IR 05000219/1992016

Discusses Insp Rept 50-219/92-16 on 920719-0825 & Forwards Notice of Violation

ML20059A214
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	10/15/1993
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	J. J. Barton GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
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ML20059A216	List: IR 05000219/1992016 ML20059A220
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NUDOCS 9310260258
Download: ML20059A214 (5)

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OCT l 5 093 Docket No. 50-219 License No. DPR-16 Mr. John Vice President and Director GPU Nuclear Corporation Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Post Office Box 388 Forked River, New Jersey 08731

Dear Mr. Barton:

SUBJECT: FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS - INSPECTION REPORT NO. SC-219/92-16 This refers to the NRC inspection conducted from July 19,1992 through August 25,1992, at the Oyster Creek 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 for five non-licensed equipment operators (EO) records that you determined were incomplete or inaccurate.

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 tolerated. Therefore, the NRC isissuing the enclosed Notice of Violation to document that concem and to emphasize your management's responsibility to assure that your records are complete and accurate. 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 individuals 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 Notice.  ;

In the future, similar violations may result in escalated enforcement action. 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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Mr. John J. Ilarton 2 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 Room.

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