Review of TVA's Raccoon Mountain Fire Protection Systems

As part of our annual inspection plan, we initiated a review of the fire protection systems at the Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant. In meeting with plant personnel, we were informed that in July 2010, Marsh Risk Consulting issued a report which included a number of recommendations for the plant to improve fire protection at the site. Based upon this, we decided to perform a walkdown of the site and a limited review of testing/inspection documentation for a sample of the fixed fire protection systems at the site.We noted no issues during our walkdown of the facility. However, we did note one deficiency with the testing/inspection of one of the fixed fire protection systems at the site, which was communicated to plant management. Despite the one identified deficiency, we determined that no further work in this area is warranted by our office at this time.