CNL-21-007, Organization Topical Report, TVA-NPOD89-A, Revision 24

Organization Topical Report, TVA-NPOD89-A, Revision 24

ML21029A337
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Site:	Browns Ferry, Watts Bar, Sequoyah
Issue date:	01/29/2021
From:	Polickoski J Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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CNL-21-007 TVA-NPOD89-A
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Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 CNL-21-007 January 29, 2021 10 CFR 50.4 10 CFR 50.71(e)

ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 NRC Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 NRC Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License No. NPF-90 and NPF-96 NRC Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391

Subject:

Organization Topical Report, TVA-NPOD89-A

Reference:

Tennessee Valley Authority letter to NRC, CNL-19-001, TVA Organization Topical Report, TVA-NPOD89-A, dated January 15, 2019 (ML19015A346)

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.71(e),

Maintenance of records, making of reports, enclosed is Revision 24 of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Organization Topical Report (TVA-NPOD89-A). TVA's Organization Topical Report provides organizational descriptions for TVA Nuclear, including Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN). This report is referenced in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Reports (UFSARs) for each of TVA's operating nuclear power plants and must comply with the update submittal frequency requirements for the UFSARs. The reference letter provided the most recent update to the TVA Organization Topical Report on January 15, 2019. TVA has updated the Organization Topical Report to reflect the current organization.

Revision 24 of the TVA Organization Topical Report, which reflects the incorporation of the current organization of the TVA operating fleet is provided in the Enclosure.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission CNL-21-007 Page 2 January 29, 2021 There are no new regulatory commitments contained in this letter. If you have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Kimberly D. Hulvey, Senior Manager, Fleet Licensing at (423) 751-3275.

I certify that I am duly authorized by TVA, and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained herein accurately presents changes made since the previous submittal, necessary to reflect information and analyses submitted to the Commission or prepared pursuant to Commission requirements.

Respectfully, James T. Polickoski Director, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs

Enclosure:

Organization Topical Report, TVA-NPOD89-A, Revision 24 cc (Enclosure):

NRC Regional Administrator - Region II NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant NRC Project Manager - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant NRC Project Manager - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant NRC Project Manager - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Enclosure Organization Topical Report, TVA-NPOD89-A, Revision 24

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ORGANIZATION TOPICAL REPORT, TVA-NPOD89-A REVISION 24 JANUARY 2021

Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION LIST OF REVISIONS REVISION 0 ............................................................................................................... June 1, 1989 REVISION 1 .......................................................................................................... August 13, 1990 REVISION 2 .............................................................................................................. April 18, 1991 REVISION 3 .............................................................................................................. April 17, 1992 REVISION 4 .................................................................................................... December 27, 1993 REVISION 5 .................................................................................................... December 16, 1994 REVISION 6 ............................................................................................................. June 29, 1995 REVISION 7 ............................................................................................................. June 27, 1997 REVISION 8 .......................................................................................................... August 25, 1999 REVISION 9 .......................................................................................................... August 25, 2000 REVISION 10 ........................................................................................................ August 24, 2001 REVISION 11 ........................................................................................................ August 26, 2002 REVISION 12 ........................................................................................................ August 22, 2003 REVISION 13 ........................................................................................................ August 31, 2004 REVISION 14 ........................................................................................................ August 30, 2005 REVISION 15 ........................................................................................................... June 22, 2006 REVISION 16 ........................................................................................................ August 30, 2007 REVISION 17 ........................................................................................................ August 29, 2008 REVISION 18 ........................................................................................................ August 31, 2009 REVISION 19 ........................................................................................................ August 31, 2011 REVISION 20 ................................................................................................... September 3, 2013 REVISION 21 .....................................................................................................February 13, 2015 REVISION 22 ...................................................................................................... January 17, 2017 REVISION 23 ...................................................................................................... January 15, 2019 REVISION 24 ...................................................................................................... January 29, 2021

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Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 TVA NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer .............................................................. 3 A. Senior Vice President Engineering & Operations Support ................................................. 6

1. Vice President Nuclear Engineering ............................................................................... 6 a) General Manager Reactor Engineering and Fuels ..................................................... 6 b) Director Plant & Programs Engineering ...................................................................... 6 c) Director Design & Computer Engineering ................................................................... 6

2. Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Affairs & Support Services ...................................... 6

