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Forwards Insp Repts 50-259/91-43,50-260/91-43 & 50-296/91-43 on 911216-920116 & Notice of Violation.Nrc Concerned W/ Violation Re Failure to Follow Unit Separation Procedure for Personnel Access
ML18036A525
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Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 02/06/1992
From: Wilson B
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Nauman D
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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See also: IR 05000259/1991043

Text

FEB 0 61992

e~p.

Docket Nos. 50-259,

50-260,

and 50-296

License

Nos.

DPR-33,

DPR-52,

and

DPR-68

Tennessee

Valley Authority

ATTN:

Mr. D. A. Nauman

Senior Vice President,

Nuclear

Power

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Gentlemen:

'UBJECT:

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC

INSPECTION

REPORT

NOS.

50-259/91-43)

50-260/91-43,

AND

50-296/91-43)

This refers

to the inspection

conducted

by C. A. Patterson

of this office on

December

16,

1991 - January

16,

1992.

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 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 follow the

Unit Separation

procedure

for

personnel

access.

We

are

concerned

about

the violation

because

of the

potential for construction activities

on Unit 3 to affect the operating Unit.

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

10 CFR 2.790 of the

NRC's

"Rules of Practice",

a copy of

this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the

NRC Public Document

Room.

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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,

BRLlcsLWL4

Enclosures:

1.

Notice of Violation

2.

NRC Inspection

Report

Bruce A. Wilson, Branch Chief

Reactor

Projects

Branch

4

Division of Reactor Projects

Tennessee

Valley Authority

cc w/encls:

M. Runyon,

Chairman

Tennessee

Valley Authority

ET 12A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

J.

B. Waters, Director

Tennessee

Valley Authority

ET 12A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

W. F. Willis

Senior Executive Officer

ET 12B

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

D. Nunn, Vice President

Nuclear Projects

Tennessee

Valley Authority

6A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Dr. M. 0. Medford

Vice President,

Nuclear Assurance,

Licensing

and Fuels

Tennessee

Valley Authority

6A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Chairman,

Limestone County

Commission

P. 0.

Box 188

Athens,

AL

35611

Claude Earl

Fox, M.D.

State Health Officer

State

Department of Public Health

State Office Building

Montgomery,

AL

36130

J.

R.

Bynum, Vice President

Nuclear Operations

Tennessee

Valley Authority

3B Lookout Place

101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

0. J. Zeringue,

Vice President,

Browns Ferry Operations

Tennessee

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

AL

E.

G. Wallace,

Manager

Nuclear Licensing

and

Regulatory Affairs

Tennessee

Valley Authority

5B Lookout Place

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

R. Baron, Site Licensing Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Tennessee

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

AL

35602

J.

A. Scalice,

Plant Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Tennessee

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

AL

35602

TVA Representative

Rockville Office

11921 Rockville Pike

Suite 402

Rockville,

MD

20852

General

Counsel

Tennessee

Valley Authority

ET 11H

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

0.

D. Kingsley, Jr.

President,

Generating

Group

Tennessee

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

W. H. Kennoy, Director

Tennessee

Valley Authority

ET 12A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

State of Alabama

bcc w/encls:

(See

page 4)

FEB Osm

Tennessee

Valley Authority

bcc w/encls:

S.

D. Ebneter,

RII

G.

C. Lainas,

NRR

F. J.

Hebdon,

NRR

L. A. Reyes,

DRP/RII

J.

R. Johnson,

DRP/RII

P. J. Kellogg, DRP/RII

B. Bordenick,

OGC

M. S. Callahan,

GPA/CA

R.

H. Bernhard,

DRP/RII

T.

M. Ross,

NRR

Document Control

Desk

NRC Senior Resident

Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Route 12,

Box 637

Athens,

AL

35611

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