ML20059C966
| ML20059C966 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1993 |
| From: | Faulkenberry B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Conway W ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20059C968 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9311020075 | |
| Download: ML20059C966 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000528/1992027
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OCT 151993
Docket Nos.
50-528, 50-529, 50-530
License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, NPF-74
Arizona Public Service Company
P. O. Box 53999, Station 9082
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999
Attention: Mr. W. F. Conway
Executive Vice President, Nuclear
SUBJECT:
FALSIFICATION OF PLANT RECORDS
NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-528/529/530/92-27 AND
50-528/529/530/92-35
This refers to the NRC inspections conducted on July 19 through August 24,
1992, and October 1 to November 2, 1992, at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station 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 27 individuals that you determined had
made record entries which 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 violations and the corrective actions taken (both
disciplinary action against the offending individuals and program upgrades to
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improve the log keeping process), the NRC has decided not to assign a severity
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level to the violations, nor require a response to the Notice.
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In the future, similar violations may result in escalated enforcement action.
In addition, enforcement action can be taken against not only the facilit
licensee for the inaccurate or incomplete information (see 10 CFR 50.9(a)y-),
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
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of a requirement for providing accurate information to you or the NRC (see 10 CFR 50.5) .
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Enclosure: Notice of Violation
DISTRIBUTION:
cc w/ enclosure:
Mr. Steve Olea, Arizona Corporation Commission
James A. Beoletto, Esq., Southern California Edison Company
Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager, Washington Nuclear Operations
Mr. Aubrey Godwin, Director, Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency
Chairman, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
Jack R. Newman, Esq., Newman & Holtzinger, P.C.
Mr. Curtis Hoskins, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,'
Palo Verde Services
Roy P. Lessey, Jr., Esq., Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld
Bradley W. Jones, Esq., Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld
Thomas R. Bradish, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs, APS