ML18033B011
| ML18033B011 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 10/21/1989 |
| From: | Wilson B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Kingsley O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
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| ML18033B012 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8911030128 | |
| Download: ML18033B011 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000259/1989047
Text
KT'2 1
1989
Docket Nos.
50-259,
50-260,
and 50-296
License
Nos.
and
Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.
Senior Vice President,
Nuclear
Power
Valley Authority
6N,38A Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga,
TN
37402-2801
Dear Mr. Kingsley:
SUBJECT:
(NRC INSPECTION
REPORT
NOS. 50-259/89"47,
50-260/89-47,
AND
50-296/89-47)
This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC)'nspection
conducted
by
C.
A. Patterson
on
September
25 - 29,
1989.
The inspection
included
a review
of activities authorized 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.
E
Areas
examined during the inspection
included
a review of the disposition of a
historical list of Technical
Specifications
(TS) problems,
TVA's task force
audit
of
TS,
a
comparison
of
system
design
basis
to
TS
surveillance
requirements,
and
a
comparison
of
TS to the plant configuration.
Within
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 certain activities
appeared
to violate
NRC
requirements.
The violation involved fai lure to maintain
document control of
a
TS amendment
and controlled copies
of TS.
The violation and references
to
pertinent
requi rements,
and
elements
to
be
included
in your
response
are
described
in the enclosed
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 Act of 1980,
Pub.
L. No.96-511.
Oi"T~R 1
198S
Val 1 ey Authority
Should you have
any questions
concerning this letter,
please
contact
us.
Sincerely,
Orignial SC>> 4
~>.'RVCE
~-" ~~~~-""
Bruce A. Wilson, Assistant Director
for Inspection
Programs
TVA Projects Division
Office of Nucl ear Reactor
Regul ati on
Enclosures:
1.
2.
NRC Inspection
Report
cc w/encls:
F.
L. Moreadith, Vice President
Nuclear Engineering
Valley Authority
400 West Summit Hill Drive
WT 12A 12A
Knoxville, TN
37902-
Dr.
M. 0. Medford
Vice President
and Nuclear
Technical 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
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)
7
OCT~K 1
1989'ennessee
Valley Authority
(cc w/encls cont'd)
Manager,
Nuclear Licensing
and Regulatory Affairs
Valley 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.
O.
Box 2000
Decatur,
35602
TVA Representative
Rockvi lie .Office
11921 Rockville Pike
Suite
402
Rockvi lie,
20852
General
Counsel
Valley Authority
400 West Summit Hill Drive
ET 11B 33H
Knoxville, TN
37902
lt
Claude
Earl
Fox,
M.D.
State
Health Officer
State
Department of Public Health
State Office Building
Montgomery,
36130
State of Alabama
bcc w/encls:
S.
D. Ebneter,
RII
D.
M. Crutchfield,
B. D. Liaw,
S.
C. Black,
R.
C. Pierson,
G.
E. Gears,
D. Moran,
W. S. Little, NRR/RII
A. H. Johnson,
NRR/RII
(bcc w/encls cont'd - See
page 4)
Ot'TI 2 i 1989
Valley Authority
(bcc w/encls cont'd)
A.
R.
Long, NRR/RII
J.
Rutberg,
M. S.'allahan,
GPA/CA
NRC Document Control
Desk
NRC Resident
Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
Route
12,
Box 637
Athens,
35611
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