ML18033B735
| ML18033B735 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 06/11/1991 |
| From: | Wilson B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18033B734 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-259-91-17, 50-260-91-17, 50-296-91-17, NUDOCS 9106270074 | |
| Download: ML18033B735 (3) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry 1, 2, and 3
Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 License Nos.
DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on April 29 - May 10,
- 1991, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
The violation involved failure to comply with the hold
- order, procedure.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
( 1991), the violation is listed below:
Technical Specification, Section 6.8.1, Procedures, requires that written procedures be established, implemented and maintained covering those recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978.
Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33 includes administrative procedures and procedures for controlling repair activities of safety related equipment.
SDSP-14.9, Equipment Clearances, Section 6.3, establishes the requirements for establishing a clearance.
The clearance boundary must be established and independent verification established and documented on form SDSP-216, Clearance
- Sheet, prior to hanging the hold order tags.
Contrary to the
- above, the inspector identified on April 30, 1991, that four separation hold orders 3-91-95, 3-91-96, 1-91-66, and 1-91-67 containing over 3,000 hold order tags were being placed on equipment in the plant without completion of hold order form SDSP-216 for signatures of the hold order boundary establishment and independent verification.
Tags were being added and hung as the separation boundaries were developed without releasing of the hold order.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I) applicable to all three units.
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Tennessee Valley Authority is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control
- Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and if applicable, a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation.
This reply should be clearly marked as a
"Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation, or if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results
- achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date with full compliance will be achieved.
If an adequate reply. is not received in the time specified in this Notice, an order 9106270074 910bi 1 PDR
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Browns Ferry 1, 2, and 3
2 Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 License Nos.
DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.
Where good cause is
- shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this IHh day of June 1991 4 ld;w ruce A. Wilson, Chief TVA Projects
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