA Natural Resource Operations, Field Operations, equality Assurance Procedure No.

NR-FO-NRE-62.2, Calibration of ORNL Radiation Monitors, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant only without review and approval by authorized personnel.

The Airflow Calibration section of Procedure NR=FO-NRE-62.2 became inadequate following a modification to the equipment in the spring of 1985.

Since the modifica-tion was completed, an unofficial substitute calibration procedure, which itself contained pen-and-ink changes to the typed document, had been used'he substitute calibration procedure and changes for this procedure had not been reviewed and approved by authorized personnel as of May 21, 1986.

This is a Severity Level V Violation (Supplement I) and is applicable to all th~ee units.

Pursuant to -the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, you are hereby required to submit to this Office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice a

written statement or explanation in reply including:

(1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results

achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

Where good cause is

shown, consideration will be given to extending-the response time.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ggO7gi,Q308 860&2~

PDR ADOCK o pDR Stephen P. Weise, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1

Division of Reactor Projects Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 26 day of June 1986