ML20058P453
| ML20058P453 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Duane Arnold  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1993 |
| From: | Martin J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Leslie Liu IES UTILITIES INC., (FORMERLY IOWA ELECTRIC LIGHT |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20058P455 | List: |
| References | |
| IEIN-92-030, IEIN-92-30, NUDOCS 9310250039 | |
| Download: ML20058P453 (2) | |
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6 OCT 151993 Docket No.
50-331 License No. DPR-49 Iowa Electric Light and Power Company ATTH: Mr. Lee Liu Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer IE Towers P. O. Box 351 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406
Dear Mr. Liu:
SUBJECT:
FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS This refers to the NRC inspection conducted on July 1 through August 31, 1992, at the Duane Arnold Energy Center 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 numerous records that you determined 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 (disciplinary action against the offending individuals and/or program upgrades to improve the log keeping process), the NRC has decided not to assign a severity level gO(
to the violation, nor require a response to the Notice.
In the future, similar violations may result in escalated enforcement action.
hg In addition, enforcement action can be taken against not only the facility l
licensee for the inaccurate or incomplete information (see 10 CFR 50.9(a)),
l but also against any individual who engages in deliberate misconduct that j
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 Power Company In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this letter will be plarad in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR).
i Crid=1 r!,~ned by Job:: E L7:rlin f John B. Martin Regional Administrator
Enclosure:
As Stated cc w/ enclosure:
D. Wilson, Plant Superintendent - Nuclear K. Young, Manager, Nuclear Licensing OC/LFDCB Resident Inspector, RIII Stephen Brown, Iowa Dept.
of Commerce Licensing Project Mgr., NRR bec:
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