3. Vice President Operations Support ................................................................................ 7

4. Vice President Nuclear Projects ..................................................................................... 7 a) General Manager Nuclear Projects ............................................................................. 7 b) Director Subsequent License Renewal ....................................................................... 7 B. Vice President Nuclear Oversight ...................................................................................... 8 C. Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations ......................................................................... 8

1. Site Vice President (Typical for the operating nuclear plants) ........................................ 8 a) Director Engineering ................................................................................................... 8 b) Director Training ......................................................................................................... 9 c) Director Site Projects .................................................................................................. 9 d) Director Plant Support ................................................................................................. 9 e) Plant Manager ............................................................................................................. 9

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Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 List of Figures Figure 1: Corporate Organization ............................................................................................. 2 Figure 2: TVA Nuclear ................................................................................................................ 4 Figure 3: Vice President Nuclear Engineering ......................................................................... 5 Figure 4: Site Vice President (Typical for Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, and Watts Bar)......... 12 Figure 5: Plant Manager (Typical for Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, and Watts Bar) ................ 13

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Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 Abstract This Topical Report (TVA-NPOD89-A) includes the descriptions for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Nuclear organization including the Browns Ferry (BFN), Sequoyah (SQN),

Watts Bar (WBN) Nuclear Plants, and the TVA Nuclear corporate organization. This report contains the senior management, technical support and operating organization descriptions, and organization charts that meet the content guidance of Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Regulatory Guide 1.70, Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants - LWR Edition, Rev. 3 (November 1978).

Qualification requirements and training descriptions specified in the standard format document will continue to be addressed in each plant's Updated Final Safety Analysis Report. The detailed TVA Quality Assurance organization and program description is contained in the TVA Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan (TVA-NQA-PLN89-A) and is not repeated herein.

The original purpose of the TVA Nuclear Organization Description (TVA-NPOD89-A) was to establish a controlled, single-source document and a disciplined process for communicating the organizational structure and position descriptions to the NRC. TVA-NPOD89-A will be referenced in future revisions of our license applications including the Safety Analysis Reports, Technical Specifications, Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan, and other documents that may refer to the TVA Nuclear organization. This topical report is updated as necessary to reflect major organizational changes. Because this topical report encompasses multiple plants, subsequent updates to the Topical Report will be provided on a biennial basis to ensure that TVA meets the refuel cycle criterion of 10 CFR 50.71(e) for each unit at each site.

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Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 INTRODUCTION TVA CORPORATE ORGANIZATION Tennessee Valley Authority is an agency of the federal government whose major policies, programs, and organization are determined by a part-time, nine member Board of Directors (BOD) structure pursuant to the TVA Governance Restructuring provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. The BOD members are appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate for five-year terms. The BOD selects a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who also serves as President to manage TVAs day-to-day business. The BOD shapes the long-term business strategies, recommends major program initiatives, and guides TVAs day-to-day operations.

The CEO is responsible for managing all aspects of TVA, including power production, transmission, power trading, resource management programs, and economic development, as well as TVAs corporate functions. The CEO chairs TVAs Leadership Team.

The Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO) is responsible for the overall safety, efficiency, and economy of TVAs nuclear power program and the overall TVA Nuclear organization. The CNO reports directly to the CEO and indirectly to the BOD.

The corporate organization leadership and reporting relationships are shown in Figure 1.

TVA Nuclear is responsible for nuclear plant engineering and design, operation, quality assurance, and compliance with regulatory requirements. TVA Nuclear plans and manages the nuclear power program to meet the requirements of TVA's Power Program consistent with safety, environmental, quality, and economic objectives.

The general organization of TVA Nuclear is shown in Figure 2.

Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 Figure 1: Corporate Organization Board of Directors Office of the General Counsel advises Board of Directors on legal issues President Office of the and Inspector General Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice President Office of the and General Counsel Chief Nuclear Officer Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 I. Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer The Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO) is the senior nuclear manager with direct authority and primary responsibility for the management, control, and supervision of TVA's nuclear power program and for the execution of nuclear programs, policies, and decisions established by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The CNO has corporate responsibility for overall plant nuclear safety and takes measures needed to ensure acceptable performance of the staff in operating, maintaining, and providing technical support in the plant so that continued nuclear safety is assured. The CNO reports directly to the President and CEO.

