ML20058P026

Discusses Info Re IEIN-93-030, Falsification of Plant Records, Issued on 930423 Re NRC Insp of License DPR-28 Conducted in May & Sept 1992

ML20058P026
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	10/15/1993
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Reid D VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
Shared Package
ML20058P029	List: ML20058P026 ML20058P030
References
IEIN-93-030, IEIN-93-30, NUDOCS 9310220001
Download: ML20058P026 (3)

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J OCT l 5 l993 Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28 Mr. Donald A. Reid Vice President, Operations Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation RD 5, Box 169 -

Ferry Road Brattleboro, Vermont 05301

SUBJECT:

FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS This refers to the NRC inspections conducted in May and September 1992 at Vermont Yankee 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 one licensed and two non-licensed auxiliary operator round logs that 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,

'I enforcement action can be taken against not only the facility licensee for the inaccurate or i

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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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.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL. GIGtED By Wi[idm d'

Thomas T. Martin egional Administrator

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R. Wanczyk, Plant Manager J. Thayer, Vice President, Yankee Atomic Electric Company L. Tremblay, Senior Licensing Engineer, Yankee Atomic Electric Company J. Gilroy, Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Inc.

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