Monday, August 31, 2009

Been a bit of silence here, eh?

I'll start with the material added to the NRC's ADAMS site concerning Browns Ferry over that past TWO weeks:

U1 & sitewide

Letter from R. M. Krich Regarding New Point of Contact for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 - License Amendment, The Amendments Revise the Technical Specifications (TSs) to Adopt the Content of Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) Change Traveler TSTF-448, Revision 3, Control Room Habitability.

Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, and 3 - Technical Specifications Changes TS-431 and TS-418 - Extended Power Uprate - Response to Round 25 - Request for Additional Information - SCVB-82 Through SCVB-86 and Replacement Documentation.

IR 05000259-09-006, 05000260-09-006 and 05000296-09-006; 5/29/2009 - 6/17/2009; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3; Biennial Inspection of the Identification and Resolution of Problems.

Browns Ferry Units 1, 2 & 3, Technical Specifications Changes TS-431 and TS-418 - Extended Power Uprate - Response to Round 25 - Request for Additional Information - SCVB-82 Through SCVB-86 and Replacement Documentation.

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, Technical Specifications Changes TS-431 and TS-418 - Extended Power Uprate - Response to Round 25 - Request for Additional Information - SCVB-82 Through SCVB-86 and Replacement Documentation.

Browns Ferry, Unit 1, Second 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Related to the Examination of Piping Weld Overlays.

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Relief, The Second Ten-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Relate to ASME Code Case N-504-3, Alternative Rules for Repair Of Classes 1, 2, and 3 Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping ME0155.

Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, and 3 - Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2009-11, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations.

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, RAI, Generic Letter 2008-01, "Managing Gas Accumulation in Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray Systems".

08/11-12/2009-Summary of Meeting re 2009 US NRC Initial Exam Development Workshop.

U2

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Relief Request 2-ISI-21 for the Third Ten-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Relate to the Examination of Piping Weld Overlays (TAC NO. ME1319).

LER 09-003-00 for Browns Ferry Unit 2 re: Main Steam Relief Valve As Found Setpoint Exceeded Technical Specification Lift Pressure.

LER 09-004-00 for Browns Ferry, Unit 2, Regarding Technical Specification Shutdown Due to Rise in Unidentified Drywell Leakage.

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Request For Additional Information For Second 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Plan Relief Request 2-ISI-19 Revision 1 (TAC NO. ME0764).

Browns Ferry, Units 2 & 3 - Specifications (TS) Change TS-418 - Extended Power Uprate (EPU) - Supplemental Response to Request for Additional Information (RAI) Round 3 & 18 & Response to Round 20 Fuels Methods RAIs.

U3

Nothing additional


As noted, there wasn't anything additional for Browns Ferry Unit 3 over the past couple of weeks. However, Unit 3 did go offline a week ago. I was there when the unit went down. We were back up and running at the end of last week.


This past weekend was great. In addition to the standard exercising and hanging/dining out with friends and family, we went to a get-together with some friends in Tennessee. I'd like to say THANKS to them in this forum. We had a lot of fun. One takeaway:
When climbing a tree, it's best to make sure that the limb you are going to use is alive BEFORE you use it! No harm done. It was more shocking than painful. Plus, it'll make for good laughs years from now! Snap, THUD!!!


Speaking of laughs...

I got some out of the "Techno Viking" site. I'm closing with a video that I recently found. Totally cool!