ML18033B293

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC INSPECTION

REPORT

NOS. 50-259/90-08)

50-260/90-08,

AND

50-296/90-08)

This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC) inspection

conducted

by

D.

R. Carpenter

on March

16 - April 16,

1990.

The inspection

included

a review

of activities authorized for your Browns Ferry facility.

At the conclusion of

the inspection,

the findings were discussed

with those

members of your staff

identified in the enclosed

inspection report.

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.

The inspection

findings indicate certain activities

appeared

to violate

NRC

requirements.

The violation involved failure to take

compensatory

samples

required

by the

Technical

Specifications.

The violation, references

to

pertinent

requirements,

and

elements

to

be

included in your response

are

described

in the enclosed

Notice of Violation.

Consideration

was given to not issuing this violation since it was identified

by TVA and

was

a Level

V violation.

A review of records

revealed that you had

identified'hree

previous,

almost

identical,

events

in

LERs

259/88-41,

259/88-51

and 296/88-06.

The corrective actions

described

in these

LERs, if

implemented

properly,

should

have prevented this violation.

In your response

give particular attention to the root cause

determination

and the actions to be

taken to prevent recurrence of this problem.

I

In accordance

with Section 2.790(a),

a copy of this letter and its enclosures

will be placed in the

NRC Public Document

Room.

The

responses

directed

by this letter

and its enclosures

are not subject to

the clearance

procedures

of the Office of Management

and Budget as required

by

the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980,

Pub. L. No.96-511.

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Should you have any questions

concerning this letter, please

contact us.

Sincerely,

r

Bruce A. Wilson, Assistant Director

for Inspection

Programs

TVA Projects Division

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

1.

Notice of Violation

2.

NRC Inspection

Report

cc w/encls:

(See

page 3)

Mr. Oliver D. Kingsl,ey, Jr.

cc w/encls:

M. Runyon,

Chairman

Valley Authority

ET 12A 7A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

C.

H. Dean, Jr., Director

Valley Authority

ET 12A 11A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

J.

B. Waters, Director

Valley Authority

ET 12A 9A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

W. F. Willis

Chief Operating Officer

ET 12B 16B

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN

37902

D. Nunn, Vice President

Nuclear Engineering

Valley Authority

400 West Summit Hill Drive

WT 12A 12A

Knoxville, TN

37902

Dr. M. 0. Medford

Vice President

and Nuclear

Technical Director

Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

Chattanooga,.

TN

37402-2801

Chairman,

Limestone County

Commission

P. 0.

Box 188

Athens,

35611

Dr. Henry Myers, Science Advisor

Committee

on Interior and

Insular Affairs

U. S.

House of Representatives

Washington,

D. C.

20515

0. J. Zeringue, Site Director

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

E.

G. Wallace,

Manager

Nuclear Licensing and

Regulatory Affairs

Valley Authority

5N 1578 Lookout Place

Chattanooga,

TN

37402-2801

P. Carier, Site Licensing Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

L. W. Myers, Plant Manager

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Valley Authority

P. 0.

Box 2000

Decatur,

35602

TVA Representative

Rockville Office

11921 Rockville Pike

Suite 402

Rockville,

MD

20852

General

Counsel

Valley Authority

400 West Summit Hill Drive

ET 11B 33H

Knoxville, TN

37902

Claude Earl Fox, M.D.

State Health Officer

State

Department of Public Health

State Office Building

Montgomery,

36130

State of Alabama

bcc w/encls:

(See

page 4)

Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

bcc w/encls:

D.

M. Crutchfield,

B.

D. Liaw,

S.

C. Black,

R.

C. Pierson,

G.

E. Gears,

D. Moran,

W. S. Little, NRR/RII

R.

H. Bernhard,

NRR/RII

J. Rutberg,

OGC

M. S. Callahan,

GPA/CA

NRC Document Control

Desk

NRC Resident

Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Route

12,

Box 637

Athens,