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ATTN: Mr. James E. Watson
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Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401
Gentlemen:
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This refers to the inspection conducted August 27-29, 1974, by Messrs. W. Little,
R. Sullivan, and C. Alderson of our Region II Office of activities authorized
by AEC facility Operating License No. DPR-33 at the Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant, Unit 1, facility and to discussions of the inspection findings held'
with the Assistant Plant Superintendent on August 29, 1974, a telephans
conversation between Mr. Little and the Plant Superintendent on Angest SS.
1974, and a telephone conversation between Mr. W. C. Seidle, Chief. Facitettaa
Test and Startup Branch, Region II, and Mr. J. E. Gillala=A, Assistant to the
Manager of Power, in the TVA Organisation, on September 4, 1974.
The areas examined during the inspection consisted of the conduct of station
operations, abnormal occurrence records and docucient control, design changes,
the review of startup test results, and to compliance with the Commaissions'
rules and regulations and the conditions of your license. Within these
areas the inspection consisted of selective ava=1 nations of procedures
and representative records, interviews with personnel and observations by,
the inspector.
The results of our followup of previously identified matters are contained
in the enclosed report as follows:
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The results of our inspection of your corrective action on previously
identified violations are discussed in Section II.
The status of unresolved items identified in previous inspection
reports is discussed in Section IV.
During the inspection it was found that two of your activities appeared
to be in violation of AEC requirements.
In addition, three violations of
the Technical Specifications were reported by TVA. The violations and
reference to the pertinent requirements are listed in Section I of the
summary of the enclosed report.
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This mettee is samt to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201 of
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the ABC's " hales of Prestice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.
The violation described in section I.A. of the summary of the report was
the subject of letters to you from Mr. N. C. Moseley, Region II, dated
September 5, 1974, and from Dr. D. F. Knuth, Director of Regulatory
operations, dated September 13, 1974. The violations described in Sections
I.C., I.D. and I.E. were reported as abnormal occurrences by TVA and no
further response is required. With regard to the violation described in
Section I.B. of the sa mary of the report, submit to this office, within
20 days of your receipt of this notice, a written statement or explanation
in reply including (1) corrective steps which have been taken by you, and
the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid
further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
In aceerdance with Section 2.790 of the AEC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the
enclosed inspection report will be placed in the AEC's Public Document
Room. If this report contains any information that you believe to be
proprietary, it is necessary that you submit a written application to
this office requesting that such information be withheld from publia
disclosure.
If no proprietary information is identificd, a written
stat ment to that effect should be submitted.
If an application is
submitted, it amist fully identify the bases for which information is
claimed to be proprietary. The application should be prepared so that
information sought to be withheld is incorporated in a separate paper
and referenced in the application since the application will be placed
in the Public Document Room. Your application, or written statement,
should be submitted to us within 20 days.
If we are not contacted as
specified, the enclosed report and this letter may then be placed in the
Public Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this letter, we vill be gisd to
discuss them with you.
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Very truly yours,
Norman C. Moseley
Director
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