ML18033B553

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC

INSPECTION

REPORT

NOS.

50-259/90-29,

50-260/90-29,

AND

50-296/90-29)

This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

(NRC) inspection

conducted

by

C.

A. Patterson

on September

16

October

15,

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 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.

Based

on the results of this inspection,

certain of your activities appeared

to

be in violation of

NRC requirements,

as specified

in the enclosed

Notice of

Violation concerning

failure to control

work activities.

We

are

concerned

about

the violation because

of the

performance

of work activities without an

adequate

hold order boundary.

One example resulted in an unplanned

engineered

safety feature actuation

when

a worker cut into energized electrical

leads.

You are

required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions

specified

in the

enclosed

Notice

when

preparing

your

response.

In your

response,

you should

document, the specific actions

taken

and

any additional

actions you plan to prevent recurrence.

After reviewing your response

to .this

Notice,

including your proposed

corrective actions

and the results

of future

inspections,

the

NRC will determine

whether

further

NRC enforcement

action is

necessary

to ensure

compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.

In accordance

with Section

2.790(a),

a copy of this letter and its enclosures

will be placed in the

NRC Public Document

Room.

V

l

0

Valley Author ity

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.

Bruce A. Wilson, Chief

TVA Projects

Enclosures:

1.

Notice of Violation

2.

NRC Inspection

Report

cc w/encl:

(See

page

3)

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Valley Authority

cc w/encls:

M. Runyon,

Chairman

Valley Authority

ET 12A 7A

400 West

Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

Director

Valley Authority

ET 12A llA

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

'T 12B 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

.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

Washington,

D.

C.

20515

0. J. Zeringue,

Site Director

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P.

O.

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.

O.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

L.

W. Myers, Plant Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

TVA Representative

Rockville Office

11921

Rockvi1 le 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

State of Alabama

Val 1ey Authority

bcc w/encls:

S.

D. Ebneter,

RII

S.

C. Black,

P. J. Kellogg, TVAP/RII

J.

Rutberg,

OGC

M. S. Callahan,

GPA/CA

R.

H. Bernhard,

TVAP/RII

G.

C. Lainas,

F. J.

Hebdon,

T.

M. Ross,

NRC Document Control

Desk

NRC Resident

Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Route

12,

Box 637

Athens,