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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-259/81-26,50-260/81-26 & 50-296/81-26 on 810727-0825 & Notice of Violation
ML20032D292
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 09/28/1981
From: Robert Lewis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Parris H
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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Download: ML20032D292 (2)


See also: IR 05000259/1981026

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Tennessee Valley Authority

ATTN: Mr. H. G. Parris

fianager of Power

500A Chestnut Street Tower II

Chattanooga, TN 37401

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Report No(k259/81h50-260/81-26, and 50-296/81-26

This refers to the routine safety inspection conducted by Mr. R. F. Sullivan of

this office on July 27 - August 25, 1981, of activities authorized by NRC

Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 for the Browns Ferry facility.

Our preliminary findings were discussed with Mr. H. A. Abercrombie, Plant

Superintendent, at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas examined during the inspection and our findings are discussed -in the

enclosed inspection' report.

Within these areas, the inspection consisted of

selective examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with

personnel, and observations by the inspectors.

During' the inspection, it was found that certain activities under your license

appear.to violate NRC requirements.

These items and references to pertinent

requirements are listed in the Notice of Violation enclosed herewith as

Appendix A.

Elements to be included in your response are delineated in

Appendix A.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this

letter and the enclosed report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

If the report contains any information that you believe to be exempt from

disclosure under 10 CFR 9.5(a)(4), it is necessary that you:

(a) notify this

office by telephone within ten days from the date of this letter of your -

intention to file a request for withholding; and (b) submit within twenty-five

days from the date of this letter a written application to this office to

withhold such information.

If your receipt of this letter has been delayed such

that less than seven days are available for your review, please notify this

office promptly so that a new due date may be established.

Consistent with

section 2.790(b)(1), such application must be accompanied by an affidavit

executed by the owner of the information which identifies the document or part

thereof sought to be withheld, and a full statement of the reasons on the basis

of which it is claimed that the information should be withheld from public

disclosure. This section further requires the statement to address with

specificity the considerations listed in 10 CFR 2.790(b)(4).

The information

sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible into a separate

part of the affidavit.

If we do not hear from you in this regard within the

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specified periods noted above, the report will be placed in the Public Cocument

Room.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, we will be glad to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

R. C. Lewis, Director

Division of Resident and-

Reactor Project Inspection

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Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice of Violation

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Inspection Report Nos. 50-259/81-26,

50-260/81-26, and 50-296/81-26

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H. J. Green, Director of Nuclear Power

H. L. Abercrombie, Plant Superintendent

R. E. Rogers, Project Engineer

H. N. Culver, Chief, Nuclear Safety

Review Staff

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NRC Resident Inspector

Document Management Branch

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