ML20058A844

Forwards Insp Repts 50-327/90-29 & 50-328/90-29 on 900827-31 & Notice of Violation

ML20058A844
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	10/11/1990
From:	Wilson B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Kingsley O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML20058A846	List: IR 05000327/1990029 ML20058A844 ML20058A863
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October 11, 1990

Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328

License Nos. OPR-77, DPR-79

Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

Senior Vice President, Nuclear Power

Tennessee Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

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Dear Mr. Kingsley:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT N05, 50-327/90-29 AND 50-328/90-29)

This refers to the inspection conducted by P. T. Burnett of this office on

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August 27-31, 1990.

The inspection included a review of activities authorized

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for your Sequoyah facility.

At the conclusion of the inspection, the findings

were discussed with those members of your staff identified in the report.

Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report.

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these areas, the insper. tion consisted of selective- examinations of procedures

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and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of

activities in progress.

Based on the results of this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to

be in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Notice-of

Violation (Notice).

You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions

.specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.

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rnponse, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional-

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actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this

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Notice, including you* proposed corrective actions and the' results of future

inspections, the NRC will- determine whether further NRC enforcement action is

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necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.

In accordance eith 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice " a copy of

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this < letter. and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

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The responses directed by this . letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to

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the clearance procecares of the Office of Management and Budget as required by _

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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.

Original Signed by

Paul Kellogg for

Bruce A. Wilson, Chief

TVA Projects

Enclosures:

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Notice of Violation

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NRC Inspection Report

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M. Runyon, Chairman

Tennessee Valley Authority

ET 12A 7A

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902

C. H. Dean, Jr. , Director

Tennessee Valley Authority

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400 West Summit Hill Drive

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J. B. Waters Director

Tennessee Valley Authority

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400 West Sunnit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902'

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W. F. Willis

Chief'0perating Officer

ET 128 16B

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902

D. Nunn,'Vice President

Nuclear Engineering.

Tennessee Valley Authority

.400 West Summit Hill Drive

WT 12A 12A

Knoxville, TN 37902

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Dr. M. O. Medford

Vice President and Nuclear

Technical Director

Tennessee Valley Authority

6N 38A Lookout Place

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

County Judge

Hamilton County Courthouse

Chattanooga, TN 37402

Dr. Henry Myers, Science Advisor

Consnittee on Interior and

Insular Affairs

V. S. House of Representatives

Washington, D. C.

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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 1578 Lookout Place

Chattanooga, TN. 37402-2801

H. Burzynski

Site Licensing Manager

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

P. O. Box 2000

Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379

TVA Representative

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Suite 402

Rockville, MD 20852

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Michael H. Mobley, Director

Division of Radiological Health

T.E.R.R.A. Building

150 -9th Avenue North

Nashville, TN 37247-3201

State of Tennessee

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S. C. Black, NRR

B. A._ Wilson, TVAP/Ril

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J. B. Brady, TVAP/RII

J. Rutberg, 0GC

G. C. Lainas, NRR

F. J. Hebdon, NRR

J. N. Donohew, NRR

NRC Document Control Desk

DRP Section Chief

M.-Shannon, DRP/ Harris

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NRC Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

2600 Igou Ferry

Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379

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