ML050600140

EA-04-228, Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Quad Cities Non-Cited Violation (NRC Office of Investigations Report No. 3-2004-011)

ML050600140
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	02/28/2005
From:	Pederson C Division of Reactor Safety III
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
References
3-2004-011, EA-04-228
Download: ML050600140 (6)

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February 28, 2005 EA-04-228 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION NON-CITED VIOLATION

[NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NO. 3-2004-011]

Dear Mr. Crane:

This refers to information provided to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), by the staff at Exelon Generation Companys (Exelon) Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station (Quad Cities). The Quad Cities staff indicated that two former instrument maintenance technicians at Quad Cities falsely documented the completion of concurrent or independent verifications while calibrating instrumentation. The matter was investigated by the NRC Office of Investigations (OI). The synopsis from the OI Report is enclosed.

Based on the information developed during investigations by the Quad Cities staff and OI, the NRC has concluded that a violation of NRC requirements occurred. In summary, at various times from January 28 to April 16, 2003, two instrument maintenance technicians at Quad Cities falsified maintenance alteration logs to indicate that required concurrent or independent verifications were performed on torus temperature indicators, residual heat removal (RHR) suction and discharge pressure indicators, RHR service water pump discharge indicators, and secondary containment differential pressure indicators after the alteration and restoration of these instruments. This instrumentation was used to verify the operability of equipment in accordance with technical specifications. The concurrent or independent verifications were required by the Quad Cities Procedure MA-AA-716-100, Maintenance Alterations Process.

The actions of these two instrument maintenance technicians placed Exelon in violation of 10 CFR 50.9, Completeness and Accuracy of Information, and were categorized in accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600, at Severity Level IV.

This matter was identified and immediately investigated by Exelon. Corrective actions taken by Exelon included, but were not limited to: (1) reviewing previous work performed by the two individuals; (2) taking disciplinary action against the two individuals; (3) conducting awareness briefings for the maintenance shop staff, departmental stand-downs, and an All Hands meeting concerning this event; and (4) performing an extent-of-condition review of pertinent plant documents from other departments such as operations, radiation protection, chemistry,

C. Crane engineering, and maintenance to ensure that record falsification was limited to the two individuals involved. Therefore, after considering the circumstances of this case and after consulting with the Director, Office of Enforcement, this violation is being treated as a non-cited violation (NCV), consistent with Section VI.A.1.d of the Enforcement Policy.

Please feel free to contact Mr. Julio Lara, Chief, Electrical Engineering Branch, NRC Region III office, if you have any questions. Mr. Lara can be reached at telephone number (630) 829-9731.

You are not required to respond to this letter unless the description herein does not reflect your corrective actions or your position. If you contest the NCV, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this letter, with the basis for your denial, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator and Enforcement Officer, Region III, the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station. The response should be clearly marked as a Reply to EA-04-228.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and your response (should you choose to respond) will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs document system (ADAMS),

accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ADAMS.html. To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be made available to the Public without redaction.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-254: 50-265 License No. DPR-29; DRP-30

Enclosure:

OI Report Synopsis See Attached Distribution

C. Crane engineering, and maintenance to ensure that record falsification was limited to the two individuals involved. Therefore, after considering the circumstances of this case and after consulting with the Director, Office of Enforcement, this violation is being treated as a non-cited violation (NCV), consistent with Section VI.A.1.d of the Enforcement Policy.

Please feel free to contact Mr. Julio Lara, Chief, Electrical Engineering Branch, NRC Region III office, if you have any questions. Mr. Lara can be reached at telephone number (630) 829-9731.

You are not required to respond to this letter unless the description herein does not reflect your corrective actions or your position. If you contest the NCV, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this letter, with the basis for your denial, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator and Enforcement Officer, Region III, the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station. The response should be clearly marked as a Reply to EA-04-228.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and your response (should you choose to respond) will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs document system (ADAMS),

accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ADAMS.html. To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be made available to the Public without redaction.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Reactor Safet Docket No. 50-254: 50-265 License No. DPR-29; DRP-30

Enclosure:

OI Report Synopsis See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME: ML050600140.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII RIII RIII NAME Pelke:tr Berson Ring OBrien DATE 02/22/05 02/22/05 02/22/05 02/22/05 OFFICE RIII OGC OE NAME Pederson Reddick Congel DATE 02/28/05 02/06/05 02/14/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

C. Crane cc w/encl: Site Vice President - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Senior Vice President - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Vice President - Mid-West Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Licensing - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Manager Licensing - Dresden and Quad Cities Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing Vice President - Law and Regulatory Affairs Mid American Energy Company Assistant Attorney General Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety State Liaison Officer, State of Illinois State Liaison Officer, State of Iowa Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission D. Tubbs, Manager of Nuclear MidAmerican Energy Company

C. Crane Distribution ADAMS (PARS)

SECY OCA L. Reyes, EDO E. Merschoff, DEDR J. Dyer, NRR R. Franovich, NRR F. Congel, OE C. Nolan, OE S. Gagner, OPA J. Piccone, OSTP J. Caldwell, RIII G. Grant, RIII R. Lickus, RIII J. Strasma, RIII M. Satorius, RIII C. Pederson, RIII R. Caniano, RIII L. Chandler, OGC J. Moore, OGC D. Reddick, OGC G. Caputo, OI H. Bell, OIG S. Lewis, OGC L. Trocine, OE L. Rossbach, NRR P. Pelke, RIII M. Ring, RIII R. Paul, RIII - OI D. Holody, RI C. Evans, RII K. OBrien, RIII G. Sanborn, RIV K. Stoedter, SRI - Quad Cities OEMAIL OEWEB OAC3 DRSIII DRPIII RidsNrrDipmlipb P. Buckley, RIII J. Kweiser, RIII

SYNOPSIS This investigation was initiated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Investigations, Region III, on March 8, 2004, to determine if Instrument Maintenance (IM) personnel deliberately falsified inspection documentation while calibrating local instrumentation and if the IM Superintendent concealed the record falsification.

Based upon the evidence developed, this investigation did substantiate the allegation that two technicians deliberately falsified inspection documentation while calibrating local instrumentation.

Based upon the evidence developed, this investigation did not substantiate the allegation that the former IM Superintendent concealed the record falsification.

Case No. 3-2004-011 Enclosure