ML18033A493

Forwards Safety Evaluation Accepting short-term Efforts to Correct Rust Problem in Lower Containment Spray Header (Ref LER 88-003-000).Requests long-term Solutions & Provision of long-term Corrective Action

ML18033A493
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	12/26/1988
From:	Black S NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
To:	Kingsley O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML18033A494	List: ML18033A493 ML18033A495
References
TAC-00454, TAC-454, NUDOCS 8901030176
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December 26, 1988 Docket No. 50-260 Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

Senior Vice President, Nuclear Power Tennessee Valley Authority 6N 38A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801

Dear Nr. Kingsley:

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SUBJECT:

BROMNS FERRY, UNIT 2, RUST IN LOMER CONTAINMENT SPRAY HEADER (TAC 00454)

Fnclosed is our safety evaluation addressing issues raised in License Event Report 88-003-000 for Browns Ferry, Unit 2.

tie have concluded that the short-term efforts to be performed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to correct rust problems found in lower containment spray headers are acceptable.

However, we request that you actively pursue long-term solutions to this problem and provide for NRC review your long-term corrective action.

Although implementation of your long-term corrective actions is not a restart

item, we request that you provide us with your proposed long-term solution prior to restart.

I The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, ONB clearance is not required.

If you have any questions concerning this issue, please call the Browns Ferry Project Manager, Gerald E. Gears, at 301-492-0767.

Sincerely,

Enclosure:

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General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive Ell B33 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Mr. R. L. Gridley Tennessee Valley Authority 5N 157B Lookout Place Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 Mr. C.

Mason Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P.O.

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Decatur, Alabama 35602 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Resident Inspector/Browns Ferry NP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route l,2, Box 637

Athens, Alabama 35611 Dr. Henry Myers, Science Advisor Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs U. S.

House of Representatives Washington, D.C.

20515 Mr. P. Carier Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P.O.

Box 2000

Decatur, Alabama 35602 Mr. D. L. Williams Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive W10 B85 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Tennessee Valley Authority Rockville Office 11921 Rockville Pike

,Suite 402 Rockville, Maryland 20852

Chairman, Limestone County Commission P.O.

Box 188

Athens, Alabama 35611 Claude Earl Fox, M.D.

State Health Officer State Department of Public Health State Office Building Montgomery, Alabama 36130