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Docket Nos. 50-259,

50-260,

50-296

License

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52,

DPR-68

DEC 38

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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. Kingsl ey:

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SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION

REPORT

NOS. 50-259/89-55,

50-260/89-55,

AND

50-296/89-55

This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

(NRC) inspection

conducted

by

G. Todd

on

November 26-29,

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.

Areas

examined

during the inspection

are identified in the report.

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 that certain activities appeared

to violate

NRC requirements.

The violations described

in the enclosed

Inspection

Report

are

under consideration

for escalated

enforcement

action.

Accordingly,

no

Notice of Violation is

being

issued

at this time,

and

no response

to this

letter is

required.

However,

please

be

advised

that

the

number

and

characterization

of violations described

in the enclosed

Inspection

Report

may

change

as

a result of further

NRC review.

An Enforcement

Conference

to discuss

these violations will be scheduled

at

a future date.

You will be advised

by

separate

correspondence

of the results

of" our de'liberations

on this matter.

In accordance

with 10 CFR 2.790(d)

and

10 CFR 73.21,

safeguards

activities

and

security measures

are

exempt from public disclosure.

Therefore,

the enclosure

to this letter, with the exception of the report cover page,

which presents

a

nonexempt

summary, will not be placed in the

NRC Public Document

Room.

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Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter, please

contact

us.

Sincerely,

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Bruce A. Wilson, Assistant Director

for Inspection

Programs

TVA Projects Division

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

NRC Inspection

Report

(Exempt from Disclosure)

cc w/encl:

F ~

LE Moreadith, Vice President

Nuclear Engineering

Valley Authority

400 West Summit Hill Drive

WT 12A 12A

Knoxville, TN

37902

0 ~ J. Zeringue, Site Director

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

PE

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. Decatur,

35602

Manager,

Nuclear L'icensing

-'nd Regulatory Affair s

Val 1 ey Authority

SN 157B Lookout Place

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

cc w/Inspection

Summary,

Dr.

MD 0 ~ Medford

Vice President

and Nuclear

Technical Director

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Chairman

Limestone County

Commission

PE

0 ~ Box 188

Athens,

35611

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Summary cont'd - See

page 3)

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CONTAIr S 2/90 INFORMATION

Valley Authority

DEC 3 8

1S89

(cc w/Inspection

Summary cont'd)

Dr. Henry Myers, Science Advisor

Committee

on Interior and

Insular Affairs

U. S.

House of Representatives

Washington,

D. C.

20515

P. Carier, Site Licensing Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

. G. Campbell, Plant Mlanager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

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,

36130

State of Alabama

bcc w/encl:

NRR/DR IS/SB

bcc w/Inspection

Summary:

S.

D. Ebneter,

RII

D. M. Crutchfield,

B. D. Liaw,

S.

C. Black,

R. C. Pierson,

B. A. Wilson, NRR/RII

G. E. Gears,

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(bcc w/Inspection

Summary cont'd - See

page 4)

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CONTAINS 2.750 INFORMATION

Valley Authority

'DE',C

2 8

1989

(bcc w/Inspection

Summary cont'd)

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,

016

NRC Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Route 12,

Box 637

Athens,