The CNO is responsible for the overall safety, efficiency, and economy of nuclear operations. The CNO establishes management and operating policies and procedures related to TVA's Nuclear Program and is responsible for personnel, planning, scheduling, licensing, engineering and design, construction, operation, quality assurance, training, maintenance, and technical and administrative matters related to these programs. The CNO coordinates activities and functions of TVA Nuclear with other TVA organizations in order to carry out TVAs corporate policy and to meet corporate goals and objectives. This position is responsible for all aspects of TVA's interface and relations with the NRC and other entities with jurisdiction over or interest in TVA's Nuclear Program. Other responsibilities include: development and implementation of an effective radiological Emergency Preparedness Program; directing shutdown of nuclear facilities when deemed appropriate; and development of long-range, strategic plans for all TVA Nuclear programs, activities, and facilities. Quality Assurance reports directly to the Vice President, Nuclear Oversight, but has direct access to the CNO. This provides independence and freedom to effectively ensure conformance to Quality Assurance Program requirements.

The CNOs direct reports are provided in Figure 2. These functions are described in more detail in subsequent sections of this Topical Report.

Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 Figure 2: TVA Nuclear Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Senior Vice Senior Vice President Vice President President Engineering & Nuclear Oversight Nuclear Operations Operations Support Vice President Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Nuclear Plant Engineering Vice President Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Sequoyah Affairs &

Nuclear Plant Support Services Vice President Vice President Watts Bar Operations Support Nuclear Plant Vice President Nuclear Projects Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 Figure 3: Vice President Nuclear Engineering Vice President Nuclear Engineering General Manager Director Director Reactor General Manager Design &

Plant & Programs Engineering Nuclear Projects Computer Engineering

& Fuels Engineering Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 I. Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO) (continued)

A. Senior Vice President Engineering & Operations Support This position is responsible for the Engineering and Operations Support associated with producing safe and reliable nuclear power. Responsibility includes: Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Projects, Nuclear Fuels, Subsequent License Renewal, Nuclear Technology Innovation, Nuclear Support Services, Performance Improvement, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs, Emergency Preparedness, Security Operations, Operations Support, and External Events recovery responsibilities.

1. Vice President Nuclear Engineering This position is responsible for establishing and directing engineering functions within TVA Nuclear. This includes Corporate Design Engineering, Plant Engineering, Programs Engineering, and Computer Engineering. Responsibilities include governance and oversight of Site Engineering functions and policy compliance for TVAs Nuclear fleet in regard to engineering functions. In addition, this position advises TVA Nuclear executives on technical issues affecting the sites and provides direction to the Site Engineering Directors.

For National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) matters, the Corporate Engineering Chief Engineer (Vice President Engineering) serves as the TVA Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and is responsible for approving fire protection equipment installation or procedure design basis matters which do not require prior NRC approval. For issues which require prior approval, the NRC is considered the AHJ.

This position also serves as the point of contact with other organizations on fire protection related matters.

The direct reports for the Vice President Nuclear Engineering are shown in Figure 3.

a) General Manager Reactor Engineering and Fuels This position is responsible for the management of Reactor Engineering and Fuels program to support safe operation of TVA nuclear facilities.

b) Director Plant & Programs Engineering This position is responsible for the direction of Nuclear Plant and Programs Engineering to support safe operation of TVA nuclear facilities.

c) Director Design & Computer Engineering This position is responsible for the direction of Design and Computer Engineering to support the safe operation of TVA nuclear facilities.

2. Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Affairs & Support Services This position provides oversight and direction of the TVA Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Compliance and Fleet Licensing functions in support of the operations of TVAs Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 licensed nuclear plants. This position is responsible for the development of regulatory vision and strategy for regulatory issues for both Corporate and Sites and providing policy recommendations. This position provides governance and oversight of the site licensing organizations.

This position also provides oversight and directs the Support organization which provides technical support to TVA Nuclear in the areas of Emergency Preparedness, Nuclear Security Operations, Nuclear In-Processing, External Events, and Nuclear Safety Culture. Serves as key member of the TVA Nuclear executive team and advises the CNO and other corporate and site management on a wide range of Nuclear Support issues. Ensures that all managed activities are conducted in accordance with appropriate TVA and external regulations and policies.

3. Vice President Operations Support This position provides corporate governance of the various functional areas (maintenance, operations, radiation protection, radiation safety, chemistry, work control) for TVAs nuclear fleet in order to ensure consistency across sites. This position provides oversight and directs the Performance Improvement organization.

