ML20202C884

Advises of Planned Insp Effort Resulting from Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Semiannual Plant Performance Review,General Time Frame of Planned Insp & Exact Dates of Team Insps, Completed on 971014

ML20202C884
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	11/18/1997
From:	Lesser M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Zeringue O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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NUDOCS 9712040093
Download: ML20202C884 (6)

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9 November 18, 1997 Tenne:;s'ee Val'ey Authority e ATTN: .Mr. P. J. Zeringue

' Chir.f Nuclear:0fficer ~

and Executive Vice President:

6A Lookout Place- 1 1101 Market Street Chattanooga. TN 37402-2801  ;

SUBJECT:

PLANT PERFORMANCE REVIEW (PPR).- BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT ,

Dear Mr. Zeringue:

On October 14, 1997, the Regional staff completed the Semiannual Plant

. Performance Review (PPR) of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. The staff conducts these reviews for all operating nuclear power plants to develo) an integrated understanding of safety performance. The results are used by Regional '

management to facilitate planning and allocation of- inspection resources. The '

PPR 'for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating inspection results and safety aerformance infccmation for the period April 1997. through September 1997. PPts provide Regicnfi management with a current summary of licensee performance and serve as inputs  !

to the NRC Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) and Senior Management Meeting (SMM) reviews.

This letter advises you of our planned inspection effort resulting from the

< ' Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant PPR review and the general time freme of planned inspections plus the exact dates of team insper.tions. It is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector

,- arrival onsite. The enclosure details our insoection plan for the next six months. Individual inspections are identified by the month (s) in which we intend to conduct the inspection. Exact d6tes are not provided for non-team inspections because experience has proven that we must often change dates as the result of higher priority requirements and conflicts at your-site or other sites. You will be contacted three-six weeks prior to individual inspections to confirm dates. The rationale or basis for each inspection outside the core ins)ection program is provided so that you are-aware of the reasons for

- emplasis in these program areas. Resident inspections are not listed due to

. their ongoing and continuous nature.

The NRC's-general policy for. reactor inspections is that each ins)ection shall be announced. except when announcing the inspection could reasona)1y '

compromise the objectives of the inspectors. Therefore, some specific inspections, such as in the security and radiological srotection areas, may not be announced, j

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TVA 2 As part of the regional initiative inspection program, we plan to conduct followup inspections of fire barrier penetration seal issues during the next six months. The issues are discussed in Information Notice (IN) 88-04, "inade Seals,guate Qualification and IN and Documentation 88-56 " Potential of Fire Barrier Problems with Silicone Penetration Foam Fire Barrier Penetration Seals."

We will inform you of any changes to the inspection plan. If you have any questions, please contact Mark S. Lesser. Chief. Reactor Projects Branch 6 at (404) 562-4560.

Sincerely.

OriginalSipO M.S. I.25W

, Mark S. Lesser. Chief Reactor Projects Branch 6 Division of Reacto,' Projects Docket Nos.. 50-259. 50-260 and 50-296 t.icear Nos DRP-33. DRP-52 and DRP-68

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.TVA 3 cc w/ encl:

Sonior.Vice President -Mr. P. Salas. Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority-6A Lookout Place- P, 0. Box 2000 1101 Market Street Decatur, AL 35609 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 General Counsel Mr. J. A. Bailey, Vice Pres. Tennessee Valley Authority Engineering and Technical Services ET 10H Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Sumit Hill Drive 6A Lookout Place Knoxville. TN 37902

~ 1101 Market Street Cnattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Chairman Limestone County Comission Mr. R. R. Baron General Manager 310 West Washington Street Nuclear Assurance Athens. AL 35611 4J Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street State Health Officer

-Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Alabama Dept. of Public Health 434 Monroe Street Mr,- M. J. - Burtynski , Mariagu Montgce ry ^! M130-1701 Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Distribution w/ encl: (See page 4) 4J Blue.R.Jge 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. C. M. Crane, Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessec Valley Authority P. C. Box 2000 Decatur. AL 35602 Mr. T. E. Abney, Manager Licensing and Indu;try Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 4

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INSPECTION PLAN BROWNS FERRY INSPECTION TITLE / PROGRAM NUMBER OF PLANNED INSPECTION TYPE-INSPECTORS DATES COMMENTS TI Generic Letter 89-10 Closecut Inspection 1 11/97 Program directed 2515/109 IP 82701 Emergency Preparedness 1 12/97 Core IP 84750 Radioactive Waste Treatment and Effluent 1 12/97 Core IP 86750 Environmental Monitoring: Solid Radioactive Waste Management cod Transportation of Radioactive Materials IP 62700 Maintenance planning implementation, and 2 1/98 Regional Initiative procedure adherence . due to performance IP 81700 Security 1 1/98 Core IP 83750 Occupational Radiation Exposure 1 1/98 Core IP 40500 Effectiveness of Licensee Self-Assessment and 4 2/9-13/98 Team Core Corrective Action IP 84750 Radioactive Waste Treatment and Effluent 1 2/98 Core IP 86750 Environmental Monitoring: Solid Radicactive Waste Management and Transportation of -

Radioactive Materials IP 83750 Occupational Radiation Exposure 1 3/98 Core IP 38701 Procu" ament process corrective action 1 3/98 Regional Initiative due to performance IP 64704 Fire protection (penetration seals) 1 3/98 Regional initiative.

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IP 37001 Review of Safety Evaluation Program (10 CFR 1 4/98 Core 50.59)

IP 37550 Engineering and Technical Support 1 4/98 Core Attachment

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