ML18036A859

Forwards Summary of Presentation at 920727 Meeting,Comments ,SALP Slides Used at Presentation & Final SALP Rept for 910524-920523.Evaluation of Comments Provided

ML18036A859
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	09/10/1992
From:	Ebneter S NRC Office of Inspection & Enforcement (IE Region II)
To:	Medford M Tennessee Valley Authority
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NUDOCS 9209220160
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Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 License Nos.

DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Dr. Hark 0. Medford, Vice President Nuclear Assurance, Licensing and Fuels 3B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-259/92-18, 50-260/92-18 AND 50-296/92-18)

This refers to the NRC's Sys'O'LltI>tic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) report for your Browns Ferry facility which was sent to you on July 20, 1992; our meeting, of July 27,

1992, at which we discussed the report; comments on the results of our meeting on August 24, 1992; and your written comments dated August 26, 1992.

I have enclosed a summary of our presentation at the meeting, a copy of your written comments, a copy of the SALP slides which were used at the presentation, and the Final SALP report for the period Hay 24, 1991 through Hay 23, 1992.

We appreciate your efforts in evaluating the Initial SALP Report and providing comments.

The following is our evaluation of your comments.

Plant 0 erations Your comments requested that additional clarifications as to the number and cause of the violations be corrected to reflect the actual root causes.

Maintenance Surveillance Your comments indicated that trouble shooting of the fluctuations in recirculation flow were effective in determining the root causes.

~Securit Your comments indicated that one violation for access control occurred before the assessment period.

En ineerin Technical Su ort Your comments suggested that the report was inconsistent in that several violations had not been identified in the area and that the effort expended on the Control Room Emergency Ventilation System was considerable.

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'Your comments indicated additional clarification,was needed in the status of a Design Change

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Number, proactiveness of the guality Assurance organization, timeliness of submittals, poor

planning, incomplete or ambiguous content of TVA's submittals, and contractor control.

In general, we agree with your comments and have made the appropriate changes to each of the areas as shown in Enclosure 4 to this letter.

These

changes, however, did not alter our overall evaluation.

In accordance with Section 2.790(a),

a copy of this letter and i,ts enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

No reply to this 1'etter is required;

however, should you have any questions concerning these matters, I will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

Enclosures:

1.

Neeting Summary 2.

TVA Comments on SALP 3.

SALP Slides 4.

Revision Sheet 5.

Final SALP Report Stewart D. Ebneter Regional Administrator cc w/encls:

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Chairman, Limestone County Commission P. 0.

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Bynum, Vice President Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley.Authority 3B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN.

37402-2801 Mr. R.

R. Baron, Site Licensing Manager Br owns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur, AL 35602 Mr. 0. J. Zeringue, Vice President, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. 0.

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Decatur, AL 35602 Mr. M; J. Burzynski, Manager Nuclear Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority 5B Lookout Place Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Claude farl Fox, M. D.

State Health Officer State Department of Public Health State Office Building Montgomery, AL 36130 State of Alabama bcc w/encls:

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'ENCLOSURE 1

MEETING

SUMMARY

A.

A meeting was held on July 27, 1992 at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant to discuss the results of the NRC Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) evaluation of your facility for the appraisal, period of Hay 24, 1991 thourgh Hay 23, 1992.

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Licensee Attendees C.

J.

Waters, Chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors W. Kennoy, TVA Board of Directors

0. Kingsley, President, Generating

Group, TVA

0. Zeringue, Vice President, Browns Ferry Operations, TVA H. HcCluskey, Vice President, Browns Ferry Restart, TVA J. Scalice, Plant Manager, TVA H. Hedford, Vice President Nuclear Assurance, Licensing 8 Fuels, TVA J.

Bynum, Vice President Nuclear Oprations, TVA R. Baron, Manager of Site Licensing The list of licensee attendees above does not include all the TVA employees that were present at the SALP presentation.

NRC Attendees D.

S.

Ebneter, Regional Adminstrator, Region II (RII)

A. Gibson, Director, Division of Reactor Safety, RII G. Lainas, Assistant Director for Region II Reactors, Office of Nuclear Reactor'egulation (NRR)

T. Ross, Senior Licensing Project Manager, NRR J. Williams,,Licensing Project Manager, NRR B. Wilson, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 4, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII P. Kellogg, Chief, Reactor Projects Section 4A, DRP, RII K. Clark, Public Affairs Officer, RII R. Trojanowski, Regional State Liaison Officer, RII W. Bearden, Resident Inspector E. Christnot, Resident Inspector J.

Munday, Resident Inspector Public Attendees R. Lilly, Alabama Emergency Management Agency (EHA)

B. Hannah, Alabama Department of Radiation Health H. Proctor, Horgan County EMA F. Kerney, Morgan County EHA D. Fleming, Limestone County EMA E. Duster; Lauderdale County EMA.

'M. Hayes, Lauderdal'e County EMA A. Coffey, Lawrence County EHA S., White, Lawrence County EMA K. Paradise, Madison County EMA

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