ML20070A525
| ML20070A525 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 01/17/1991 |
| From: | Wallace E TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9101230153 | |
| Download: ML20070A525 (4) | |
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$B Lookout Place JAN 17 B91 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN Document Control Desk Washington, D.C.
20555 Gentlement In the Matter of
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Docket Nos. 50-260 Tennessee Valley Authority
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BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (BFN) - DECLAPATION OF READINESS FOR OPERATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT TEAM (ORAT) INSPECTION Reference Letter from B. A. Wilson to 0. D. Eingsley, Jr. dated June 29, 1990, " Browns Ferry Operational Readiness Ascessment Team Inspection Prerequisites" In the reference letter NRC provided the prerequisites which should be satisfied prior to the ORAT inspection. We have considered each prerequisite, and based on our current schedule BFN will be ready for the ORAT inspection on February 11, 1991.
The status of each prerequisite is summarized below along with a brief description of the manner by which it will or has been fulfilled.
1.
Declaration by TVA that the facility is ready for the NRC ORAT.
STATUSt BFN will be ready for this inspection on February 11, 1991.
2.
Issuance of the TVA Phase 3 Operation 0;udiness Review (ORR) report.
STATUS: This prerequisite was satisfied by the issue of the TVA ORR team's report on March 9, 1990.
This report provided the results of the team's comprehensive review of BFN's operational readiness conducted over a four-week period. The ORR team concluded that, with the programmatic control systems in place and subject to satisfactory resolution of identified and emergent items, BFN can safely resume nuclear operations.
BFN responded to the items identified in this report on September 28, 1990.
The ORR team recommended an additional short independent review of operations and work control at a time closer to Unit 2 restart when the facility's environment will lend itself to a better evaluation of the effectiveness of these activities. This assessment began on January 3, 1991. TVA expects the team to issue its report no later than February 1, 1991.
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Essentially all safety-related modifications are complete and plant systems and creas are under operational control.
STATUS: The safety-related modifications program is essentially complete.
Safety-related modifications are completed as each system is returned to service.
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Completion of 75 percent of the surveillance tests required for startup and identification of outstanding tests.
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Surveillance testing is progressing at a rate determined by the schedule for the return of plant systems to operable status.
This schedule is projecting that 75 percent of the surveillance testo required for startup will be completed by February 11, 1991.
5.
Resolution of essentially all drawing deficiencies for primary and critical drawings.
STATUS:
TVA considers this prerequisite complete.
Drawing deficiencies are being resolved as plant systems are returned to service.
6.
Issuance of essentially all procedure upgrades necessary for restart.
STATUS This prerequisite is complete.
BFN procedures required for restart have been upgraded.
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Completion of the restart te6 program and resolution of essentially all test deficiencies for safety-related systems required to support initial criticality.
r STATUS: The restart test program is essentially complete.
Approxinately twenty restart test exceptions and six restart tests on safety-related systems are scheduled to be completed prior to criticality.
Nine restart tests will be continued into the power ascension test program.
These tests have not been completed because the required plant conditions will not be available until the power ascension test program is begun. All of these tests are safety-related.
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At the beginning of the inspection, the licensee should have available for the inspection teams a.
The status of system line-ups to support plant startup.
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A list of activities required prior to exceeding each TVA management holdpoint.
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The status of any testing other than surveillance or restart testing.
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The status of licensed operator staffing and training.
The requested information will be available for the inspection team at the beginning of the inspection.
TVA expects the current restart schedule to support the completion of the ORAT inspection prerequisites as described hereint however, we will keep NRC informed of the current status of each item through periodic telephone communications with Dr. Peter S. Koltay, NRR.
If you have any questions, please telephone Patrick P. Carier at BFN, 205/729-3570.
Very truly yours, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTi!0RITY fi% p (vv E.C.hktlace, anagor(
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission cci Ms. S. C. Black, Deputy Director Project Directorate II-4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852 NRC Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Route 12 Box 637 Athens, Alabama 35609-2000 Mr. Thierry M. Ross, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 Mr. B. A. Wilson, Project Chief U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 Atlants Georgia 30323 I
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