This position is responsible for the nuclear training and organizational effectiveness organizations.

4. Vice President Nuclear Projects This position provides leadership and direction for the development of strategic plans for plant projects, including system wide initiatives, to maximize the efficiency and utilization of TVA Nuclear assets. Provides strategic leadership and direction for Subsequent License Renewal and long term operations. Accountable for ensuring that all services performed comply with operational, engineering, regulatory, environmental, and safety requirements as appropriate.

a) General Manager Nuclear Projects This position is responsible to strategically manage, direct, and integrate the diverse functions associated with the planning, development, and execution of capital and O&M projects. Provides leadership and direction for the development of strategic plans for plant projects, including system wide initiatives, to maximize the efficiency and utilization of TVA Nuclear assets. Accountable for ensuring that all services performed comply with operational, engineering, regulatory, environmental, and safety requirements as appropriate. Develops key partnerships and alliances with major support vendors to TVA Nuclear and provides oversight of these alliances.

b) Director Subsequent License Renewal This position strategically manages Subsequent License Renewal to ensure timely and accurate completion specific to schedule, scope, and budget.

Provides strategic leadership and direction for the development and deployment of programs, processes, tools, and procedures associated with Subsequent License Renewal and long term operations. Accountable for ensuring that all Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 services performed comply with operational, engineering, regulatory, environmental, and safety requirements as appropriate. Provides leadership and direction for contract strategy development, standardization, and oversight to ensure that contractor support for Subsequent License Renewal and long term operations is provided in a manner that maximizes effectiveness and efficiency.

B. Vice President Nuclear Oversight The Vice President, Nuclear Oversight reports directly to the CNO and is responsible for directing and managing the TVA Nuclear Oversight organization, including Quality Assurance (QA). The responsibility for QA includes oversight to ensure implementation of TVAs Nuclear QA Programs for evaluating program effectiveness for design, construction, safety and reliability, and operation of TVAs nuclear plants. This includes review of the NQAP and QA internal procedures. QA has an indirect reporting structure to the CNO to provide independence and freedom to effectively ensure conformance to QA Program requirements.

C. Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations This position reports directly to the CNO and provides oversight of the TVA Nuclear operating nuclear plants. The Senior Vice President Operations direct reports are the Nuclear Plant Site Vice Presidents for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN).

1. Site Vice President (Typical for the operating nuclear plants)

This position is responsible and accountable for activities at the site including operations, modifications, maintenance, support, training, and engineering services.

The Site Vice Presidents direct reports and functional reporting relationships are provided in Figure 4.

a) Director Engineering This position is responsible for management and execution of site projects to provide overall management of the Engineering Design, Systems Engineering, Engineering Support, Technical Support, and Components Test and Inspection functions at the site. This function specifically includes managing activities necessary for capital work in support of the operating units and refueling outages.

(1) Senior Manager Systems Engineering Responsible for management of the engineering functions at the site, including both outage and on-line support. This responsibility specifically includes managing and monitoring activities necessary for system health, capital work, and maintenance procedures in support of the operating unit(s),

refueling outages, and to recover units from unplanned outages safely, within budget, on schedule, in accordance with applicable requirements.

Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 (2) Senior Manager Design Engineering Responsible for integrated management and execution of site projects and physical and design document modifications and provides management support of site engineering functions. This responsibility specifically includes managing activities necessary for capital work in support of the operating unit(s), refueling outages, and to recover units from unplanned outages safely, within budget, on schedule, in accordance with applicable requirements.

(3) Manager Equipment Reliability Serves as the central focus for all plant equipment reliability issues taking inputs from all levels of the organization and escalating the issues as appropriate to achieve an acceptable solution. This position also assists the site with preventative maintenance strategies.

(4) Manager Reactor Engineering Plans and directs the Reactor Engineering section functions to ensure the reliable and efficient performance of assigned plant equipment in accordance with applicable requirements.

b) Director Training This position directs the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of Training Programs to ensure sufficient qualified personnel to operate, maintain, and modify the nuclear power plant.

c) Director Site Projects This position is responsible for cost engineering functions including estimating, forecasting, trending/scope control, data analysis, and reporting. Other responsibilities include ensuring technical and programmatic cost requirements of the site organizations and for planning and scheduling of major modifications and projects.

d) Director Plant Support This position is responsible for the Site Performance Improvement, Emergency Planning, and Site Licensing functions.

e) Plant Manager This position is responsible for ensuring that plant operations and support activities are conducted in accordance with applicable requirements.

