ML20206A439

Forwards Insp Repts 50-327/88-46 & 50-328/88-46 on 881005-11 & Forwards Notice of Violation.Numerous Addl Deficiencies Noted in Area of Fire Barriers

ML20206A439
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	11/08/1988
From:	Mccoy F NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
To:	Kingsley O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML20206A442	List: IR 05000327/1988046 ML20206A439 ML20206A486
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NUDOCS 8811150117
Download: ML20206A439 (2)

See also: IR 05000327/1988046

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Docket Nos.: 50-327 and 50-328

License Nos.: OPR-77 and OPR-79

vtfr.O. D. Kingsley

Senior Vice President, Nuclear Power

Tennessee Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Square

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF V10LAT10N

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT N05. 50-327/88-46 AND 50-328/88-46)

This refers to the special Nuclear Regulatory Cormiission (NRC) heatup

shift coverage inspection conducted by Ken Jenison from October 5, 1988

througt October 11, 1988. The inspection included a review of the activities

associated with the heatup of Sequoyah Unit 1. 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 verification.

Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of pro-

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cedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation

of activities in progress.

The inspection findings indicate that certain activities appeared to violate

NRC requiretrents. The identified violation involved a failure to implement a

fire watch for non-functional fire barriers per the action statement of

Technical Specification 3.7.12. During this inspection and your subsequent

investigation, numerous additional deficiencies were noted in the fire watch

routes. It is expected that your response to this violation should include

resolution and corrective actions for all the identified deficiencies. 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, its enclo:ures,

and any reply will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

The responses directed by this letter and its enclosures are not subjected to

the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by

the Pape work Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

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

Sincerely.

Frank R. McCoy, Assistant Director

for TVA Inspection Programs

TVA Projects Division

Office of Special Projects

Enclosures:

1. Noti. of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report

cc w/encls:

J. A. Kirkebo, Vice President,

Nuclear Engineering

( K T. LaPoint, Acting Site Director

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

d L. Gridley, Director

Nuclear Safety and Licensing

d M. Ra,y, Acting Site Licensing

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'TVA Representative, Rockville Office

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