ML20058J800

Summarizes 931115 Meeting W/Util Re SALP Rept Forwarded on 931104.List of Attendees Encl

ML20058J800
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Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	11/29/1993
From:	Merschoff E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Medford M TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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NUDOCS 9312140245
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NOV 2 91993 Docket No. 50-260 License No. DPR-52 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN:

Dr. Mark 0. Medford Vice President, Technical Support 3B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

- BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE (SALP), UNIT 2 This refers to the meeting conducted at our request at your Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant on November 15, 1993. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the SALP report which was forwarded to you on November 4, 1993.

It is our opinion that this meeting was beneficial to us in aiding our understanding of your ongoing programs and activities on Unit 2.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact us.

Sincerely, (Original signed by E. Merschoff)

Ellis W. Herschoff, Director Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

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1 Craven Crowell, Chairman General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority ET 12A ET 11H 400 West Summit Hill Drive 400 West Sumit Hill Crive Knoxville, TN 37902 Knoxville, TN 3790:.

W. H. Kennoy, Director Chairman, Limestone County Tennessee Valley Authority Commission ET 12A P. O. Box 188 400 West Summit Hill Drive Athens, AL 35611 Knoxville, TN 37902 C. E. Fox, M.D.

Johnny H. Hayes, Director State Department of Public Health Tennessee Valley Authority State Office Building ET 12A 434 Monroe Street 400 West Summit Hill Drive Montgomery, AL 36130 Knoxville, TN 37902 Mr. T. D. Shriver R. M. Eytchison, Vice President Nuclear Assurance and Licensing Nuclear Operations Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 3B Lookout Place Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street P. O. Box 2000 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Decatur, AL 35602 J

B. S. Schofield, Manager D. E. Nunn, Vice President Nuclear Licensing and Regulatory Nuclear Projects Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority 38 Lookout Place 4G Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 bcc w/encls:

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Pedro Salas Site Licensing Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35602

0. J. Zeringue, Vice President Browns Farry Operations Tennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35602 TVA Representative Tennessee Valley Authority 11921 Rockville Pike Suite 402 Rockville, MD 20852

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J. F. Williams, NRR G. Lainas, NRR F. Hebdon, NRR L. J. Watson, RII Document Control Desk NRC Senior Resident Inspector Charles Patterson U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i

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ENCLOSURE 1 LIST OF ATTENDEES j

NRC S. D. Ebneter, Regional Administrator, Region II, (RII)

E. W. Merschoff, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII F. J. Hebdon, Director, Project Directorate 11-4, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)

'i P. J. Kellogg, Chief, Reactor Projects Section 4A, DRP, RII C. A. Patterson, Senior Resident Inspector, DRP, RII J. T. Munday, Resident Inspector, DRP, RII R. A. Musser, Resident Inspector, DRP, RII G. A. Schnebli, Resident Inspector, DRP, RII l

J. F. Williams, Project Manager, NRR K. M. Clark, Public Affairs Officer, RII R. E. Trojanowski, State Liaison Officer, RII l

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W. H. Kennoy, Director, Tennessee Valley Authority l

R. M. Eytchison, Vice President, Nuclear Operations M. O. Medford, Vice President, Technical Support

0. J. Zeringue, Vice President, Browns Ferry J. A. Scalice, Plant Manager i

E. Preston, Operations Manager i

R. J. Jones, Operations Superintendent P. Salas, Site Licensing Manager i

T. D. Shriver, Nuclear Assurance and Licensing Manager l

J. Rupert, Engineering and Modifications Manager J. Maddox, Engineering Manager Other members of TVA staff were also present.

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ENCLOSURE 2 i

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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f BROWNS FERRY UNIT 2 Cycle 11 May 24,1992 through September 18,1993 SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE l

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LICENSEE PRESENTATION November 15,1993

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NRC Organization for Review of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS James M. Taylor DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION, REGIONAL OPERATIONS & RESEARCH James H. Sniezek I

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGION II REACTOR REGULATION ATLANTA Regional Admin.

• • Stewart D. Ebneter Director Thomas E.Murle ;

Dep. Regional Admin.

Luis A. Reyes Deputy Director Frank J. Miragli l ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SA ET AN SA E U RDS F O FI PROJECTS Director

• J. Philip Stohr Dep. Director Bruce S. Mallett Assoc. Director L. Joe Callai i

DIVISION OF REACTOR SAFETY Director Albert F. Gibson REACTOR OJECTS - s (Il Dep. Director

• Johns P. Jaudon Director Steven A.hrg Asst. Director Gus C. Laina l DIVISION OF REACTOR PROJECTS Director

• Ellis W. Merschoff Dep. Director Jon R. Johnson PROJECT DIFtECTORATE Il-4 Director

• Frederick J. Hebdc O

REACTOR PROJECTS Project Manager David C. Trimbi BRANCH NO. 4 Branch Chief Richard V. Crienjak Section Chief Paul J. Kellogg SRI Charles A. Patterson

• • Approving Official SALP Board Membe,

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PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AREA FOR OPERATING REACTORS 4

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OPERATIONS 1

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MAINTENANCE 3.

