ML20059A167

Discusses Insp on 920804-0905 to Review Util Actions to Determine Potential for Record Falsification at Plant & Forwards Nov.Nrc Concerned About Misconduct of Plant Personnel Involved W/Records

ML20059A167
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	10/15/1993
From:	Martin J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Wallace M COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
Shared Package
ML20059A171	List: ML20059A167 ML20059A175
References
IEIN-92-030, IEIN-92-30, NUDOCS 9310260244
Download: ML20059A167 (2)

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, . i e ;SUBJECTt FALS1f!CAlI0N-0F PLANT RECORDS 61 .

Dear,

Mr. Wallacej

LThisirefers to the'NRC Jinspection conducted on August 4 through ~ September 5, q , _1992, fat your Byron Station to review, in.part, the. actions'taken by you to -;

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determine tthe ' potential /for record falsification at your facility. Information.  ;

JNotice -(IN) 92-30, . " Falsification of Plant Records,"; was _ issued on April 123,

41992, . tof alertHallilicensees- of the NRC's ' concern ' that plant . mechanics,. H

,*u technicians, andloperators.may have falsified plant records at several nuclear- 4 Eplants. After receipt 'o_f'the IN, you reemphasized to yourf staff the .:importance j

• of ; proper: rounds and--documentation. 'When NRC nfound;there lhad: been 'several

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, instances -of~ inaccurate! documentation of rounds .atione of yo~ u r facilities, you

?~ lthen performed a review,and' identified two. records at Byron that you determi.ned q y were'incompleteEor: inaccurate; sb g s . ~ . .

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JThe. NRC: isic~oncerned.-abo'ut the apparent misconduct 'on the' part of th'e plant' '

JE personnellinvolved with tho'se records. Because th'e NRC must be~ able:to rely .on 9 4 . theT pro _fessionalism~ and ; integrity ofEpersonnell who perform .. safety-rel ated ,

i,  : activities,iincluding log taking and record keeping, such misconduct'cannot _be l

tolerated. ;Therefore, the NRC is issuing the- enclosed Notice of Violation-z

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f(Not_ ice)? . toi . document that ' concern' and- to emphasize your management's a E Jresponsibility Lto1 assure that yourirecords are. complete and accurate. After j" 'considering the facts)of this case, including-the ' corrective actions taken [both it

~ disciplinary 'acti~o 'n cagainst,the offending indi'viduals' and program upgrades to .

improvefthe: log; keep.ing process), the NRC has decided not;to assign a-severity ,

,. 11 evel;to the violation,Lnor,' require _~a response to.the Notice. However,'NRC is-g concerned that" management: followup to the NRC's notification'(via IN 92-30).of

. Ta! potential: problem ;was notieffective in identifying the inaccurate records  :

,, ,?wi,thout additional!actioniby NRC.

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Inithe . future,; similariviolat. ions: may result /in escalated enforcement action. 1

'Inhaddition, enforcement 1 action: can be taken against not only the facility

licensee;for the iriaccuratefor incomplete.information (see 10 CFR 50.9(a)), but 4,

i  ; also' agairist any individu'al who engages in deliberate misconduct that causes or, 1

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-Commonwealth Edison Company 2 OCT 151993 but for detection, - would have caused a licenece 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.

Cr@::! C. Ded by hhn D. !4ttin.3 ,

John B. Martin Regional Administrator

' Encl o'sure: Notice of Violation ccw/ enclosure:

L. DelGeorge, Vice' President, Nuclear Oversight & Regulatory Services K. Graesser, Site Vice President G._ Schwartz, Station Manager D. Brindle, Regulatory Assurance Supervisor

- D. Farrar, Nuclear Regulatory Services Manager OC/LFDCB

- Resident. Inspectors, Byron, Braidwood, Zion R. Hubbard J.'W. McCaffrey, Chief, Public

. Utilities Division Licensing Project Manager, NRR R. Newmann, 0ffice of Public Counsel, State of Illinois Center R. M.-Thompson, Administrator, Wisconsin Division of Emergency Government

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