ML20059H031

Forwards Insp Repts 50-327/90-23 & 50-328/90-23 on 900625-29 & 0730.Weaknesses Noted.Util Encouraged to Provide Increased Mgt Attention to Radiological Controls to Assure That Significant Decline in ALARA Program Does Not Occur

ML20059H031
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	08/30/1990
From:	Wilson B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Kingsley O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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Download: ML20059H031 (4)

See also: IR 05000327/1990023

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Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328

License Nos. DPR-77, DPR-79

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Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.  !

Senior Vice President, Nuclear Power

Tennessee Valley Authority -

6N 38A Lookout Place  ;

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2001 ,

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Dear Mr. Kingsley:  ;

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-327/90-23 AND 50-328/90-23-  ;

'This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted by l

R. Shortridge and W.-Gloersen on June 25-29, and July 30, 1990. The inspection  :

included & review of activities authorized for your Sequoyah facility. At the  ;

conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed with those nembers of  :

your staff identified in the enclosed Inspection Report. l

Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report.- Within

these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures

and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of -

activities in progress.

This inspection focused on worker dose maragement because sillective dose at -

your Sequoyah facility was well above your annual collective dose goal for ,

fiscal year 1990. Particular attention was directed to assessing management ,

awareness of, involvement in, and support for your facility's ALARA program. ,.

( Although there were no violations identified, we are concerned because several-

of the weaknesses identified in the suninary of the report.have been found et  :

other facilities to be early precursors of a significant program decline.  ;

We therefore encourage you to ' provide increased managenent. attention to

radiological controls to assure that such a decline does not occur at Sequoyah.

We are aware of the large work scope of the Unit 1, Cycle 4 outage and the dose

reduction initiatives taken at your facility during the outage; however, during '

the inspection, weaknesses were noted in your program to manage occupational

dose that nerit your attention. Most significant was the failure by managenent

to use a realistic collective annual dose goal as a tool to manage collective

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The enclosed report docunents proposed licensee actions-(Paragraph 3) outlined

by a licensee representative, and discussed during the exit interview, and

again by. telephone on July 30, 1990, between D. Collins, B. Wilson. J. Brady..

R.- Shortridge, of our office, and C. Vondra, C. Kent, and C.J:hittemore of the

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Sequoyah Nuclear Piant. If your undt:rstanding of these proposed actions

differs from the report statt.ntnt, please inform this office pronptly. Since  !

resolution of these issues is also of interest to the hRC, you are requested to ,

subrit to this office, within 30 days of the date of this letter, your written ,

assesstrent of each weakness, including acticns that you have taken or plan to ,

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tale to in. prove these areas and the dates when the actions will be cerrpleted.

The respensts directed by this letter are not subject to the clearance

procedures of the Office of Managerrent and Budget as required by the Paperwork '

Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96.511.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(a), a copy of this letter and its enclosure

will be placed in the NRC Public Docunient Room.

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Shculd you have any questions ccncerning this letter, please contact us.

Sincerely.

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BruceM. Wilson, Chief

TVA Projects

Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Repcrt

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M. Runyon, Chairman

Tennessee Valley Authority

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400 West Sunnit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902 i

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J. B. Waters Director

Tenncssee Valley Authority

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400 West Sunnit !!ill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902

W. F. Willis

Chief Operating Officer

ET 12B 16B

400 West Sumit flill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902

D. Nunn Vice President

Nuclear Engineering

Tennessee Valley Authority

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400 Wcst Sunnit Hill Drive

WT 12A 1EA

Knoxville, lh 37902

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Dr. M. O. Medford '

Vice President and Nuclear

Technical Director

Tennessee Valley Authority

6N 3CA Lookout Place

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 -

County Judge .

Hamilton County Courthouse

Chattanooga, TN 37402

Dr. Henry Myers Science Advisor -

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Committee on Interior and

Insular Affairs

U. S. House of Representatives

Washington, D. C. 20515

C. A. Vondra. Plant Manager

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

Tennessee Valley Authority

P. O. Box 2000

Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379 ,

E. G. Wallace, Manager

Nuclear Licensing and  :

Regulatory Affairs

Tennessee Valley Authority -

SN 107E Lookout Place

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Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

M. Eurzynski

Site Licensing Manager

l Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

P. O. Box 2000

Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379 -

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TVA Representative

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11921 Rockville Pike

Suite 402

Rockville, VD 20852

General Counsel

Tennessee Valley Authority ,

400 West Sunnit Hill Drive

ET 11B 33H

Knoxville, TN 37902

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Michael H. Mobley, Director l

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