From staff reports
A public meeting concerning supplemental inspections by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant has been scheduled for later this month.
The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the Browns Ferry Training Center Auditorium on Shaw Road in Athens.
Officials plan to discuss the results of the second phase of 95003 inspections, regarded by the NRC as the most stringent in the industry. The third phase is expected to begin later this year.
The meeting will include members of the NRC supplemental inspection team and managers from the NRC’s Region II office in Atlanta. After the results are presented, the TVA will have an opportunity to respond. NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public.
The inspections were implemented after a “red” finding was issued following the failure of a low pressure coolant injection valve. The valve is part of a system that would be used for core cooling during certain accident scenarios and its inoperable state could have led to core damage had a series of unlikely events occurred. The valve has since been repaired.
Under the NRC’s oversight process, a red finding has “high safety significance” and results in increased NRC inspection and oversight of the facility.
The increased NRC oversight at Browns Ferry includes a broad set of supplemental inspections to evaluate safety, organizational and programmatic issues at the plant. The inspections include a more extensive review of programs and processes than those conducted as part of the NRC’s baseline inspection program.
The facility’s safety culture is also being assessed.
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