ML18038B638
| ML18038B638 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 02/29/1996 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18038B637 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-259-96-01, 50-259-96-1, NUDOCS 9603140305 | |
| Download: ML18038B638 (4) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Unit 3 Docket No. 50-296 License No.
DPR-68 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 31, 1995 to February 3,
- 1996, a
violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with, the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
NUREG 1600, the violation is listed below:
Browns Ferry Unit 3 Facility Operating License Condition 2.C.(l) states that the licensee is authorized to operate the facility at steady state reactor core power levels not in excess of 3293 megawatts thermal.
Contrary to the above, on December 27 and 28, 1995, Unit 3 steady state reactor core power level, as averaged over an 8 hour9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> period, exceeded 3293 megawatts thermal.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
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, D.C.
20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
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 when full compliance will be achieved.
Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to 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.
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NOV Because your response will be placed in: the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possibl'e, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be.placed in the,PDR without redaction.
However, if you: find it necessary to include such information, you should clearly indicate the speci'fic information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and'rovide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 29th day of February 1996
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