ML18033B401

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC

INSPECTION

REPORT

NOS.

50-259/90-14,

50-260/90-14,

AND

50-296/90-14)

This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

(NRC) inspection

conducted

by

D.

R. Carpenter

on April 16 - May 18,

1990.

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

t

'dentified 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 certain activities

appeared

to violate

NRC

requirements.

The violations,

references

to pertinent

requirements,

and

elements

to be included in your response

are described

in the enclosed

Notice

of Violation.

In accordance

with Section 2.790(a),

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.

Should you have any questions

concerning this letter,

please

contact

us.

Sincerely,

Enclosures:

(See

page

2)

06ginal Sgn~d By

Kg V.'Il.graf

Bruce A. Wilson, Chief

TVA Projects

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Valley Authority

Encl osui es:

1.

Notice of Violati on

2.

NRC Inspection

Report

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M. Runyon,

Chairman

Valley Authority

ET 12A 7A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

C.

H. Dean, Jr., Director

Valley Authority

ET 12A 11A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

J.

B. Waters, Director

Valley Authority

ET 12A 9A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

W. F. Willis

Chief Operating Officer

ET 128

16B

.

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

D. Nunn, Vice President

Nuclear Engineering

Valley Authority

400 West Summit Hill Drive

WT 12A 12A

Knoxvi1le,

TN

37902

Dr. M. 0. Medford

Vice President

and Nuclear

Technical Director

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Chairman,

Limestone

Coun'ty

Commission

P. 0.

Box 188

Athens,

35611

State of Alabama

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

E.

G. Wallace,

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

L.

W. Myers, Plant Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

TYA Representative

Rockville Office

11921

Rockvil le Pike

Suite

402

Rockvi 1 le,

MD

20852

General

Counsel

Valley Authority

400 West Summit Hill Drive

ET llB 33H

Knoxville, TN

37902

Claude Earl

Fox, M.D.

State

Health Officer

State

Department of Public Health

State Office Building

Montgomery,

36130

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(See

page

3)

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Valley Authority

bcc w/encls:

S.

D. Ebneter,

RII

G.

C. Lainas,

F. J.

Hebdon,

S.

C. Black,

T.

M. Ross,

W. S. Little, TVAP/RII

R.

H. Bernhard,

TVA/RII

J.

Rutberg.,

OGC

M. S. Callahman,

GPA/CA

NRC Document Control

Desk

NRC Resident

Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Route

12,

Box 637

Athens,