ML20006E564
| ML20006E564 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 02/12/1990 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Kingsley O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9002260011 | |
| Download: ML20006E564 (3) | |
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Dear Mr. Kingsley:
X On January 22 and; 23,.1990 NRC. senior managers met to review the; performance
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of nuclearn power; plants - licensed to operate by _ the NRC.
This meeting c is conducted - semiannually to focus-NRC-resources on those plants and :1ssues of
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greatest safety. significance. - At:this meeting Browns Ferry was-discussed.- It
- was decided thatmit is appropriate to maintain Browns Ferry Units 1, 2, and 3
.in the category of' plants that require NRC authorization to operate and receive u
close monitoring by.the NRC. Plants'placed in this category are having or-have
.i had significant. weaknesses;that warrant maintaining the plant in as shutdown condition until the licensee can demonstrate to the NRC that adequate programs
' have both been established-and implemented to' ensure substantia 1Limprovement.
A s'ummary.of. discussions' held relating to Browns Ferry is~provided below:
Engineering ~ work at the' site has recently'shown-an improved trend =1n both r
qualityland timeliness.
Howevor, your own verification efforts are still-
' showing areas requiring:significant modification, thereby, resulting'in a' t
further slippage in your restart effort.
Improvements.in other areas'have
. occurred:.. 7 approach to resolution of! problessi (fix..instead of-analyze)..
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_ conservativ'e -approach...to: issues 'and stab _ility of' management organization.
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rate'in performing surveillances.- We also have concerns regarding opera-1 tor readiness 'as' indicated Jin 'your 1989 requalification: examination >
results..
'1 The NRC staff's inspection program continues to find mixed results. While
, good ~ results. were : obtained from the.. Appendix ~R and maintenance-
- inspections,. surveillance' and design change inspections were less positive. _ ?These results continue to confirm the staff's -ongoing-u
-assessment-that successful-implementation of the Unit 2 programs is still-a goal not yet achieved.
Other ' areas receiving enhanced staff attention
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An:NRC Connission' meetingiopen to' the.public has been scheduled for February:
15,-1990.to: review,the results of the latest' meeting of NRC. managers. Mr.
' Dennis M. Crutchfield,- Associate Director for Special. Projects, Office of:
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regard to the Browns Ferry
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- If you have.any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to.
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Chairman, Limestone County Comission General Counsel LTennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 188 400 West' Sumit Hill Drive Athens, Alabama' 35611 s
ET llB 33H Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Claude Earl Fox M.D.
i StateHealthOfficer Mr. F. L. Moreadith State Department of Public Health l
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.Vice President, Nuclear Engineering State Office Building LTenneesee Valley Authority Montgomery, Alabama 36130 400 West Sumit Hill Drive WT 12A 12A Regional Admiastrator, Region II Knoxville, Tennessee,37902 U.S. Nuclear, Regulatory Comission i
101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Dr; Mark 0 Medford Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Vice President and Nuclear a
Technical Director Mr. Danny Carpenter Tennessee Valley Authority Senior Resident Inspector 6N 38A Lookout Place Browns Ferry' Nuclear Plant Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission l.
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Manager, Nuclear Licensing Athens, Alabama 35611 l
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Tennessee Valley Authority Dr. Henry Myers, Science Advisor
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Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 and Insular Affairs U.S. House of Representatives H
Washington, D.C.
20515 Mr. 0. J. Zeringue Site Director.
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority-Rockville Office P. O. Box 2000
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-Decatur, Alabama 35602 Suite 402 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Mr. P. Carier Sitt Licensing Manager L
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Mr. G. Campbell Plant Manager-l Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority
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