10 docs regarding Browns Ferry in the NRC's ADAMS this week

1. ML12307A102 - Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, and 3 - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying Licenses With Regard to Reliable Hardened Containment Vents (Order Number EA-12-050).
2. ML12307A105 - Tennessee Valley Authority - Initial Status Report in Response to the March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051).
3. ML12307A104 - Tennessee Valley Authority - Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying Licenses With Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events (Order Number EA-12-049).
4. ML12307A284 - Bellefonte, Units 1 & 2, Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, & 3, Sequoyah, Units 1 & 2, Watts Bar, Units 1 & 2, Transmittal of Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan, TVA-NQA-PLN89-A, Revision 27.
5. ML12307A224 - Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2 & 3, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding BWRVIP- 25 Core Plate Bolt Stress Analysis.
6. ML12319A012 - Error In Main Steam Line High Flow Calculational Methodology.
7. ML12312A167 - Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, & 3, Sequoyah, Unit 1 & 2, Watts Bar, Units 1 & 2, 90-Day Response to NRC Bulletin 2012-01, "Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System."
8. ML12319A182 - IR 05000259-12-004, 05000260-12-004, 05000296-12-004, on 07/01/2012 - 09/30/2012, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3, Identification and Resolution of Problems, and Event Follow-up.
9. ML12320A481 - 11/15/12 Meeting Slides Regarding Browns Ferry XM Fuel Transition Update.
10. ML12321A252 - 12/5/2012 - Meeting Announcement - Category One - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.

Happy Veteran's Day!; 2 fairly standard docs for Browns Ferry in ADAMS for the past week

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1. ML12307A346 - Confirmation of Request Initial Operator License Examinations for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.


2. ML12306A498 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 - Acceptance Review of Requested Licensing Action Concerning 25 Percent Surveillance Extension (TAC Nos. ME9485, ME9486, ME9489)(TS-475).

A little late, but this Google map has some great info for those dealing with Sandy's aftermath...

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3 docs in ADAMS regarding Browns Ferry 10/27 - 11/3/12; Go vote on Tuesday

1. ML12299A252 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Core Operating Limits Report for Cycle 10 Operation.
2. ML12306A409 - 11/15/12 Notice of Forthcoming Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding AREVA XM Fuel Transition Request.
3. ML12306A352 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Request for Additional Information Regarding Relief Request 2-ISI-28 (TAC No. ME8779).

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Voting for the 2012 general election begins in around 72 hours. Obviously, I have my preferences about who wins. I won't likely sway anyone to vote my way and it's highly unlikely that any one will sway my vote at this point in the game. If you haven't already, just get out there and vote on Tuesday...

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NRC docs for Browns Ferry 10/20-10/27/12; Spooktacular 5K and UCP 'Life Without Limits' 1/2 Marathon

1. ML12293A137 - Letter re: Notification of Browns Ferry Nuclear Station - Component Design Bases Inspection - NRC Inspection Report 05000259-13-007, 05000260-13-007 & 05000296-13-007.
2. ML12275A492 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 2 and 3 - Acceptance Review of Requested Licensing Action Concerning of Low Pressure Coolant Injection Motor-Generator Sets (TAC NOS. ME9176 AND ME9177) (TS-429).
3. ML122910958 - LER 12-004-00 for Browns Ferry, Unit 2 Regarding High Pressure Coolant Injection System Rendered Inoperable Due to an Inadvertent Actuation of Primary Containment Isolation System.

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To all the folks I know running these races tomorrow, good luck:
Spooktacular 5K 2012
UCP 'Life Without Limits' 1/2 Marathon, 5K & Fun Run

One document for Brown Ferry via ADAMS - 10/13-10/20/12

ML12279A043 - LER 12-008-00, for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Regarding Standby Gas Treatment System Train C Inoperable Longer than allowed by Technical Specifications.

Aren't we a bunch of fine looking individuals?

For those of you who know me, feast your eyes. This is one of a very few times that you'll EVER see me dressed in a suit...

From October 17, 2012

Khan and one of the other felines in the 'hood; CRS reports via FAS; Eggnog!!!

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I've mentioned CRS reports here before. I'm kind of an info junkie and my tax money goes into these reports that are supposed to help Congress in their law-making function. They are not readily available to the public unless a member of Congress chooses to release a report. A number of non-governmental entities make these reports available (when they are able to obtain them). One of my favorites is the Federation of American Scientists. Here are links to the reports they have obtained and released this month:

October 2
October 3
October 9
October 10

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So, politics and other potentially depressing world material aside (I'm glad the 2012 election is rapidly approaching and will soon be over), I went to the store tonight. I had the chance to pick up my first quart of eggnog for the 2012 fall/winter season. I love eggnog. Probably not good that I downed the entire quart in less than 15 minutes. Oh well, tasted GREAT!!!

