ML18033B038

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101

Mar ket Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Dear

Mr. Kingsley:

SUBJECT:

NRC

INSPECTION

REPORT

NOS. 50-259/89-46,

50-260/89-46,

AND

50-296/89-46

This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

(NRC) inspection

conducted

by

D.

R. Carpenter

on September

16 - October

15,

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.

t

Areas'xamined

during

the

inspection

included

surveillance

observations,

a

practice

emergency

exercise,

modifications,

maintenance

observations,

operational

safety verification,

and site management

and organization.

Within

these

areas,

the inspection

consisted

of selective

examinations

of procedures

and

representative

records,

interviews with personnel,

and

observation

of

activities in progress.

The

enclosed

Inspection

Report identifies activities that appeared

to violate

NRC requirements

but are not cited; therefore

no response

is required.

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.

Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter,

please

contact

us.

Sincerely,

"::n)"=i4:='-"-':

Bruce A. Wilson, Assistant Director

for Inspection

Programs

TVA Projects Division

Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation

NRC Inspection

Report

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(See

page

2)

8S'1 1130261

891031

PDR

ADOCK 05000259

G

PNU

OCTI3

1 ls89

Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

cc w/encl:

F.

L. Moreadith,

Vice President

Nuclear Engineering

Valley Author'ity

400 West

Summit Hill Drive

WT 12A 12A

Knoxville, TN

37902

Dr.

M. O. 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

Washington,

D.

C.

20515

O. J.

2eringue,

Site Director

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P.

0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

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

Terinessee

Valley Autho'rity

P.

0.

Box 2000

'ecatur,

35602

TVA Representative

Rockville Office

11921 Rockville Pike

Suite

402

Rockville,

MD

20852

General

Counsel

Valley Authority

400 'West Summit Hill Drive

ET

11B 33H

Knoxville, TN

37902

Claude

Earl

Fox,

M.D.

State

Health Officer

State

Department of Public Health

State Office Building

Montgomery,

'AL

36130

State of Alabama

bcc w/encl:

(See.page

3)

01 iver D.

King s 1 ey,

J r.

bcc w/encl:

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

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,