ENGINEERING 4.

PLANT SUPPORT

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AREA PERFORMANCE CATEGORY 1

LICENSEE ATTENTION AND INVOLVEMENT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY FOCUSED ON SAFETY AND RESULTED IN A SUPERIOR LEVEL OF SAFETY j

PERFORMMANCE.

LICENSEE PROGRAMS :

AND PROCEDURES HAVE PROVIDED I

EFFECTIVE CONTROLS.

THE LICENSEE'S SELF ASSESSMENT EFFORTS HAVE BEI N EFFECTIVE IN THE lDENTIFICATION OF EMERGENT ISSUES.

j CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE I

TECHNICALLY SOUND,

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COMPREHENSIVE, AND THOROUGH.

RECURRING PROBLEMS ARE j

ELIMINATED AND RESOLUTION OF l

ISSUES IS TIMELY.

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSES ARE THOROUGH.

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1 AREA PERFORMANCE CATEGORY 2 LICENSEE ATTENTION AND INVOLVEMENT ARE NORMALLY WELL FOCUSED AND RESULTED IN A GOOD LEVEL OF SAFETY PERFORMANCE.

LICENSEE PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES NORMALLY PROVIDE THE NECESSARY CONTROL OF ACTIVITIES, BUT DEFICIENCIES EXIST.

THE LICENSEE'S SELF-ASSESSMENTS ARE NORMALLY GOOD, ALTHOUGH ISSUES MAY ESCAPE IDENTIFICATION.

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE USUALLY l

EFFECTIVE, ALTH.OUGH SOME MAY NOT BE COMPLETE.

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ANALYSES ARE NORMALLY THOROUGH !

1 AREA PERFORMANCE CATEGORY 3 1

LICENSGE ATTENTION AND INVOLVEMENT l

HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL'OF-SAFETY PERFORMANCE.

HOWEVER, LICENSEE PERFORMANCE MAY EXHIBIT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS.

LICENSEE PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES HAVE NOT PROVIDED SUFFICIENT CONTROL OF ACTIVITIES IN IMPORTANT AREAS. THE LICENSEE'S-SELF-ASSESSMENT EFFORTS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER A POTENTIAL PROBLEM BECOMES APPARENT.

A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT 1

ISSUES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DEMONSTARTED.

NUMEROUS MINOR ISSUES COMBINE TO INDICATE THAT THE LICENSEE'S CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT THOROUGH.

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSES DO NOT PROBE DEEP ENOUGH, RESULTING IN INCOMPLETE RESOLUTION OF ISSUES.

BECAUSE THE MARGIN TO UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE IN IMPORTANT AREAS IS SMALL, INCREASED NRC AND LICENSEE ATTENTION IS REQUIRED.

OPERATIONS (CATEGORY 1)

STRENGTHS

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RESPONSE TO ABNORMAL CONDITIONS CONTROL OF ROUTINE PLANT EVOLUTIONS EOPs MANAGEMENT CONTROL OUTAGE CONTROL /

SYSTEM PLANNING TRAINING CHALLENGES l

INATTENTIVENESS / LACK OF QUESTIONING ATTITUDE INFREQUENTLY USED PROCEDURES

MAINTENANCE (CATEGORY 2)

STRENGTHS PLANNING AND CONTROL ROUTINE TEST CONTROL PLANT MATERIAL CONDITION CHALLENGES PERSONNEL ERROR FAILURE TO

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STRENGTHS EFFECTIVE COOPERATION 1

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PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS 1

i SUPPORT OF REFUELING OUTAGE UPDATE OF DRAWINGS EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF TEMPORARY MODIFICATIONS 5

CHALLENGES TECHNICAL ADEQUACY /

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LICENSING SUBMITTALS i

i CORRECT MINOR DEFICIENCIES IN ADEQUACY OF DESIGN INFORMATION

PLANT SUPPORT (CATEGORY 1)

STRENGTHS i

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PROGRAMS ALARA PROGRAM i

TRAINING PROGRAMS SELF-ASSESSMENTS FOR SECURITY / RADCON j

CHALLENGES PROGRAM / PROCEDURE ADHERENCE IN FIRE PROTECTION ACCESS AND SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION CONTROL RAD CON PROCEDURAL ADHERENCE

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SUMMARY

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FUNCTIONAL RATING RATING AREA LAST PERIOD THIS PERIOD- :

OPERATIONS 1

1 MAINTENANCE 2

2 ENGINEERING 2

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PLANT SUPPORT N/A 1

SA/QV 2(IMPROVING).

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RAD CONTROL 1

SECURITY 2

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