Responsible for overall plant safe operation and has control over those resources necessary for safe operation and maintenance of the plant. This positions direct reports and areas of administrative responsibilities are provided in Figure 5.

Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 (1) Director Maintenance This position is responsible for planning, directing, and managing the plants Maintenance Program to ensure that equipment and systems are maintained in accordance with operability and reliability engineering practices and requirements.

(a) Superintendent I&C Maintenance Manage the activities of the Instrumentation and Controls Maintenance business unit. Provides long-range business unit planning that meets site financial objectives and technical requirements. Management of the Corrective, Preventive, and Outage Maintenance Programs for all plant instrumentation equipment to ensure that equipment functions properly and meet desired performance objectives.

(b) Superintendent Electrical Maintenance Manage the activities of the Electrical Maintenance business unit.

Provides long-range business unit planning that meets site financial objectives and technical requirements. Management of the Corrective, Preventive, and Outage Maintenance Programs for all plant electrical equipment to ensure that equipment functions properly and meet desired performance objectives.

(c) Superintendent Mechanical Maintenance Manage the activities of the Mechanical Maintenance business unit.

Provides long-range business unit planning that meets site financial objectives and technical requirements. Management of the Corrective, Preventive, and Outage Maintenance Programs for all plant mechanical equipment to ensure that equipment functions properly and meet desired performance objectives.

(d) Manager CMO Manage the Component Engineering functions to ensure the reliable and efficient performance of assigned plant equipment and components, in accordance with applicable requirements.

(2) Senior Manager Radiation Protection This position guides programs and activities at the plant ensuring that all operations, maintenance, modifications and engineering activities are conducted in a radiological safe manner and protect plant personnel, systems and equipment.

Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 (3) Senior Manager Chemistry This position guides programs and activities at the plant ensuring that all operations, maintenance, modifications, and engineering activities that potentially impact plant chemistry/environmental are conducted in a manner consistent with applicable requirements.

(4) Director Work Management This position provides overall responsibility for planning, coordination, scheduling and monitoring of all on-line and outage work. Responsible for establishing work priorities and coordinating shift turnover; managing the plant scheduling processes; and ensuring efficient and effective management of the work control function.

(5) Director Operations This positions primary duties are to ensure safe and reliable nuclear power plant operations and to ensure nuclear safety. The position provides responsibility for planning, organizing, and setting policy, and support activities. These activities include operational strategies for generation, water and waste usage, approval authority for system enhancements, and prioritization of maintenance activities.

(a) Superintendent Operations This position is responsible for safe nuclear power plant operations as the senior licensed operator. The superintendent, through the Shift Manager, manages the day-to-day operation of the facility, refueling operations, start-up, operational testing, water and waste processing, and plant operations. The shift crew for an operating unit normally consists of the Shift Manager, Unit Supervisor, Nuclear Unit Operators, and Assistant Unit Operators.

(b) Superintendent Operations Support This position is responsible for budget preparation, training oversight, performance monitoring, the Fire Protection Program and assists the Manager, Operations, in overall program direction for operations.

(c) Superintendent Operations Work Management Support This position is responsible for the management of the Operations work management aspects in Operations, to include: On Line Work management, Outage management, and Clearance and Tagging preparations.

Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 Figure 4: Site Vice President (Typical for Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, and Watts Bar)

Vice President Nuclear Site Director Director Director Director Plant Manager Plant Engineering Training** Site Projects**

Support**

Senior Manager Systems Engineering Senior Manager Design Engineering Manager*

Equipment Reliability Manager*

Reactor Engineering

• At BFN, these two positions report to Manager, Strategic Engineering who reports to the Director, Engineering.

• • At BFN, these three positions report to General Manager Site Operations who reports to the Vice President of the nuclear site.

Topical Report TVA-NPOD89-A Rev. 24 Figure 5: Plant Manager (Typical for Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, and Watts Bar)

Plant Manager Director Senior Manager Senior Manager Director Director Work Radiation Chemistry Operations Maintenance Management Protection Superintendent Superintendent Instrumentation Operations and Controls Maintenance Superintendent Superintendent Operations Electrical Support Maintenance Superintendent Operations Superintendent Work Mechanical Management Maintenance Support Manager CMO