IR 05000416/1992018

Discusses Insp Rept 50-416/92-18 on 920627-0731 & Forwards Notice of Violation

ML20059G240
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	10/15/1993
From:	Ebneter S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Hutchinson C ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
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Docket No.: 50-416 License No.: NPF-29 Entergy Operations, In ATTN C. R. Hutchinson, Vice President Operations - Grand Gulf Entergy Operations, In P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS (INSPECTION REPORT 50-416/92-18)

This refers to the NRC inspection conducted on June 27 through July 31, 1992, at Grand Gulf 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 six records 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 responsi-bility to assure that your records are complete and accurate. However, after considering the facts of this case, including your identification of the violation (s) 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 (s), 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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OCT 151993 Entergy Operations, In In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the commission'a regulations, a copy of

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Notice of Violation cc w/encla Mr. H. W. Keiser, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Entergy Operations, In P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 General Manager Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, In P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 M. J. Meisner, Director Nuclear Licensing Entergy Operations, In P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Mike Morre, Attorney General Frank Spencer, Ass Attorney General State of Mississippi P. O. Box 22947 Jackson, MS 39225 J. P. McGaha Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Operations, In P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 (ce w/ enc 1 cont'd - See page 3)

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