NRC docs regarding Browns Ferry 9/29 - 10/13/12; Yucky time; RSS feed for who you follow on Twitter

The following is a list of documents the NRC has placed into ADAMS for the past two weeks:

1. ML12268A312 - Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, & 3, Sequoyah, Unit 1 & 2, Watts Bar, Unit 1, Service List Update for Documents containing Official Use Only and Safeguards Information.
2. ML12268A311 - Browns Ferry, Sequoyah & Watts Bar - Service List Update for Routine Information.
3. ML12272A061 - 11/8/12 Notice of Forthcoming Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Voluntary Fire Protection Risk Initiative for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3.
4. ML12272A119 - Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, and 3, Generic Letter 96-05 Class "D" Joint Owners' Group Motor Operated Valves Install.
5. ML12277A248 - Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2 and 3: Updated Reply to Notice of Violation; EA-11-252; and Follow-up to 10 CFR 50.9, "Completeness and Accuracy of Information," Notification.

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The second portion of the title above says "Yucky time". Up until about the past month, I believed that I would be working 4 on-1 off day shifts for about the next month. I found out some time last month that I'll be doing 4 on-1 off night shifts. I don't mind night shift one bit. It's just going to make for one hell of a time getting ready for the Rocket City Marathon.

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I thought I had posted this before, but I can't find it with a quick search, so here goes...
Sometimes it's difficult to catch up with all the status updates your friends make on Facebook. You can use built-in FB functionality to have an RSS feed of all those statuses. For those of you on Twitter, you can have an RSS feed of tweets by who you follow. For instance, I follow Spaceflight Now via Twitter. Here's the RSS feed:
https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=SpaceflightNow

Here's an RSS feed of my tweets - https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=artmetcalf

Format - http(or https)://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=[Insert the username after the @ right here]

3 docs in the NRC ADAMS regarding Browns Ferry over the past week

Document Title	Accession Number	Date Added	Document Date	Size
Request for Regulatory Conference.	ML12265A043	09/24/2012 09:14 AM EDT	07/02/2012	45.37 Kb
Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2 and 3 - Registration of Use of Cask to Store Spent Fuel.	ML12264A577	09/24/2012 02:23 PM EDT	09/19/2012	62.08 Kb
LER 12-003-00 for Browns Ferry, Unit 2, Regarding 480V Reactor Motor Operated Valve Board 2E Failed to Manually Transfer to Alternate Power.	ML12263A430	09/27/2012 09:04 AM EDT	09/17/2012	465.08 Kb

HR 347 hubbub

I've seen a fair amount of material regarding HR 347 and how it was signed by the current President without fanfare or news coverage and how HR 347 abridges free speech.

I'm not philosophically aligned with the incumbent very much and I won't vote for him. However...

The quick and dirty first check provides some context to this bill. For those inclined to believe that snopes is some overarching leftist conspiracy (not me), most of the language in the applicable section of Title 18 of the United States Code that was amended by HR 347 has been in existence since 1971. If you want to do the research, it was Public Law 91-644, a.k.a the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970. If you'd just like to read the applicable sections, the beginning of 18 USC § 1752 is here and the rest is here.

So, much of the basic language for 18 USC § 1752 was actually signed into law by Richard Nixon. Since 1971, 18 USC § 1752 has been modified several times. You can view the modifications and their dates and applicable public laws (signed into law by Reagan, Clinton, Bush II, and now Obama) here.

All this is basically to say that this is NOT the issue that will keep me from voting for the incumbent...

One doc; Opium download; Johnson-Gray 2012

One document in ADAMS for Browns Ferry over the last week...

1. ML12249A132 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 & 3 cover letter.

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Third party candidates on the Alabama ballot in November.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrr, mateys!!!

It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day!!! Like it, or not...

16 docs from Browns Ferry this past week; Duck and Run; Ouch!

1. ML12251A102 - G20120602/LTR-12-0414/EDATS: SECY-201-0408 - Response to Bellefonte Efficiency and Sustainability Team and Mothers Against Tennessee River Radiation regarding Browns Ferry.
2. ML12240A080 - 10/3/2012 Notice of Forthcoming Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Voluntary Fire Protection Risk Initiative.
3. ML12254A331 - Requalification Program Inspection - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.
4. ML12249A194 - LER 12-006-01 for Browns Ferry, Unit 3, Regarding Main Steam Relief Valves' Lift Settings Outside Technical Specifications Required Setpoint.
5. ML102520123 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 Draft Simulator Scenarios.
6. ML102520157 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 Final Administrative Documents.
7. ML102520124 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 Draft Sim/IN-Plant JPMs.
8. ML102520120 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 Draft SRO Written Exam.
9. ML102520154 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 Draft Administrative Job Performance Measures.
10. ML102520259 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 General Correspondence.
11. ML102520171 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 Final Simulator Scenarios.
12. ML102520107 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant – Examination Outline.
13. ML102520114 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 Draft RO Written Exam.
14. ML102520176 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 Final Administrative Job Performance Measures.
15. ML102520174 - Browns Ferry Initial Exam 2010-301 Final Sim/In-Plant JPMs.
16. ML12229A439 - G20120602/LTR-12-0414/EDATS: SECY-2012-0408 - Ltr. Stewart Horn and Gary Morgan Re: 2.206 - GE Mark I Reactors - Brown Ferry.

