IR 05000245/1992014
| ML20058Q055 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1993 |
| From: | Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Opeka J NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20058Q057 | List: |
| References | |
| IEIN-92-030, IEIN-92-30, NUDOCS 9310260062 | |
| Download: ML20058Q055 (5) | |
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Docket Nos.L50-245; 50:336;'50 423-'
License Nos. DPR-21; DPR-65; NPF-49 MriJohn F. Opeka; LExecutive Vice President i Nuclear
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Dear Mr. Opeka:
SUBJECT:
FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS -INSPECTION REPORT NUMBERS 50-245/92-14; 50-336/92-15; 50-423/92-14 This refers to the NRC inspection conducted from May 12-14, 1992, at the Millstone Nuclear-Power 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 A~pril 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 that twenty-five operators (eight of whom were licensed as Reactor Operators) had not performed required inspections on more than one occasion. The
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same individuals falsified records which indicated they had performed the inspections.
The NRC is' concerned about the apparent misconduct on the part of the plant personnel involved Ewith those records. ' Because the NRC must be able to rely on the professionalism and integrity l of personnel who perform safety-related activities, including log taking and record keeping, such
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misconduct cannot be tolerated. - Therefore, fhe NRC is issuing the enclosed Notice of Violation to document that concern and to empt a3ite your management's responsibility to assure that your records are complete and accurate rvever, after considering the facts of this case, including
your identification of the violations e 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
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- 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
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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
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.S. Scace, Vice President, Millstone Station 1J. Stetz,.Vice President, Haddam Neck Plant H. Haynes, Nuclear Unit Director G. Bouchard, Nuclear Unit Director F. Dacimo, Nuclear Unit Director R. Kacich, Director, Nuclear Licensing
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