ML20154L735
| ML20154L735 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 07/22/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20154L731 | List: |
| References | |
| IA-98-037, IA-98-37, NUDOCS 9810200053 | |
| Download: ML20154L735 (3) | |
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1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Mr. David Lee Brown, Sr.
IA 98-037 During an NRC investigation completed February 18,1998, a violation of N C requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC
' Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:
10 CFR 50.5 states, in part, that any employee of a contractor to a licensee may not l
deliberately submit to the licensee information that the person submitting the information knows to be incomplete or inaccurate in some respect material to the NRC.
Contrary to the above, en July 11,1997, David Lee Brown, Sr., an employee of a cor, tractor to Entergy Operations, Inc., deliberately submitted information to the licensee that he imew was incomplete and inaccurate, and such information was material to the NRC. Specifically, Mr. Brown deliberately omitted on a security questionnaire information about his recent termination from a job with General Motors based on a positive drug test. This information was material because it was required to be considered by Entergy Operations, Inc in determining whether Mr. Brown was sufficiently trustworthy and reliable to have been granted unescorted access to River Bend Station. (01014)
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement Vil).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Mr. Brown is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a NoHce of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violations, or, if contee.ted, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received witnic the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for information may be issued as to why sucn ether action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, Unites States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.
Because your response will be p aced in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessaty to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a brack3ted copy of your response that identifies the ir. formation that should be protected and a redacted copy of ycur response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you_01st 9810200053 900722 PDR ADOCK 05000458 0
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'specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g.,- explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial
. inforrnation), if safeguards information is necessary to prc 'de an acceptable response, please prod % the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
- Dated et Arlington, Texas
- this 2?th. day of July 1998-
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SYNOPSIS This investigation was initiated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Office of Investigations (01). Region IV (RIV). on September 17, 1997, to l
determine if a former contract millwright at Entergy Operations. Inc. (E01).
River Bend Station (RBS), deliberately provided false information on his RBS Security Questionnaire to obtain site access, i
Based on the evidence provided by the licensee and NRC staff during the investigation the allegation that a former contract millwright deliberately provided false information on his RBS Security Questionnaire to obtain site access was substantiated.
l NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE WITHOUT APPROVAL OF FIELD OFFICE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS, REGION IV Case No. 4-97-0S1 1
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