ML20248B647

Notice of Violation from NRC Investigation on 961224-980206. Violation Noted:On 961211,S Buehne Intentionally Submitted Info to Licensee Known to Be Inaccurate & Info Submitted to NRC

ML20248B647
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	05/27/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20248B615	List: ML20248B611 ML20248B647
References
IA-98-034, IA-98-34, NUDOCS 9806010354
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ENCLOSURE 1 1

NOTICE OF VIOLATION M'ri Steve Buehne ,

IA 98-034 During an NRC investigation completed February 6,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was

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identified.- ln accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC 1l Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

10 CFR 50.5 states, in part, that any licensee or any employee of a licensee may not 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.

l Contrary to the above, on December 11,1996, Steve Buehne intentionally submitted information to the licensee that he knew was inaccurate, and such information was material to the NRC. Specifically, Mr. Buehne deliberately falsified the signature of a welding engineer on a field welding material requisition (FWMR) form. This information is material because it is required by the licensee's welding program and by technical specifications in order to ensure that welding materialis of sufficient quality when used I on equipment that is important to safety or safety-related. (01014) .

This is a Severity Level IV violation'(Supplement 1).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Mr. Buehne is hereby required to submit a written -

statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear. Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Contro!

Desk, Washington, D.C.- 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 4' 00, Arlington, Texas 76011, within 30 days of the date of the letter.

transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be c'early marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violations, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken Land 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 responsef If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why such other action as may be proper.

should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Under the authority of Section 182 of the Act,42 U.S.C. 2232, this response shall be submitted

' under oath or affirmation.

if you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the

Director, Office 'of Enforceme'nt, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

- D.C. 20555-0001:

Because'your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so l A 1 11

Mr.' Steve Buehne that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information

-is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information.' If you request withholding of such material, you_rnyst -

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 information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Arlington, Texas this 27th day of May 1998 l

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