ML20045E035
| ML20045E035 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1993 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Kingsley O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9307010014 | |
| Download: ML20045E035 (3) | |
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JUN 2 2 993 Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296 Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.
President, Generating Group
' Tennessee Valley Authority 3B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Dear Mr. Kingsley:
On June 15-16, 1993, NRC senior managers met to evaluate the nuclear safety performance of operating reactors, fuel facilities, and other materials licensees. The NRC conducts this meeting semiannually to determine if the safety performance of the various licensees exhibits sufficient weaknesses to warrant increased NRC attention.
In addition, at this meeting, senior managers identify specific plants that have demonstrated a level of safety performance that deserves formal recognition. At the June 1993 Senior Management Meeting, Browns Ferry Units 1 and 3 were discussed.
Browns Ferry Units 1 and 3_ remain in the category ~of plants-that require NRC authorization to operate and warrant close monitoring by the NRC.
Plants in this category have, or have had, significant weaknesses and warrant maintaining the units in a shutdown condition until the licensee can demonstrate that adequate programs have been established and implemented to correct the weaknesses. A summary of NRC discussions related to Browns Ferry Units 1 and 3 follows:
Units 1 and 3 require extensive engineering and construction effort prior to restart of the units. Additional engineering progress has been made in preparing Unit 3 for restart even though the rate of progress appears to have slowed due to-interface problems and workload reallocations. A recent reorganization and redefinition of responsibilities to correct the difficulties encountered in aroject controls and to enforce accountability at all levels has )een implemented. Unit 3 has also been adversely impacted by extensive outage modifications on Unit 2.
Completion of the remaining work for Units 1 and 3 will require enhanced management and quality assurance oversight similar to Unit 2.
Based on these considerations, the NRC will continue to closely monitor the programs and performance at Browns Ferry Units 1 and 3.
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s Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr. JUN 2 21993 An NRC Commission meeting,' open to the public, has been scheduled to be held in the Commissioners' Conference Room in Rockville, Maryland, on June 25, 1993, at 9:30 a.m., to review the results of the latest meeting of NRC senior managers. Mr. Stewart D. Ebneter, the Region II Administrator, has discussed the bases for our conclusions with regard to Browns Ferry Units 1 and 3 with members of your staff.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, do 'not hesitate to call me.
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Mr. W. H. Kennoy, Director State Health Officar Tennessee Valley Authority
-Alabama Dept. of Public Health ET 12A 434 Monroe Street-400 West Summit Hill Drive Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1701 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Mr. R. M. Eytchison, Vice President Regional Administrator Nuclear Operations U.S.N.R.C. Region II Tennessee Valley Authority 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
3B Lookout Place Suite 2900.
1101 Market Street Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 Mr. Charles Patterson Site Licensing Manager Senior Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority U.S.N.R.C.
P.O. Box 2000 Route 12, Box 637 Decatur, Alabama 35602 Athens, Alabama 35611 Mr. O. J. Zeringue, Vice President Manager, Nuclear Assurance Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant and Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P.O. Box 2000 Tennessee Valley Authority Decatur, Alabama 35602 P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, Alabama 35602 Mr. M. J. Burzynski, Manager Dr. Mark 0..Medford, Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority Technical Support Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority and Regulatory Affairs 3B Lookout Place 5B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street 1101 Market Street Chattanooga,. Tennessee 37402-2801 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 General Counsel TVA Representative Tennessee-Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority ET 11H 11921 Rockville Pike 400 West Summit Hill Drive Suite 402 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Chairman, Limestone County Commission Post Office Box 188 Athens, Alabama 35611
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