ML20154R805

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Forwards Insp Repts 50-259/88-18,50-260/88-18 & 50-296/88-18 on 880612-30 & Notice of Violation.Insp Findings Indicate That Activities Re Corrective Action for Overloaded Diesel Generator Appear to Violate NRC Requirements
ML20154R805
Person / Time
Site: Browns Ferry  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 09/22/1988
From: Mccoy F
NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
To: White S
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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Download: ML20154R805 (2)


See also: IR 05000259/1988018

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Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296

License Nos. OPR-33, DPR-52, OPR-68

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ATTN: Mr. S. A. White

Sanior Vice President,

Nuclear Power

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-259/88-18, 50-260/88-18, AND

50-296/P8-18)

This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted

by C. R. Brooks on Ju1e 12-30, 1988. The inspection included a review of

activities authorized for your Browns Ferry facility. At the conclusion of

the inspection, the findings were discussed with those members of your staff

identified in the enclosed inspection report.

Areas examined during the inspection included operational safety, maintenance

observation, independent audits, and restart testing. Within these areas, the

inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative

records, interviews with personnel, and observation of activities in progress.

The inspection findings indicate your activities related to correr,tive action

for an overloaded diesel generator appeared to violate NRC requirements. The

violation, references to pertinent requirements, and elements to be included in

your response are described in the enclosed Notice of Violation.

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.

. The responses directed by this letter and the enclosures ate not subject to the

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

Sincerely,

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Frank R. McCoy, Assistant Director

for TVA Inspection Programs,

TVA Projects Division

Office of Special Projects

Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspettion Report

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W. A. Kirkebo, Director,

Nuclear Engineering

g C. Mason, Acting Site Director

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

vR. L. Gridley, Director

Nuclear Safety and Licensing

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VC. G. Waiker, Plant Mar.ager

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