ML20012C316
| ML20012C316 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hartsville  |
| Issue date: | 03/06/1990 |
| From: | Wilson B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Kingsley O Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9003210021 | |
| Download: ML20012C316 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000518/1987001
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Docket No. 50-518
License No. CPPR-150
Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.
Senior Vice President Nuclear Power
Tennessee Valley Authority
6N 38A Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Dear Mr. Kingsley:
SUBJECT: REPORT NO. 50-518/87-01
Thank you for your responses of July 14, 1988, and November 29, 1988, to our
Notice of Violation issued on May 1, 1988, concerning activities conducted at
your Hartsville facility.
We have evaluated your responses to items a and c
of the Notice of Violation and found that they meet the requirements of
We will examine the implementation of your corrective actions
during future inspections.
After careful consideration of your response to item b of the Notice of
Violation, we have concluded that the requirements of 10 CFR 2.201 were not
met.
Part b of the violation concerned implementation of vendor maintenance
requirements.
Your response to this item states, "TVA's Power Stores has
idet,tified and tagged all material associated with this portion of the
violation.
The tags require that the item identified will undergo an
evaluation by DNE before its use in a safety-related application at one of
TVA's nuclear plants."
It appears f rom the response that you have only
addressed the specific items identified by the NRC's limited sample
inspection.
In addition, we have the following comments relative to your practice of
allowing nuclear safety-related equipment to be downgraded and moved out of
storage to the weather, then subsequently returned to nuclear reserved
status.
We understand from your response that the Division of Nuclear
Engineering (DNE), upon the deferral of Hartsville, Phipps Bend, and Yellow
Creek Nuclear Plants, issued long tenn storage and preventive maintenance
instructions by Drawings 89-36A0200-00-0A to streamline and consolidate
requirements.
While we understand your explanation as to why these revised
requirements were not, in some cases, in strict accordance with a particular
vendor's instructions, we want to emphasize the importance of storing and
maintaining safety-related equipment in accordance with 'sendor recommendations
and ANS! 45.2.2, " Packaging, Shipping, Receiving
Storage, and Handling of
Items for Nuclear Power Plants, (During the Construction Phases)."
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position is that if these requirements are not complied with, then you should
have methods in place to ensure that safety-related equipment which is
downgraded and subsequently upgraded to nuclear status is adequate to perform
its required safety function in the plant.
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within 30 days of the date of this. letter, that includes the corrective actions-
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In addition, please describe in detail the methods you have in
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We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
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R. J. Steven
Director
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Nuclear Managers Review Group
249-A HBB
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
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Tennessee Valley Authority
400 West Sumit Hill Drive
P. O. Box 800
Knoxville, TN 37902
Spring City, TN 37381
D. L. Williams, Jr., Supervisor
TVA Representative
Licensing Section
Rockville Office
Tennessee Valley Authority
11921 Rockville Pike
400 West Sumit Hill Drive W10885
Suite 402
Knoxville, TN 37902
Rockville, MD 20B52
M. Hellums
General Counsel
Project Engineer
Tennessee Valley Authority
400 Commerce Street Tower II
400 West Summit Hill Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37401
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Knoxville, TN 37902
State of Tennessee
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