ML20058Q028

Discusses Insp of on 920908 & 930720 to Review Actions Taken by Util to Determine Potential for Record Falsification at Facility & Forwards Notice of Violation.Nrc Concerned Re Misconduct on Part of Individual Involved W/Records

ML20058Q028
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	10/15/1993
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Sieber J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
Shared Package
ML20058Q031	List: ML20058Q028 ML20058Q038
References
IEIN-92-030, IEIN-92-30, NUDOCS 9310260044
Download: ML20058Q028 (3)

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' Docket No. 50-412 License No..NPF-73 Mr. J. D. Sieber Senior Vice President t;

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SUBJECT:

FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS This refers to the NRC inspection conducted on September 8,1992, and July 20,1993, at the Beaver Valley Power Station.to review, in part, the actions taken by you to determine the potential for record falsification at yotor 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 two records that you determined were incomplete or inaccurate.

The NRC is concerned about the apparent misconduct on the part of the individual 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 individual and training 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, 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).

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.

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