ML18033B113

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

SUBJECT:

ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE

SUMMARY

(NRC

INSPECTION

REPORT

NOS. 50-259,

50-260,

AND 50-296/43)

This letter

refers

to the

Enforcement

Conference

held at

our request

on

November 21,

1989.

The

issues

discussed

at this conference

Surveillance

Program for Browns Ferry Unit 2.

It is our

opinion that this meeting

was beneficial

and

has provided

a better

understanding

of the

inspection

findings,

the

enforcement

issues,

and

the

status

of your corrective

actions.

We

are

continuing

our review of these

issues

to determine

the appropriate

enforcement action.

In

a'ccordance

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 place in the

NRC Public Document

Room.

Should you have

any questions

concerning this matter,

please

contact

us.

Sincerely,

A summary,

a list of attendees,

and

a

copy of the

handout

which accompanied

t

your presentation

are enclosed.

Bruce A. Wilson, Assistant Director

for Inspection

Programs

TVA Projects Division

Office of Nuclear

Reactor

Regulation

Enclosures:

(See

page 2)

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Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

Enclosures:

1.

Enforcement

Conference

Summary

2.

List of Attendees

3.

Handout

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 Pre s ident

and

Nuc 1 ear.

Technical Director

Val'ley 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

Manager,

Nuclear Licensing

and Regulatory Affairs

Valley Authority

5N 157B Lookout Place

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

State of 'Alabama

RII/ R

RII/NR

Johnson:vyg

WLitt/e

12/QA9

12/ 0:%89

P. Carier, Site Licensing Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Val,ley 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

Rockvi lie Office

11921 Rockville Pike

Suite

402

Rockvi lie,

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

bcc w/encls:

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

R.

H. Bernhard,

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,

35611

ENCLOSURE

1

SUMMARY

'he

NRC briefly discussed

the potential

violations involving the Surveillance

Program identified in Inspection

Report 89-43.

The

number of violations

and

LERs related

to the

Surveillance

Program during

1989 were discussed

as

the

basis for NRC's concern

about the adequacy

of the Surveillance

Program

and its

implementation.

.-TVA did not take

issue

with the potential

violations in IR 89-43

and

agreed

that

improvement

was

needed

in

the

implementation

of

the

Surveillance

Program.

Enclosure

3 summarizes

TVA's presentation

including their evaluation

of the

causes

and their actions

to correct

the

problems.

TVA continues

to

believe that their greatest

need is to improve the nuclear work ethic of their

staff.

TVA believes

that the corrective

actions

that

they

had

implemented

earlier,

described

to the

NRC in

a meeting

on procedures

and procedure

error

on

September

28,

1989,

have

already

resulted

in

improvements

in

the

implementation

of

the

Surveillance

Program.

TVA described

"additional

corrective

actions'aken

since

September

28,

1989

which they

believe will

result in further improvements

in their performance.

TVA plans to meet with the

NRC in January

1990 to review the results of their corrective actions.

ENCLOSURE

2

LIST OF ATTENDEES

1.

TVA

0. Kingsley, Jr.,

Senior Vice President,

Nuclear

Power

J.

Bynum, Vice President,

Nuclear Production

M. Medford, Vice President

and Nuclear Technical Director

P. Carier, Site Licensing Manager,

Browns Ferry

0. Zeringue,

Site Director,

Browns Ferry

G. Campbell,

Plant Manager,

Browns Ferry

P. Salas,

Compliance Supervisor,

Browns Ferry

T. Ippolito, Consultant

2.

NRC

D. Crutchfield, Associate Director for Special

Projects,

B. Liaw, Director

TVAPD,

B. 'Wilson, Assistant Director for Inspection

Programs,

TVAPD,

S. Black, Assistant Director for TVA Projects,

TVAPD,- NRR

G. Gears,

Senior Project Manager,

TVAPD,

E. Goodwin, Technical Assistant,

TVAPD,

W.- Little, Section Chief, Inspection

Programs,

TVAPD,

K. Ivey, Jr.,

Resident

Inspector,

TVAPD,

R. Bernhard,

Project Engineer,

TVAPD,

G. Galletti,

Human Factors

Assessment

Branch,