The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a violation Tuesday to the Tennessee Valley Authority for an inspection finding at the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant.
The “white” finding, or one of low-to-moderate safety significance, will result in increased oversight of units two and three. Browns Ferry Unit One is already subject to increased NRC oversight because of an inspection finding discovered in 2010.
The new finding for all three units was based on an NRC inspection that found plant operators and staff would not have been able to satisfactorily perform newly implemented procedures for safe plant shutdown. The NRC identified procedural adherence deficiencies and determined that operators and staff were not adequately trained on the new procedures.
TVA spokesman Ray Golden said the utility is making improvements to a number of areas at Browns Ferry, including fire protection upgrades. The goal, he said, is ensuring changes are sustainable and keeping safety as the number-one priority.
“As part of this improvement effort, changes made in one area may impact other areas at the plant. That is what happened in this case, and we should have been more sensitive to providing the appropriate training to accompany the (Safe Shutdown Instructions) procedural change,” he said. “We have addressed the issue and met with NRC to share additional information from our root cause effort. We will coordinate with the NRC to schedule and implement the required … inspection.”
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August 14, 2012
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