ML18033A988

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC

INSPECTION

REPORT

NOS.

50-259/89-38,

50-260/89-38,

AND

50-296/89-38)

This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

(NRC) inspection

conducted

by

D. R. Carpenter

on August

16 - September

15,

1989.

The inspection

included

a

review of activities

authorized

for your

Browns

Ferry facility.

At the

concl.usion of the inspection,

the findings were discussed

with those

members

of your staff identified in the enclosed

inspection report.

Areas

examined

during

the

inspection

included

surveillance

observation,

maintenance

observation,

operational

safety verification, control of licensed

operator status,

restart test

program, modifications,

and site management

and

organization.

Mithin these

areas,

the

inspection

consisted

of selective

examinations

of

procedures

and

representative

records,

interviews

with

personnel,

and observation of activities in progress.

The inspection

findings indicate that certain activities

appeared

to violate

NRC requirements.

The violation involved two examples

in the area of post

maintenance

testing.

The violation and references

to pertinent requirements,

and

elements

to

be included in your response

are

described

in the enclosed

Notice of Violation (NOY).

Two unresolved

items

are identified in paragraphs

6

and

8 of the inspection

report.

These matters will be pursued

during future inspections.

In accordance

with Section

2.790 of the

NRC's

"Rules of Practice,"

Part 2,

Title 10,

Code of Federal

Regulations,

a copy of this letter and its enclosures

will be placed in the

NRC Public Document

Room.

The responses

directed

by this letter

and its enclosures

are not subject to

the clearance

procedures. of the Office of Management

and Budget as required

by

the Paperwork Reduction A'ct of 1980'ub;

L.. No..96-521.

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PDC

Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter,

please

contact us.

Sincerely,

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Enclosures:

'.

Notice of Violation

2.

NRC Inspection

Report

cc w/encls:

F. L. Moreadith, Vice President

Nuclear Engineering

Valley Authority

400 Nest Summit Hill Drive

NT 12A 12A

Knoxville, TN

37902

Dr. M.

O'. Medford

Vice President

and Nuclear

'echnical

Director

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Chairman,

Limestone County

Commission

P. 0.

Box 188

Athens,

35611

Dr. Henry Myers, Science

Advisor

Committee

on Interior and

Insular Affairs

U. S.

House of Representatives

Washington,

D. C.

20515

0. J. Zeringue, Site Director

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,,

35602

(cc w/encls cont'd: - see

page 3)

Bruce A. Wilson, Assistant Director

for Inspection

Programs

TVA Projects Division

Office of Nucl ear

Reactor Regulation

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Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

(cc w/encls cont'd)

Manager,

Nuclear Licensing

and Regulatory Affairs

Val'fey Authority

5N 157B Lookout Place

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

P. Carier, Site Licensing Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

G. Campbell, Plant Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

TVA Representative

Rockville Office

11921 Rockville Pike

Suite 402l

. Rockville,

MD

20852

General

Counsel.

Valley Authority

400 Mest Summit Hill Drive

ET llB 33H

Knoxvi 1 1 e;. TN

37902

Claude Earl Fox, M.D.

State

Health Officer

State

Department of Public Health

State Office Building

Montgomery,

36130

State of Alabama

bcc w/encls:

(See

page 4)

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bcc w/encls:

D. M. Crutchfield,

B. D. Liaw,

S.

C. Black,

R.

C. Pierson,

G. E. Gears,

D. Moran,

M. S. Little, NRR/RII

A. H. Johnson,

NRR/RII

A. R. Long, NRR/RII

J. Rutberg,

OGC

M. S. Callahan,

GPA/CA

NRC Document Control

Desk

NRC Resident

Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Route 12,

Box 637

Athens,