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| number = ML20148E914
| number = ML20237C229
| issue date = 03/14/1988
| issue date = 12/16/1987
| title = Ack Receipt of Util 880204 Ltr Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-327/87-24 & 50-328/87-24 Re Reportability of Such Events as 870429 RCS Spill
| title = Ack Receipt of Re Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-327/87-24 & 50-328/87-24.Denial of Violation & Analysis to Support Denial Unacceptable Based on Listed Reasons. Response Required
| author name = Ebneter S
| author name = Richardson S
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
| addressee name = White S
| addressee name = White S
| addressee affiliation = TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
| addressee affiliation = TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
| docket = 05000327, 05000328, 05003288
| docket = 05000327, 05000328
| license number =  
| license number =  
| contact person =  
| contact person =  
| document report number = NUDOCS 8803280029
| document report number = NUDOCS 8712210161
| title reference date = 07-10-1987
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| page count = 1
| page count = 3
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  .,  MAR 141988   .j Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328 License Nos. DPR-77, DPR-79-Tennessee Valley Authority ukfTN: Mr. S. A. White Manager of Nuclear Power 6N 38A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Gentlemen:
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SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-327/87-24 AND 50-328/87-24 Thank you for your response of February 4,1988, to our letter of December 16, 1987, concerning the reportability of such events as th'e reactor coolant system-spill of April 29, 1987. We have evaluated your response and found that it !
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Ack Receipt of Re Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-327/87-24 & 50-328/87-24.Denial of Violation & Analysis to Support Denial Unacceptable Based on Listed Reasons. Response Required
ML20237C229
Person / Time
Site: Sequoyah  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 12/16/1987
From: Richardson S
NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
To: White S
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
References
NUDOCS 8712210161
Download: ML20237C229 (3)
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We have reviewedtyour response of July 10, 1987 to our Nodce e(l triolation issued on June >4. 1987. related to your failure to promptly rotify the NRC of r a reactor coolant spill at the Sequoyah Nuclear plant. l

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General Counsel Regional Administrator, Region II Tennessee Valley Authority U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 400 West Summit Hill Drive 101 Marietta Street, N.W.

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Ell B33 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Resident Inspector /Sequoyah NP Mr. R. L. Gridley c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tennessee Valley Authority 2600 Igou Ferry Road SN 157B Lookout Place Soddy Daisy Tennessee 37379 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 Mr. Richard King Mr. H. L. Abercrombie c/o U.S. GA0 Tennessee Valley Authority 1111 North Shore Drive Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Suite 225, Box 194 P.O. Box 2000 Knoxville, Tennessee 37919 Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379 Tennessee Department of Mr. M. R. Harding Public Health Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Director, Bureau of Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Environmental Health services P.O. Box 2000 Cordell Hull Building Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379 Nashville, Tennessee 37219 Mr. D. L. Williams Mr. Michael H. Mobley, Director

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Tennessee Valley Authority Division of Radiological Health

.400 West Summit Hill Drive T.E.R.R.A. Building W10 B85 150 9th Avenue North Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Nashville, Tennessee 37203 County Judge Dr. Henry Myers Science Advisor Hamilton County Courthouse Committee on Interior Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 and Insular Affairs U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515

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