ML20244C345
| ML20244C345 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 04/10/1989 |
| From: | Linda Watson Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Kingsley O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
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| ML20244C347 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8904200162 | |
| Download: ML20244C345 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000327/1988050
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Docket.Nos.:
50-327 and 50-328
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Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley,'Jr.
~ Senior.Vice. President,. Nuclear Power
Tennessee. Valley > Authority
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Dear Mr. Kingsley:
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION-
.(NRC. INSPECTION REPORT-NOS. 50-327/88-50 AND 50-328/88-50)
refers to ~ the. announc' d Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Quality-
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-Verification Function Inspection. conducted by S. A. Elrod from December 12, .
1988 to' January 26, 1989.
The inspection included a review of activities
authorized - forf your Sequoyah facility. At the conclusion of the inspection,
the' findings were; discussed with those members of your staff identified in the
enclosed. inspection report.
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Areas examined _during the inspection are identified in the report. These area's
included a ' review of : plant operations; surveillance control, system ' outage
control, and work control processes; the corrective action prog' cam; maintenance
activities; the plant modification process; quality verification activities;
the independent qualified reviewer. process; and followup of events. Within
these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures
-and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of
activities in progress.
The inspection findings indicate that certain activities appeared to violate
NRC requirements.
The violation involved failure to take adequate corrective
action,
in the radioactive waste processing
area,
for a
previous
violation concerning control of system configurations and plant evolutions.
- The . violation, references to pertinent requirements, and elements to be
. included ~in your response are described in the enclosed Notice of Violation.
In addition,.the enclosed Inspection . Report identifies activities that appeared
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to violate NRC requirements but are not cited; therefore, no response to these
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. Unresolved items were identified concerning trending within administrative
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control programs,-inclusion of vendor manual torque requirements in maintenance
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instructions., completion of workplan review and timely reporting of ASME Code
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Section XI . repa. irs and replacements, and engineering evaluations of vendor
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-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 enclosures,-
' and any. reply will be 'placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
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Should you have'any. questions-concerning'this letter, please contact us.
Sincerely,
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Linda J. . Watson,. Acting' Assistant :
Director for Inspection Programs-
TVA Projects Division
Office of' Nuclear Reactor. Regulation
Encl o'su're s :
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Notice'of Violation
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NRC Inspection Report
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F..L.'Moreadith, Vice President,
Nuclear Engineering
-lJ. L. LaPoint,: Site Director
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Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
R.~ L. Gridley, Director
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Nuclear Safety and Licensing
M.-Burzynski, Acting Site
Licensing Manager
TVA Representative, Rockville
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General Counsel, TVA
State of-Tennessee
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D...M. Crutchfield, NRR
B. D. Liaw, NRR
S. C. Black, NRR
R. C. Pierson, NRR
J. B. Brady, NRR/RII
8. B. Desai,'NRR/RII
S.'A. Elrod, RII
J, Rutberg, 0GC
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NRC Resident Inspector
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