ML20216H629
| ML20216H629 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 04/10/1998 |
| From: | Christensen H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Zeringue O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20216H631 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-327-98-03, 50-327-98-3, 50-328-98-03, 50-328-98-3, NUDOCS 9804210204 | |
| Download: ML20216H629 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000327/1998003
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ATTN:
Mr. O. J. Zeringue
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Chief Nuclear Officer and
~ Executive Vice President
6A Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga. TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-327/98-03 AND 50-328/98-03 AND
. Dear Mr. Zeringue:
This refers to the inspection conducted on February 1 through March 14. 1998,
at your Sequoyah facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that
inspection.
During the inspection period your cc,1 duct of activities at the Sequoyah
facility was generally characterized by good operations. However; negative
findings were identified-for a deficient surveillance procedure and a lack of
guidance for reviewing the printout frc.,m the control room alarm printer.
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addition.~further review is necessary to resolve issues with waste gas samples
that indicated high oxygen concentration in the pressurizer relief tank.
Maintenance review of issues was noted to be good.
Engineering support was
considered to be good, however; further review is necessary to resolve issues
related to valve stroke testing.
Plant support was considered to be good with
an exception that a problem evaluation report and a work request were not
initiated as required.
Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that a
violation of NRC requirenents occurred.
The violation is cited in the
enclosed Notice of Violation (NOV) and the circumstances surrounding it are
described in ' detail in the subject inspection report. The violation involved
failures to initiate a work request when waste gas samples could"not be
obtained and failure to initiate a problem evaluation report. Both examples
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were related to sampling of the pressurizer relief tank and initial samples
that indicated high oxygen concentrations in the tank.
You are ' required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
The NRC will
use your response. in part, to determine whether further enforcement action is~
necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice." a copy of
this letter its enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC
Public Document Room.
Sincerely.
Original signed by Harold O. Chriatensen
Harold O. Christensen Chief
Reactor Projects Branch 6
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos. 50-327. 50-328
Enclosures: 1.
2.
NRC Inspection Report
cc w/encls:
J. A Scalice
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Operations
Tenn?ssee Valley Authority
6A Lookout Place
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1101-Market Street
Chattanooga. TN 37402-2801
Jack A. Bailey. Vice President
Engineering and Technical Services
Tennessee Valley Authority
6A Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga TN 37402-2801
Masoud Bajestani
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Site Vice President
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P. O. Box 2000
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General Counsel
Tennessee Valley Authority
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400 West Summit Hill Drive
Knoxville TN 37902
Raul R. Baron General Manager
Nuclear Assurance
Tennessee Valley Authority
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1101 Market Street
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Mark J. Burzynski, Manager
Nuclear Licensing
Tennessee Valley Authority
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1101 Market Street
Chattanooga. TN 37402-2801
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Pedro Salas. Manager .
Licensing and Industry Affairs
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P. O. Box 2000
Soddy-Daisy. TN 37379
J. T. Herron. Plant Manager
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Michael H. Mobley. Director
Division of Radiological Health
3rd Floor. L and C Annex
401 Church Street
Nashville TN 37243-1532
County Executive
Hamilton County Courthouse
Chattanooga. TN 37402
Distribution w/encls: See page 4
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R. W. Hernan. NRR
F. Hebdon, NRR
W. C. Bearden. RII
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C. F. Smith RII
E. D. Testa. RII
D. H. Thompson. RII
L. S. Mellen. RII
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NRC Resident Inspector. Operations
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
1260 Nuclear Plant Road
Spring City. TN 37381
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