ML20235X171
| ML20235X171 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1987 |
| From: | Gridley R TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8710190241 | |
| Download: ML20235X171 (4) | |
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TEb NESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY CH ATTANOOG A. TENNESSEE 37401 SN 157B Lookout Place 00T 151987 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission h
ATTN: Document Control Desk o e Washington, D.C.
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Gentlemen:
Q t2 In the Matter of
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Docket Nos. 50-25 CD Tennessee Valley Authority
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50-26 50-295 BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR pLARI (BFN) - NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-259/87-17, l
50-260/87-17, AND 50-296/87-17 Enclosed is TVA's response to G. G. Zech's letter to S. A. White dated May 27, 1987, which transmitted the subject report. This report requested additional information regarding our resolutions of Allegation RII 86-A-0314 and Employee Concern XX 85-040-003.
Our August 5, 1987 response acknowledged your concerns, identified that both items were being reevaluated, and that a supplemental response would be forwarded to your staff upon completion.
l We have completed our reevaluation of these items, the results of which are enclosed.
If you require additional information regarding this matter, please j
telephone M. J. May, BFN, at (205) 729-3566.
l To the best of my knowledge, I declare the statements contained herein are complete and true.
Very truly yours, TENNESSEE V ' LEY AUTHORITY R.
ridley, D3 rector Nuclear Licenting and Regulatory hffairs Enclosures cc:
Seo page 2 8710190241 871015 PDR ADOCK 05000259
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08T' 151987' U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission cc (Enclosures):
Mr. G. G. Zech, Assistant Director
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Regional Inspections Division of TVA Projects Office of Special Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta St.,: NW, suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Mr. J. A.'Zwolinski, Assistant Director
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for Projects-Division of TVA Projects Office of Special Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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. Browns. Ferry Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Route 2. P.O. Box 311
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l ALLEGATION RII 86-A-0314
'l On November 26, 1986, a TVA employee alleged that 3'O to 50 General Electric (GE) Company contract personnel hired to perform the safe-end replacement-work on Browns Ferry unit 2 did not receive adequate background checks.
This allegation was investigated by TVA and;a response to NRC was provided on February 11, 1987.. This response descrihsd the general process by which TVA t
accepted GE's self-screening program to s$tisfy the' background investigation
'l requirements. This response was subsequently rev13wei by NRC and additional I
information requested regarding TVA's conclusions. '()
<ll In' response to this request, TVA has reviewed the GE clearance program and the
" good guy" letters supplied by GE.
There were 31, indiylduals cleared by GE as part of the safe-end project..All 31 individuals were cleared after V
May 22, 1986. This is significant in that GE placed.it/effect a new clearance procedure on that date.
This procedure was audited.bf'sTVA during an inspection on May 7, 1987, and found to mest all TVA requirements. Therefore, all of the safe end personnel accepted on " good guy" letters from CE's self-screening program met all applicable clearance requirements. The
- remaining individuals associated with the safe end project were cleared by transfer from another utility with an approved program (six individuals) or by satisfactorily completing the standard TVA screening program (nine individuals).
In summary, it is our determination that the GE contract personnul were properly cleared.
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EMPLOYEE CONCERN XX-85-040-003
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'In 1985, a T7A employee identified a concern that a person with a visitor
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The original investigation of this concern by TVA Employee Concerns determined that thero had'been isolated cases'of escorts taking visitors inte areas for which th5 visitor wari not properly preauthorized.
However, since these JV visitors 'were accompanied by authorized escorts, the investigation concluded that the concern was'not substantiated at BFN. This conclusion was
. subsequently, reviewed by NRC and additional clarification requested in Inspection Report 37-17.
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In response to this request, TVA has reviewed the concern and related security.
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procedures..This rr4 view confirmed that isolated cases of such acceas described above had occurred, and continue to occur on an infrequent basis.
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The concern that visitors were entering areas in an unauthorized manner was not substantiated since the visitors were under the control of authorized escorts. A related concern is valid from the perspective the visitors had not received proper prior written approval' to be escorted into these areas. This problem had been previously identified by site security and appropriate actions taken to preclude recurrence.
Specifically, card keys assigned to visitors are now programmed only for those areas for which authorized approval is granted.
Any attempts to access unauthorized areas are properly responded to'by security.
Even in those isolated incidents where access is gained by "piggybacking," the visitor and escort are promptly apprehended and escorted from the area, the incident properly reported, and follow-up corrective action taken.to preclude recurrence, e
A jopy of this ynclosure is being placed in the employee concern file to fully document the details of the conclusions reached.
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