IR 05000327/1987024

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
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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/ You~r d nial that ?M Yiolation occurred, and your malysis to support the

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• s The particular configuration, or cause of the event is not the h significant issue - a similar ,eC:e breach could have resulted from any number of dif%2 nt eveMsWith the reactst at power; for example the failudi'of an instem9t line or catutrophic failure of a root valve attachui to the RCS boundary. ( ) . ,.

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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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