IR 05000259/1992029
| ML18037A575 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1993 |
| From: | Ebneter S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Medford M TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18037A576 | List: |
| References | |
| IEIN-92-030, IEIN-92-30, NUDOCS 9312020234 | |
| Download: ML18037A575 (6) | |
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Docket Nos.
50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 License Nos.
DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN:
Dr. Hark Hedford, Vice President Nuclear Assurance, Licensing 5. Fuels 3B Lookout Place 1101 Harket Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2901 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-259)
260, AND 296/92-29)
This refers to the NRC inspection conducted on July 18 - August 14, 1992, at your Browns Ferry facility 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 examples of auxiliary unit operator 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 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 accurate.
However, after considering the facts of this case, including your identification of the violation 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 violation, 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
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
CFR 50.5).
93i2020234 93iOi5 PDR ADOCK 05000259
Tennessee Valley Authority O~~ ~ 5 l993 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.
OREGIfiAL SICKCD BY L
f<EYES Stewart D. Ebneter Regional Administrator Enclosure:
Tennessee Valley Authority cc w/encl:
Mr.
W. H. Kennoy, Director Tennessee Valley Authority ET 12A 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 R.
M. Eytchison, Vice President Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley Authority 3B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Pedro Salas Site Licensing Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. 0.
Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35602 0, J. 2eringue, Vice President Browns Ferry Operations Tennessee Valley Authority P. 0.
Box 2000 Decatur, AL.
35602 B.
S. Schofield, Manager Nuclear Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority 5B Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801'VA Representative Tennessee Valley Authority 11921 Rockville Pike Suite 402 Rockville, MD 20852 General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority ET 11H 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 cc w/encl con't:
(see next page)
Tennessee Valley Authority QQT 15 1S93 cc w/enl con't:
Chairman, Limestone County Commission P. 0.
Box 188 Athens, AL 35611 C.
E. Fox, M.D.
State Department of Public Health State Office Building 434 Monroe Street Montgomery, AL 36130 Mr. T.
D. Shriver Nuclear Assurance and Licensing Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. 0.
Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35602
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Tennessee Valley Authority OCT 15 ]993 bcc w/encl:
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W. Merschoff, RII J.
R. Johnson, RII P. J. Kellogg, RII B.
M. Bordenick, OGC M. S. Callahan, GPA/CA T.
M. Ross,.
NRR G. Lainas, NRR F. Hebdon, NRR J.
Lieberman, OE L. J.
Watson, RII Document Control Desk NRC Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 12, Box 637 Athens, AL 35611 10/
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