IR 05000206/1992023
| ML13329A278 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1993 |
| From: | Faulkenberry B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Ray H SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. |
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| Download: ML13329A278 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION V
1450 MARIA LANE WALNUT CREEK. CALIFORNIA 94596-5368 OCT 15 1993 Docket No. 50-206, 50-361, 50-362 License No. DPR-13, NPF-21, NPF-15 Southern California Edison Company Irvine Operations Center 23 Parker Street Irvine, California 92718 Attention: Mr. Harold B. Ray, Senior Vice President, Power Systems SUBJECT:
FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-206/361/362/92-23 This refers to the NRC inspection conducted on July 17 through August 26, 1992, at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to review, in part, the actions taken by you to determine the potential for record falsification at your facility. Information Notice (IN) 92-30, "Falsification of Plant Records," was issued on April 23, 1992, to alert all licensees of the NRC's concern that plant mechanics, technicians, and operators may have falsified plant records at several nuclear plants. As a result of your review, you identified three records made by one individual that you determined were incomplete or inaccurat The NRC is concerned about the apparent misconduct on the part of the plant personnel involved with those records. Because the NRC must be able to rely on the professionalism and integrity of personnel who perform safety-related activities, including log taking and record keeping, such misconduct cannot be tolerate Therefore, the NRC is issuing the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice) to document that concern and to emphasize your management's responsibility to assure that your records are complete and accurat However, after considering the facts of this case, including your identification of the violations and the corrective actions taken (both disciplinary action against the offending individual and program upgrades to improve the log keeping process), the NRC has decided not to assign a severity level to the violations, nor require a response to the Notic In the future, similar violations may result in escalated enforcement actio In addition, enforcement action can be taken against not only the facility licensee for the inaccurate or incomplete information (see 10 CFR 50.9(a)),
but also against any individual who engages in deliberate misconduct that causes, or but for detection, would have caused a licensee to be in violation of a requirement for providing accurate information to you or the NRC (see 10 CFR 50.5).
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this letter will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Roo
Sincerely, Regional Admini trator Enclosure: Notice of Violation DISTRIBUTION:
cc w/ enclosure:
Mr. Edwin A. Guiles, Vice President Engineering & Operations, San Diego Gas and Electric C James A. Beoletto, Esq., Southern California Edison Company Chairman, Board of Supervisors, County of San Diego Alan R. Watts, Esq., Rourke & Woodruff Mr. Sherwin Harris, Resource Project Manager, Public Utilities Department Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager, ABB Combustion Engineering Nuclear Power Mr. R. W. Krieger, Station Manager, Southern California Edison Company Mr. Don J. Womeldorf, Chief, Environmental Management Branch Mr. Richard J. Kosiba, Project Manager, Bechtel Power Corporation Mr. Robert G. Lacy, Manager Nuclear Department Mr. Steve Hsu, Radiologic Health Branch Mayor, City of San Clemente