ML20073B829
| ML20073B829 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 09/14/1994 |
| From: | Zeringue O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9409220239 | |
| Download: ML20073B829 (4) | |
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Tennessee Va ey A#m!y itst C't:ce Bos 2000 Soddy Da.sy Tennesste 37379 u
September 14, 1994 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN Document Control Desk Washington, D.C.
20555 Gentlemen:
In the Matter of
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Docket Nos. 50-327 Tet.essee Valley Authority
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50-328 SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN) - REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NOV) -
(OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NO. 2-93-024R)
The enclosure contains TVA's response to J. Philip Stohr's letter to Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr. dated August 23, 1994, which transmitted the subject NOV.
The NOV involves management's failure to ensure that statements in the submittal were complete and accurate in all material i
respects.
If you have any questions concerning this submittal, please telephone C. H. Whittemore at (615) 843-7210.
Sincere y, s.J.tZeringue Acting Site Vice President Enclosure cc See page 2 940922O239 940914 PDR ADOCK 05000327 O
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 September 14, 1994 cc (Enclosure):
Mr.
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E. LaBarge, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2739 NRC Resident Inspector Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 2600 Igou Ferry Road Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee 37379-3624 Regional Administrator U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323-2711 b
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ENCLOSURE RESPONSE TO NRC REPORT NO. 2-93-024R J.
PHILIP STOHR'S LETTER TO OLIVER D.
KINGSLEY, JR.
DATED AUGUST 23, 1994 i
Violation OIR 2-93-024R "10 CFR 50.9(a) requires, in part, that information provided to the Commission by a licensee or information required by statute or by the Commission'" regulations, orders, or license conditions to be maintained by the licensee shall be complete and accurate in all material aspects.
" Contrary to the above, information provided to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by the licensee was not complete and accurate in all material aspects. Specifically, by letter dated November 3, 1992, the licensee informed the NRC that TVA was in full compliance with procedure SSP-13.2, Revision 4, Chemical Traffic Control Program, when continuing examples of improper labeling and storage of chemicals were identified by the licensee on November 2, 1992 and November 5, 1992, as documented in the licensee's Monitoring Report No. QSQ-R-92-446, dated November 18, 1992.
"This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VII)."
Reeaco for_;he Violation Sequoyah's Vice President signed the response to Violation 50-327, 328/92-25-01 o.'. November 3, 1992, but was unaware of the status of a chemical traff:2 control (CTC) assessment that began one day earlier on November 2, 1992.
This assessment identified several CTC issues. As demonstrated during the enforcement conference, the specific issues resulting from the assessment were insignificant and did not meet the criteria in 10 CFR 50.9(b) for reporting incorrect information to NRC.
Corrective Steps That Have Been Taken and the Results Achieved The CTC event, initial violation, initial violation response, enforcement conference information, and subsequent report have been reviewed by Sequoyah management and other personnel, including the Licensing staff.
The review has underscored the importance of senior site management having current knowledge of ongoing developments and ensuring the accuracy of correspondence at the time of submittal to NRC.
Corrective Steps That Will be Taken to Avoid Future Violations The concurrence process for violation responses now takes into account any ongoing TVA assessments that may affect the validity of the response.
Also, statements of compliance in future violation responses will include a recognition of scheduled near-term assessments or audits i
in the subject area.
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g Date When Full comoliance Will be Achieved TVA considers the actions as stated above and as discussed in the enforcement conference on July 22, 1994, to be sufficient to have achieved full compliance with the subject regulation.
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