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I figured I'd do a little 5k yesterday morning. It was the Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful Duck and Run 5K. Results are linked from North Alabama Runner.

So, there I am on Friday night with my wife at a fundraiser carnival that was being held at the new high school in Madison, AL. Things were a little slow, so I busted out the old and trusty hacky sack. I'm standing there going to town with it and another dude even came over and joined in for a few minutes. After he left, I got back to it again. That's when the trouble started. Not trouble as in trouble with folks. Trouble as in my right foot was hiked up at least five feet behind my body. It's NOT pleasing to hear a double pop from that stance and then feel a shot of pain near the upper end of your hamstrings. I can still walk and even kept a semi-respectable (although notably slower) pace at the 5K the next morning, so I don't think it's really bad. Low grade strain I think (and hope). Still sore as a son of a gun. My wife says I'm getting old. I don't believe it...

Browns Ferry docs for the last week

1. ML12240A105 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers Section XI, Inservice Inspection, System Pressure Test, Containment Inservice Inspection, and Repair and Replacement Programs - Owner's Activity Report for Cycle 15 Operation.
2. ML12240A106 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 - Integrated Improvement Plan Summary.
3. ML12244A110 - Browns Ferry U1 2012-005 ISI RFI MSC.
4. ML12220A089 - EN-12-032, Issuance of Final Significance Determination and Notice of Violation, Tennessee Valley Authority, Browns Ferry, (EA-12-133).
5. ML12248A296 - Browns Ferry 2012 Mid Cycle.
6. ML12242A477 - License Amendment Request to Change Technical Specifications to Delete References to Section XI of the ASME Code and Incorporate References to the ASME OM Code and Allow Application of 25 Percent Extension of Surveillance Intervals to Accelerated....
7. ML12250A821 - Press Release-12-099: NRC Issues Mid-Cycle Assessments for Nation? Nuclear Plants.

Single Browns Ferry document in ADAMS for the past week; Crossword .bat; Fact checkers

The NRC only had one document posted for Browns Ferry in its ADAMS repository for the past week:

1. ML12235A478 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, 10 CFR 50.46 30-Day Report for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 2.

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I've been (automatically, for the most part) downloading the Washington Post's daily crossword for the past several years. It's actually pretty easy. First, I use a quick and dirty batch file to download the applicable file.
---Copy below this and paste into a notepad file. Save as "all files"->[insert name].bat---
@echo off
echo %%date%% = %date%
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%j in ("%date%") do (
set month=%%j
set day=%%k
set year=%%l
)
wget "http://cdn.games.arkadiumhosted.com/washingtonpost/crossynergy/cs%year%%month%%day%.jpz" -O chron/chron.com_%month%-%day%-20%year%.jpz
pause
----------End of batch, remove this line also----------
To make it automatic, set up a daily scheduled activity with Windows scheduler. When this file runs, you'll have a file called csYYMMDD.jpz. I convert the applicable .jpz to a .puz file using jpz2puz. You can find that here. When you convert the file to a .puz file, you can open it with something like the Across Lite Crossword Solver. Sharpen your word skills...

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Fact checkers have been in the news for the past couple of days. Both the Democrats AND Republicans have had issues with the fact checkers. Maybe, just maybe, the fact checkers are doing it mostly right if they're angering both sides. For the most part, the fact checking sites do a much better job of including reference/source material than the campaigns that attack them do. To that end, I've seen mentioned multiple times (in various posts via FB and other social media) items like "snopes.com is funded by George Soros". I take most of what I read online with a grain of salt. If you take what the Mikkelson's themselves have to say about that and bounce it against what a spot like factcheck.org has to say regarding the same rumor, you might at least feel a little better about the source of snopes.com funding. On a related, but more aimed toward current affairs tack, here's a little factcheck.org piece discussing how both of the current major party Presidential campaigns continue to engage in word twisting/hyperbole/outright misinformation regarding Medicare funding. Make of it what you will, but I'd much rather have information that is sourced...

