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Valley Authority

ATTN:

Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.,

President,

TVA Nuclear

and

Chief Nuclear Officer

6A Lookout Place

"..101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

SUBJECT:

NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-259/96-13,

50-260/96-13

AND 50-296/96-13

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

On January 4, 1997. the

NRC completed

an inspection at your Browns Ferry

facility.

The enclosed

report presents

the results of that inspection.

During the six-week period covered by this inspection,

your conduct of

activities at the Browns Ferry facility was characterized

by safety-focused

lant operations

and timely and accurate

engineer ing assessments.

The plant

as experienced

recurring failures of vital

DC equipment in the last several

months,

including vital inverters

and battery char gers.

Efforts to mitigate

failures appear

adequate

-however, root causes

have not been determined.

Two

violations of NRC requirements

were identified.

The .first violation addresses

inadequate

work control implementation of activities involving placement of a

cover over the Unit 2 spent fuel pool.

The second violation addresses

two

examples of inadequate

procedures

which resulted in an uncontrolled high

radiation area

and the subsequent

unplanned

exposure to plant personnel.

These violations are cited in the enclosed

Notice of'iolation (Notice),

and

circumstances

surrounding the violations are described in detail in the

enclosed report.

.Please

note that you are required to respond to this letter

and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed

Notice when

preparing your response..

The 'NRC wH1 use your response,

in part, to

determine whether further

enforcement action is necessary to ensure

compliance

with regulatory .requirements..

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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

(PDR).

Sincerely,

(Original signed

by M. S. Lesser)

Docket Nos.:

50-259, 50-260,

and 50-296

License

Nos:

DPR-33,

DPR-52,

and DRP-68

Har k S. Lesser,

Chief

Reactor Projects

Branch

6

Division of Reactor

Projects

Enclosures:

1.

NRC Integrated Inspection Report

2. Notice of Violation

cc w/encls:

(See page 3)

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cc w/encls:

Hr. 0., J. Zeringue,

Senior Vice Pres..

Nuclear

Operations

Valley Authority

6A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Dr. Hark 0. Medford,. Vice Pres.

Engineering

arid Technical Services

Valley Authority

6A Lookout Place

. 1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Hr. R.

R. Baron,

General

Manager

. Nuclear Licensing

4J Blue Ridge

,1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Mr.'. Salas,.

Manager

Licensing 5 Industry Affairs

4J Blue Ridge

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Hr. R.

D., Hachon', Site Vice 'President

'rowns Fer.ry Nuclear

Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0. Box 2000

'Decatur,

AL ,35602

Hr. T. E. Abney,

Manager.

'Licensing and Industry Affairs

Browns Ferry Nuclear .Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0., Box 2000

,Decatur,

35609

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Hr. E. Preston,

Plant Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35609

General

Counsel

Valley Authority

ET 10H

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

Chairman

Limestone County Commission

310 West Washington Street

Athens,

35611

State Health Officer

Alabama Dept. of Public Health

434 Monroe Street

Montgomery,

36130-1701

Distribution w/encls:

(See

page 4)

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J.

R. Johnson,

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N. S. Lesser,

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F. J.:Hebdon.

J.

F. Williams,

H. L. Mhitener, RII

C. F..Smith; RII

D. H. Thompson, RII

J.

H. Hoorman, RII

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D. Testa.

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PUBLIC

NRC Senior Resident Inspector

U.'S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

10833

Shaw Road

Athens'.

35611

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H. S. Lesser,

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F. J.

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J;. F. Williams,

H. L. Whitener, RII

C. F. Smith, RII

D..H. Thompson,

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J.

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PUBLIC

NRC Senior Resident

Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

10833

Shaw Road

Athens,