ML20151V196

Synopsis of Investigation Rept 4-88-004 on 880129-0415.No Noncompliance Noted.Major Areas Investigated:Alleged Falsification of Fire Watch Logs

ML20151V196
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	04/15/1988
From:	Driskill D, Griffin H, Hayes B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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4-88-004, 4-88-4, NUDOCS 8808220181
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• APPENDIX I

istle: SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT:

FALSIFIED FIRE WATCH LOGS BY EBASCO CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL l Case Number: 4-88-004 Licensee:

Houston Lighting and Power Company Report Date: April 15, 1983 Post Office Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001 Control Office: 01:RIV Docket No. 50-498/499 Status: CLOSED Reported By: Reviewed By:

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H. NPboks Griffin,ipyAstigator Office of Investigatibns Office of Investigations Field Office, Region IV Field Office, Region IV l

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1 SYN 0PSIS On January 23, 1988, ar. NRC inspector, while conducting a routine inspection on the night shift at the South Texas Project (STP), discovered that several hourly log entries were misd ng on the fire watch log for the Isolation Valve Cubicle (IVC). The NRC inspe: tor reviewed computer access logs for the week of January 16-23 and discovered that two of the three night shift fire watches, one of which was a supervisor, had not made their hourly routes.

Further comparison between the access logs and the various building logs established that the two fire watches had also made false entries on building fire watch logs in that they were not in those buildings at the times recorded on the logs. On January 29, 1988, the NRC Region IV Regional Administrator reauested an invostigation by the NRC Office of Investigations (01).

The night shift fire watch supervisor and the alternate supervisor, identified as the two fire watches who made false entries, were interviewed regarding the discrepancies between the computer access logs and the entries they had made in the building fire watch logs. Both fire watches admitted that they had made false entries on the logs and had failed to make their hourly routes. A third fire watch on the night shift was interviewed and provided a signed, sworn statement stating that he had not falsified fire watch logs. A review of the fire watch logs for the same week in January for the third. fire watch indicated that he had made all of his hourly routes.

The NRC subsequently requested additional computer access printouts for the remainder of January and also for November and December 1987 for all three night shift fire watches. 07 February 8, 1988, an Houston Lighting & Power (HL&P) licensing official notified the NRC that the December 1987 cuputer access logs indicated that the third fire watch had also failed to make all of Sis routes and had made false entries on building fire watch logs.

On February 10, 1988, the third fire watch was re-interviewed and admitted that he had made false statements to the NRC when he denied having falsified fire watch logs. The third fire wa+.ch aamitted that he had, on a few occasions, made false entries on building fire watch logs. This fire watch offered an explanation that just before his interview with the NRC he had been informed by an HL&P official that they had already reviewed the computer access logs and the bu11 ding logs and they had not found any instances when he had failed to make his routes. The third fire watch explained that because the licensee did not appear concerned as a result of their review of the docunents, he concluded that his lapses in making the routes did not constitute a problem for the licensee.

Additional reviews were made of the day shift fire watches, but no instances were found of falsification of building logs or failure to make the hourly '

fire watch rounds. Also during the investigation, no indication was found that contractor or licensee management were aware of the night shift fire watches faiiing to make their routes or falsifying log entries. -

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