ML18038B717
| ML18038B717 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 06/19/1996 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18038B716 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-260-96-05, 50-260-96-5, NUDOCS 9607030395 | |
| Download: ML18038B717 (4) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Unit 2 Docket No. 50-260 License No.
DPR-52 During an NRC inspection conducted on April 28 to June 8,
- 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:
Technical Specification 6.8. 1. 1.(b) requires that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained which limit the amount of overtime worked by individuals performing safety-related functions.
Site Specific Procedure (SSP)-1.7, Overtime Restrictions (Regulatory),
Revision 3, is the implementing procedure for overtime controls.
SSP-1.7 states that an employee may work no more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> in any 24-hour period, 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> in any 48-hour period, or 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> in any 7-day time period, excluding shift turnover time, without an approved exemption.
Contrary to the above, from Harch 26 to Harch 28, 1996, written procedures were not implemented when Customer Group workers performed safety related functions in excess of the SSP-1.7 limitations without approved exemptions.
During diesel generator circuit testing, a test performer worked approximately 31 hours3.587963e-4 days <br />0.00861 hours <br />5.125661e-5 weeks <br />1.17955e-5 months <br /> out of the previous 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> without an approved exemption.
Additionally, during Harch 29 to April 18, several additional examples of workers exceeding limits without an approved exemption, were ideotified:
This is a Severity Level IV violat'ion (Supplement I).
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 Enclosure 1
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,issued as to why the license shoul'd not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or
'hy 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.
Because your response will 'be placed in the NRC Public Document, Room (PDR), to the extent possible,: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 specific information that you desire not to be placed in the
- PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for.
withholding the information from the public.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 19th day of June 1996
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