IR 05000272/1992009

Discusses Insp Repts 50-272/92-09,50-311/92-09 & 50-354/92-09 on 920614-0725 to Review Util Actions to Determine Potential for Record Falsification at Facilities & Forwards Nov.Nrc Concerned Re Misconduct of Personnel

ML20058P928
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	10/15/1993
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Miltenberger S Public Service Enterprise Group
Shared Package
ML20058P933	List: IR 05000272/1992009 ML20058P936
References
NUDOCS 9310260013
Download: ML20058P928 (3)

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~ Docket Nos.'50-272; 50-311; and 50-354

. License NostDPR-70; DPR-75; and NPF-57 Mr. Steven E. Miltenberger, Vice President and Chief Nuclear Of5cer Public Service Electric and Gas Company

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Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038

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Dear Mr. Miltenberger:

SUBJECT: FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS - NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-272/92-09; 50-311/92-09; and 50-354/92-09 This refers to the NRC inspection conducted between June 14 and July 25,1992, at the Salem

and Hope Creek facilities to review, in part, the actions taken by you to determine the potential

for record falsification at your facilities. As a result of your review, you identified that the logs of-19 of 35 fire watch personnel revie-wed were determined to be incomplete or inaccurate.

' The NRC is concerned about the apparent misconduct on the part of the plant personnel involved

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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 i 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, the implementation of corrective measures, the application of disciplinary action against the offending individuals, and the incorporation of

- 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.

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.In the future, similar violations may result in escalated enforcement action. For such case, enforcement action may be taken against the facility licensee for the inaccurate or incomplete >

information (see 10 CFR 50.9(a)), and 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 3 for providing accurate information to you or the NRC (see 10 CFR 50.5). l I

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J. Hagan, Vice President, Nuclear Operations

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C. Schaefer,' External Operation _s - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.

C. -Vondra,~ General Manager - Salem Operations

' R. Hovey, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations F. Thomson, Manager, Licensing and Regulation R. Swanson, General Manager - QA and' Nuclear Safety Review J. Robb, Director, Joint Owner Affairs A. Tapert, Program Administrator.

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. M. Wetterhahn, Esquire -

. P. Curham, Manager, Joint Genaruusn Department, Atlantic Electric Company Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate -

- W. Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, lower Alloways Creek Township K.' Abraham, PAO (2) i

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Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

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