Two weeks of NRC docs for Browns Ferry (8/11-8/25)

1. ML12227A480 - Press Release-II-12-051: NRC Issues Violation For Inspection Finding of Low to Moderate Safety Significance at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.
2. ML12226A647 - Browns Ferry Final Significance Determination of White Finding and Notice of Violation Follow-Up Assessment Letter.
3. ML12227A711 - IR 05000259-12-003, 05000260-12-003, 05000296-12-003, 05000259/2012502, 05000260/2012502, 05000296/2012502; 04/01/2012 -06/30/2012; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3; Operability Evaluations, Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive.
4. ML12227A688 - LER 12-002-00 for Browns Ferry, Unit 2, High Pressure Coolant Injection System Rendered Inoperable Due to an Inoperable Primary Containment Isolation Valve.
5. ML12234A543 - Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, and 3, Registration of Use of Cask to Store Spent Fuel.
6. ML12229A212 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
7. ML12229A158 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records - Quality Assurance Program Appendix C Form SSP-59 (Page 1 of 4) Quality Control Inspection Report.
8. ML12227A710 - GERIS 2000 Examination Reports and Associated Records.
9. ML12228A191 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
10. ML12229A271 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
11. ML12227A644 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
12. ML12229A272 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
13. ML12227A874 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
14. ML12229A274 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
15. ML12229A156 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
16. ML12228A192 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
17. ML12229A160 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
18. ML12229A270 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
19. ML12228A193 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
20. ML12227A875 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
21. ML12229A214 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records - Weld Locations, BF-3-VMA, Rev 0.
22. ML12227A868 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
23. ML12227A871 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
24. ML12229A155 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
25. ML12227A877 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
26. ML12229A273 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
27. ML12227A643 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
28. ML12227A876 - GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
29. ML12229A154 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 GERIS 2000 Examination Data Sheets and Associated Records.
30. ML12227A642 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 - Response to Request for Information Regarding 1993 Reactor Vessel Examination.

NRC docs - Browns Ferry 8/4/12 - 8/11/12; Tempo Run 5K; Darkangel (Azrael)

1. ML12180A062 - Final Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Units 1, 2, and 3 Accident Sequence Precursor (ASP) Analysis.
2. ML12180A059 - Memo from R. Correia to M. Evans Re: Transmittal of Final Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Units 1, 2, and 3 ASP Analysis.
3. ML12214A269 - LER 12-005-00 for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3, Regarding Automatic Reactor Scram Due to an Actuation of a Main Transformer Differential Relay.
4. ML12221A261 - 09/25-26/2012 Noticeo of Meeting Announcement - 2012 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Initial Examination Writers' Workshop.
5. ML12215A006 - ANP-3015(NP), Revision 0, "Browns Ferry Units 1, 2, and 3, LOCA Break Spectrum Analysis."
6. ML12215A005 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 2 and 3, Supplement to Technical Specification Change TS-429 - Deletion of Low Pressure Coolant Injection Motor-Generator Sets.

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Come join the Tempo Run 5K on 8/18/2012. Or, if you're can't/won't run, please at least consider a donation to the Loretto Band Boosters.

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For what it's worth, this is the music I am listening to as I type (iTunes link): Darkangel (Azrael) - Dark Angel - EP

NRC docs for Browns Ferry 7/29/12 - 8/4/12; Check out my Athens/Huntsville bundle

1. ML12202A001 - LER 12-006-01, for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1, regarding High Pressure Coolant Injection System Turbine Failed to Trip using The Manual Trip Pushbutton.
2. ML12209A391 - 07/25/2012 Browns Ferry Regulatory Conference Meeting Summary.
3. ML12212A333 - 08/09/2012 Meeting Notice with Browns Ferry to Discuss the Status of TVA's Preparations for NRC Supplemental Inspection in Accordance with Inspection Procedure 95003, "Supplemental Inspection for Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yellow Inputs, or One Red Input,” at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.
4. ML11189A217 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 - Issuance of Amendments Regarding Request to Add Technical Specification 3.7.3, "Control Room Emergency Ventilation System," Action to Address Two CREV Subsystems Inoperable.
5. ML12208A019 - LER 12-004-00 for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3, Regarding Manual Reactor Scram During Startup Due to Multiple Control Rod Insertion.
6. ML12208A018 - LER 12-006-00 for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3, Regarding Main Steam Relief Valves' Lift Settings Outside Technical Specifications Required Setpoint.
7. ML12208A017 - LER 12-003-00, for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3, Regarding Automatic Reactor Scram Due to De-Energization of Reactor Protection System from Actuation of 3A Unit Station Service Transformer Differential Relay.
8. ML12215A131 - Press Release-II-12-050: NRC Schedules Public Meeting Aug. 9 to Discuss Status of Inspections at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant.

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