ML20195J649

Forwards Shift Coverage Insp Repts 50-327/88-26 & 50-328/88-26 on 880403-0504 & Notice of Violation.Nrc Still Has Concern Re Overall Adequacy of Configuration Control. Requests Consideration of Enforcement History in Response

ML20195J649
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	06/17/1988
From:	Mccoy F NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
To:	White S TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML20195J655	List: IR 05000327/1988026 ML20195J649 ML20195J672
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NUDOCS 8806290181
Download: ML20195J649 (2)

See also: IR 05000327/1988026

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Bocket Nos.: 50-327 and 50-328

License Nos.: DPR-77 and DPR-79

Tennecee Valley Authority

L/TTN: Mr. S. A. White

Manager of Nuclear Power

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Square

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-327/88-26 AND 50-328/88-26)

This refers to the special Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) shift

coverage inspection conducted by the NRC's Sequoyah Restart Task Force

on April 3, 1988 thru May 4, 1988. The inspection included a review of

the activities associated with the heatup of Sequoyah Unit 2. 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 are identified in the report.

These areas included extended control room observation and operational

safety verifation. 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 that certain activities appeared to ,

violate NRC requirements. Accordingly, the violation, references to l

pertinent requirements, and elements to be included in your response are I

described in the enclosed Notice of Violation. In light of similar

violations previously cited in Inspection Reports 327,328/87-30, 87-66,

and 88-06, the NRC still has concern regarding the overall adequacy of

configuration control at Sequoyah. Please consider this previous

enforcement history in your root cause evaluation of the violation

herein.

Two unresolved items were identified during the inspection. An

unresolved item concerning delays in entering and reporting LCO entry on l

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RCS leakrate and concerns with initiation of Abnormal U arating

ga Instructions is addressed in paragraph 10 of the enclos; report. A

Smo second unresolved item was identified concerning the det 11 tion of

$8C control room areas to which operators are restricted while at the

oo controls. This item is further documented in paragraph 3 of the

$$ enclosed report. With regard to this second unresolved item, it is

yy requested that you provide a response, within 30 days of the date of

mo this letter, that addresses the results of'your review of this situation

o$ and any corrective actions considered appropriate to achieve resolution.

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4 Zn 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, its

h$10 enclosures, and any reply will be placed in the NRC's Public Document

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The-responses directed by this letter and its enclosures are not sub-

jected to the. clearance procedures of the Office of Management and

i: Budget as required by the Paperwork-Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511. ,

Should you have any. questions co'ncerning this letter, please contact us.

Sincerely,

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Frank R. McCoy

Sequoyah Startup Manager

Office of Special Projects

Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report  ;

cp w/encls:

W.L. Abercrombie, Site Director j

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

bk( A. Kirkebo, Director,

Nuclear Engineering

v(. L. Gridley, Director l

Nuclear Safety and Licensing

LMI R . Harding, Site Licensing i

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MA Representative, Bethesda Office

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D. Ebneter, OSP

G. Partlow, OSP

D. Richardson, OSP

LOT G. Zech, OSP

C. Black, OSP

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0 . D. Liaw, OSP

K. P. Barr, OSP

F. R. McCoy, OSP

J ., B . Brady, OSP

V. R u t b e r g , OGC

VNRC Resident Inspector

DRS Technical Assistant

NRC Document Control Desk

State of Tennessee

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