ML20128P542

Notice of Violation from Insp on 951225-960222 & 960522-0702, & NRC Investigation.Violation Noted:Employee Deliberately Falsified Recorded as-found Value of Channel Item 12 in Step F.2.1 of Quarterly Sp Ibvs 3.3.10-3,rev 4

ML20128P542
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	10/08/1996
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
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ML20128P541	List: IR 05000454/1995013 ML20128P542
References
IA-96-046, IA-96-46, NUDOCS 9610170293
Download: ML20128P542 (1)

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. I NOTICE OF VIOLATION l

Mr. Dennis C. Palmer IA 96-046 During NRC inspections conducted on December 25, 1995, through February 22, 1996, and May 22 through July 2, 1996, and an investigation conducted by the i NRC Office of Investigations (01 Report No. 3-96-009), a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is set forth below:

l 10 CFR 50.5 provides, in part, that any employee of a licensee who I deliberately submits to the NRC or licensee, information that the person submitting the information knows to be incomplete or inaccurate h some l respect material to the NRC may be subject to enforcement actic n accordance with 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart B.

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V requires that acti cies affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions and procedures and be accomplished in accordance with these instructions and procedures.

1 Byron Station Procedure 1BVS3.3.10-3, Revision 4, a quarterly surveillance procedure and an activity affecting quality, for Process Radiation Monitor IPR 0lJ, step F.2.16, requires, in part, that Monitor IPR 0lJ channel 12 be restored to the step F.2.1 as-found value.

Contrary to the above, on January 26, 1996, Mr. Dennis C. Palmer, a Control System Technician at the Commonwealth Edison Company (licensee)

Byron Station, engaged in deliberate misconduct by collaborating to deliberately falsify the recorded as-found value of Channel Item 12 (conversion factor) documented in Step F.2.1 of the quarterly Surveillance Procedure IBVS 3.3.10-3, Revision 4, for Process Radiation Monitor 1PE0lJ. The surveillance procedure had been previously completed on January 25, 1996. After a high radiation alarm occurred during a Unit I containment release on January 26, 1996, Mr. Palmer was present while the lead Control System Technician changed the previously recorded as-found value for the conversion factor from 3.23E-ll to an incorrect value of 3.23E-04 to conceal the facts that (1) the lead Control System Technician had inadvertently failed to return Channel Item 12 to its original as-found value, as required by the procedure, and (2) Mr. Palmer had failed to independently verify that Channel Item 12 had been returned to its original as-found value in accordance with Step F.2.16 of IBVS 3.3.10-3. The inaccurate information was material to the NRC because the licensee used the information to demonstrate that the safety-related work associated with 1BVS 3.3.10-3 had been accomplished in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V. (01014)

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

No response is required.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 23rdday of August 1996 I ~

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