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Forwards Insp Repts 50-327/87-23 & 50-328/87-23 on 870406-17 & Notice of Violation.Util Process for Preparation of Element Repts Acceptable.Element Repts Requiring Addl Info & Repts for SERs That Will Be Issued Listed
	ML20237H806
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	08/18/1987
From:	Ebneter S; NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
To:	White S; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML20237H809	List: IR 05000327/1987023; ML20237H806; ML20237H813;
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    Docket Nos. 50-327

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Tennessee Valley Authori ty
ATTN: Mr. Steven A. White
Manager of Nuclear Power
6N 38A Lookout Place
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1001 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: SPECIAL TEAM INSPECTION OF EMPLOYEE CONCERN ELEMENT REPORTS --
SEQUOYAH INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-327, 328/87-23
An NRC team conducted a special announced inspection of activities authorized
by NRC Operating License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 for your Sequoyah facility on
April 6 through 17, 1987. At the concitsion of the inspection, the findings
were discussed with those members of your staff identified in the enclosed
inspection report.
Areas e_xamined during the inspection are identified in the report. The
inspection consisted of selective examination of Employee Concern Task Group
(ECTG) Quality Assurance (QA) Element Reports for Sequoyah (SQN), procedures
and representative records, confirmatory field inspections, and interviews
with personnel. Within the scope of the inspection, one violation of NRC
requirements for complyirg with established quality assurance instructions
was identified in an engineering verification of instrument mountings.
On the basis of the results of this inspection, Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs)
will be issued without further review or action for the following Element i
Reports: 80102-SQN, 80303-SQN, 80401-SQN, and 80402-SQN. SERs will be issued l
for the following Element Reports after our review of revised reports for
incorporation of changes required by this inspection and documented in the
attached inspection report: 80000-SQN, 80101-SQN, 80201-SQN, and 80203-SQN.
The following Element Reports require additional information and NRC review
before the SERs can be issued; 80202-SQN, 80501-SQN, 80503-SQN, and 80504-SQN.
Before this inspection, SERs were prepared for Element Reports 80104-SQN,
80205-SQN, and 80404-SQN.
Several observations regarding effectiveness of programs, practices requiring
management attention, and management attitudes were made during our reviews and
inspections. Generally, the process established and being implemented by TVA
for preparation of Element Reports was considered acceptable. However, more
management attention should be given to improving the effectiveness of interface !
activities between Sequoyah and Watts Bar ECTG personnel to ensure that the
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                  exchange of information and investigations cor. ducted to address identified
                  concerns will achieve accurate, complete, and stand-alone Element Reports. No
                  apparent QA program corrective actions in resor we to the large number of
                   installation deficiencies, identified during an engineering calculation, indicate
                  a less than effective QA involvement in this area. Management attention is
                  required for the practice of using an electrical calculation instruction for

l the design / field verification of instrument mountings and for the implications l of NRC identified deficiencies in this area to other similar work. Our inter-

                  views of QA auditors indicate that Sequoyah management attitudes toward QA
                  audits and the value of audit findings have improved over the last few months.
                 .In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,

l Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures '

                  will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.                                      f
                  You are requested to respond to the enclosed Notice of Violation and to address
                  the NRC observations noted above. The responses directed by this letter and        .

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                  its enclosures are not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of
                  Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980
                  (PL 96-511).
                  Should you have any questions concerning this letter or the er-losed inspection
                  report, please contact us.
                                                          Sincerely,
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                                                          Stewart D. Ebneter, Director
                                                          TVA Projects Division
                                                          Office of Special Projects
                  Enclosures:
                  1.   Notice of Violation
                  2.    Inspection Report Nos.
                          50-327/87-23 and 50-328/87-23
                  cc w/ enclosure:
                  See next page

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                                          cc w/ enclosures:
                                          Mr. W. C. Drotleff                       Tennessee Department of Public Health
                                          ATTN:   Mr. J. A. Roulston .
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                                                                                   ATTN:  Director, Bureau of Environmental

l ~ Tennessee Valley Authority . Health Services 1: 400 West Summit Hill Drive, W12 A12 Cordell Hull Building l ' Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Nashville, Tennessee 37219

                                          Mr. Michael H. Mobley, Director          Mr. M. R. Harding
                                          Division of Radiological Health          Tennessee Valley Authority
                                         T.E.R.R.A. Building                       Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
                                          150 9th Avenue North                     P. O. Box 2000
                                         Nashville, Tennessee 37203                Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379
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, l Mr. Bob Faas County Judge

Westinghouse Electric Corporation Hamilton County Courthouse
P. O. Box 355 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230
'Mr. H. L..Abercrombie-
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Site Director
TVA/Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
P. O. Box 2000
Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379
Mr. L. M. Nobles
Plant Manager TVA/Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
P. O. Box 2000
Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379
Mr. K. Jenison
Senior Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-
2600 Igou Ferry Road
' Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379
Regional Administrator, Region II
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900
Atlanta, Georgia 30323
Mr. R. L. Gridley
Tennessee Valley Authority
SN 1288 Lookout Place
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 i

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