ML18036A498
| ML18036A498 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 01/09/1992 |
| From: | Wilson B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18036A497 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-259-91-41, 50-260-91-41, 50-296-91-41, NUDOCS 9201270177 | |
| Download: ML18036A498 (2) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry 1, 2, and 3
Docket No's.
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 November 16 -
December 15,
- 1991, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
The violation involved failure to adequately control design activities.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1991), the violation is listed below:
10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criterion III, Design Control, requires that measures shall be established for the identification and control of design interfaces and for coordination among participating design organizations.
These 'easures shall
'include the establishment of procedures among participating design organizations for the review; approval,
- release, distribution, and revision of documents involving design interfaces.
Site Procedure, SDSP-16.17, Contractor and Contractors Equipment Controls, required that for documentation associated with Design Change Notices or Engineering Change Notices review and approval shall be per applicable site procedures.
Contrary to the
- above, activities involving design control were not implemented in accordance with requirements in that during the installation of upgraded communications equipment, subcontractors activities were not adequately controlled by their design organization or by Nuclear Engineering, the site design organization.
Work Plans were not utilized to implement a
design change and on October 13,
- 1991, the subcontractor cut electrical cables servicing two Personnel Radiological Accountability System readers used to account for personnel during a
radiological event.
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 wi'll be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date with full compliance will be achieved.
If an 9201270i77 920309 PDR ADOCK 05000259 8
Tennessee Valley Authority 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 adequate reply is not received 'in the time specified in this Notice, an order 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 ruce A. Wilson, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 4
Division of Reactor Projects Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 9<~> day of January 1992