# NRC CAL – NOV (SL III)
> **EA-11-252** · CAL · Severity SLIII · Issued 2012-01-23 · Reactor Licensees
## Action
- **EA Number:** EA-11-252
- **Licensee:** NOV (SL III)
- **Category:** Reactor Licensees
- **Action type:** CAL
- **Severity level:** SLIII
- **Date issued:** 2012-01-23
## Description

On January 23, 2012, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a violation of 10 CFR 50.9, “Completeness and Accuracy of Information,” associated with a Severity Level III violation involving TVA’s failure to provide information to the Commission that was complete and accurate in all material respects, related to its NRC Generic Letter 89-10, “Safety-Related Motor-Operated Valve Testing and Surveillance” testing program. Specifically, in a letter dated January 6, 1997, TVA stated that “Closure of valves FCV-74-52 and FCV-74-66 is not required by plant procedures to operate the residual heat removal (RHR) system in the suppression pool cooling mode. Therefore, these valves have no ‘redundant’ safety function and will not be included in the GL 89-10 program.” In a letter dated May 5, 2004, TVA stated that valves FCV-74-52 and FCV-74-66, “are not in the GL 89-10 program, since the valves are normally in their safety position.” This information was inaccurate because the FCV-74-52 and FCV-74-66 valves do have a safety function to shut to operate the RHR system in the suppression pool cooling mode and should therefore have been included in Browns Ferry’s GL 89-10 MOV monitoring program.

## Source
- [Full enforcement letter (PDF)](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1202/ML12024A499.pdf)
- [NRC Reactor Licensees index](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/reactors/)
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