ML18038B814
| ML18038B814 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 01/27/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18038B813 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-260-96-13, 50-296-96-13, NUDOCS 9702100328 | |
| Download: ML18038B814 (6) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Unit 2 and Unit 3 Docket Nos.
50-260 and 50-296 License Nos.
DPR-52 and DPR-68 During an NRC inspection conducted from November 24, 1996, through January 4,
- 1997, two violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
A.
B.
Technical Specification 6.8.1.1.a requires that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the applicable
,procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Rl,vision 2, February 1978.
Paragraph 9(e) of Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33 recommends procedures for control of maintenance.
Site Standard Practice procedure SSP-7.1, Work Control, Revision 15, requires control of any work activity which can change or can have the potential to change a component, system or unit configuration.
Section 3.2.1.A requires that an initiator of a work activity is to prepare a
work request f'r activity performance and after review by the initiator's supervisor, this request is to be forwarded to Operations for further review.
Operations review, according to Section 3.2.1.B of SSP-7.1, affords plant/unit operations an assessment of potential impacts of the activity on unit operation.
Contrary to the above, on December, 12,
- 1996, a work request was not prepared and therefore, an assessment of potential impacts was not conducted for a tailored, tarpaulin cover erected over and around the upper surface area of the Unit 2 spent fuel pool.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I), applicable to Unit 2 only.
Technical Specification 6.8.1.l.a requires that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the applicable procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978.
Paragraph 7 ot Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33 recommends procedures for control of radioactivity.
Operating Instruction 3-0I-6, Feedwater Heating and Hisc Drains System, Revision 7, provides Precautions..and Limitations, Prestartup/Standby Readiness Requirements, and procedural steps for operation of'he Feedwater Heating System.
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Site Standard Practice procedure SSP-12.1, Conduct of Operations, Revision 30, states that radiological control personnel should be informed prior to evolutions or activities that have a potential to significantly change radiological conditions in the plant.
Contrary to the above:
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Operating Instruction 3-0I-6, Feedwater Heating and Hisc Drains
- System, Revision 7, was inadequate to ensure radiological control personnel were notified of changing plant conditions which caused an unanticipated -rise in area radiation levels as evidenced by identification of an uncontrolled locked high radiation area on December 27, 1996.
2.
Site Standard Practice procedure SSP-12.1, Conduct of Operations, Revision 30, was inadequate to ensure that unit radiological control personnel were informed prior to evolutions or activities which have the potential to significantly change radiological conditions in,the plant as evidenced by the identification of an uncontrolled locked high radiation area on December 27, 1996.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I), applicable to Unit 3 only.
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, the 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 mar ked "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 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 27th day of January 1997