ML17180A700
| ML17180A700 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 04/21/1994 |
| From: | Milhoan J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Wee D AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17180A701 | List: |
| References | |
| IA-94-006, IA-94-6, NUDOCS 9404270308 | |
| Download: ML17180A700 (3) | |
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- U UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555--0001 Docket No. 55-30849 License No. SOP-30516-01 IA 94-006 Mr. David Tang Wee
- [Home-Address Deleted Under 10 CFR 2.790]
Dear Mr. Tang Wee:
APR 2 1 1994
SUBJECT:
ORDER PROHIBITING INVOLVEMENT IN NRC-LICENSED.
ACTIVITIES (EFFECTIVE IMMEDIAT.ELY (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-237/92033; 50-249/92033; NRC INVESTIGATION REPORT NO. 3-92-055R)
The enclosed Order is being issued as a consequence of events which occurred during operation of the Dresden Nuclear Station Unit 2 on September 18, 1992 and in violation of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) regulations.and of the Dresden Technical Specifications.
The NRC conducted an inspection and an investigation of the event.
The investigation by the NRC's Office of Investigations (OI) concluded that on September 18, 1992 you deliberately violated*or caused violations of NRC requirements and the Dres¢ien Technical Sp'ecifications.
A copy of the synopsis of the OI report was forwarded* to you by letter dated November 4, 1993.
An.enforcement conferen~e was held with you on. November 1 7, '19*9 3*.
On September 18, 1992, a rod mispositioning. event occurred when a Nuclear Station Operator (NSO) moved a b6rttrol rod out oi sequ~nce during* your shift as* the.. Station. Control Room En'gineer (SCRE).
The error was noticed by a Qualified Nuclear Engineer (QNE).
The NSO continued to move control.* rods in violation of station pro'cedures, at the QNE' s *direction and 'without your knowledge or authorization, after.which the QNE informed you of the mispositioned rod.
Subsequently,* you, the NSO, the QNE, and the two nuclear engineers in training who were present during the incident, agreed not to tell anyone else ~bout.the mispositioned rod incident.
As a resu1t, neither the mispositioned rod nor the subsequent deviation from the planned control rod pattern were documented in the. control room log, a Dresden Form* 14-14C w.as falsified, and Commonwealth Edison Company *ccECo) management was not informed of the incident.
- The OI investigation also concluded, based on the testimony of three. other individuals involved in the September 18, 1992 incident, that you deliberately p:r:o'{i_qed inaccurate information to NRC investigators
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during your transcribed interview on December 1, 1992 when you denied making a statement to the effect that the information about the mispositioned control rod should not leave the control room.
Yo~r actions in-connection with the attempt to conceal the September 18, 1992 event caused CECo to be in violation of its license conditions, including technical specifications and administrative procedures, and constituted a violation of 10 CFR 50.5(a), "Deliberate Misconduct".
Furthermore, your provision of inaccurate information which was material to NRC investigators constituted a violation of 10 CFR 55.9, "Completeness and Accuracy of -Information".
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NRC does not have the requisite reasonable assurance that licensed activities will be properly conducted in accordance with
- regulatory requirements, including the requirement to provide information that is complete and accurate in all material respects, with you involved in licensed activities.
Consequently, after consultation with-the Commission, I have been authorized to issue the enclosed Order Prohibiting Involvement in
~C-Licensed Activities (Effective Immediately).
Failure to comply with the provisions of th-is Order may result in civil or criminal ~anctions.
Questions concerning the enclosed Order ~ay be addressed to James Lieberman, Director, Office of Enforcement.
Mr. Lieberman can be reached at telephone number (301) 504-274L In accordance with 10 CFR 2. 790 of the NRC.' s "Rules of Practice,"
a copy of this letter and the enclosure with your home address removed will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
Enclosure:
Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC~Licensed Activities (Effective Immediately) 6c w/enclosure:
See Next Page Sincerely,
'1.<~L.77/~
es L. Milhoan puty Executive Director*
or Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Regional Operations and Rese-arch
Mr.; Davis Tang Wee cc w/enclosure:
- w. J. Wallace, Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer L. o. DelGeorge 3 -
Vice President, Nuclear Oversight and Regulatory Services M. Lyster, Site Vice President G. Spedl, Station Manager J. Shields, Regulatory Assurance Manager D. Farrar, Nuclear Regulatory Services Manager Richard Hubbard J. w *. Mccaffrey, Chief Public Utilities Division Robert Newmann, Off ice of Public Counsel,.state of Illinois Center