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The OIG audited $4.8 million in costs billed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Nol-Tec Systems, Inc., to design, furnish, and install hydrated lime injection systems for SO3 mitigation at various TVA fossil plants.

The OIG investigated allegations that TVA Board Chairman William "Bill" Sansom's personal financial interests and position at TVA constituted a conflict of interest and that he had a relative who worked at TVA in violation of TVA's nepotism policy. Federal conflict of interest law prohibits federal officials and employees from acting on a particular matter in their official capacity which affects personal financial interests. There was no evidence Mr.

The OIG completed agreed-upon procedures to assist the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) in determining TVA's compliance with the annual reporting requirements of the CRS Green Pricing Accreditation Program for the year ended December 31, 2012. The results of the procedures performed, which were related to TVA's renewable energy initiative, "Green Power Switch," were provided to the CRS. Summary Only

We audited the risk program at Bellefonte Nuclear Plant (BLN) to determine the adequacy of TVA's consideration of risks associated with the construction of BLN Unit 1. The scope included BLN construction risk management program activities beginning August 2009 through November 2011 and subsequent changes to the risk management program. We determined that while a renewed emphasis has been placed on BLN's risk management program, previous program failures indicated significant improvements to the program were needed.

As a result of delays and overruns on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 (WBN U2) construction project, questions have been raised about the quality of the work performed. Nuclear Construction (NC) Quality Assurance (QA) plays a key role in ensuring that work completed meets high-quality standards. The objective of our review was to determine if the NC QA program was effective in its oversight of the WBN U2 construction project.

The OIG audited the costs billed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by MPW Industrial Services, Inc. (MPW) for providing hydroblasting services at TVA locations under Contract No. 38764. Our scope included $2.33 million in costs paid by TVA from January 7, 2009, to December 27, 2011. This amount included $1.88 million paid under Contract No. 38764 and $0.45 million paid under stand-alone purchase orders which incorporated the pricing terms of Contract No. 38764.

The Office of the Inspector General audited the savings guaranteed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc., (DBA) for work management improvement services. DBA guaranteed efficiency and productivity gains would result in minimum total cost savings to TVA of $17,971,760. Our objective was to determine if DBA complied with the terms of the contract and achieved the guaranteed cost savings. Although we did not find evidence of noncompliance with the contract, we could not determine if DBA achieved the guaranteed cost savings.

There have been a number of recent incidents requiring emergency response at TVA fossil plants, including the ash spill at Kingston Fossil Plant and fires at multiple plants. This review was initiated to assess TVA coal and gas fleet emergency preparedness.The objective of this review was to determine if Coal Operations and Gas Operations have made progress in their emergency preparedness and response program since the ash spill at Kingston Fossil Plant.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 (WBN2) management requested the Office of the Inspector General to perform a review of the commodity tracking process being implemented for the WBN2 construction project. This review was intended to help TVA gain confidence in their commodity tracking process, which is used in conjunction with other tools and metrics to gauge the project's progress.We identified minor vulnerabilities in the commodity tracking process for the WBN2 construction project related to potential duplication of data entry and review.