ML20128N609

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

ML20128N609
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	08/23/1996
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20128N589	List: ML20128N587 ML20128N609
References
IA-96-047, IA-96-47, NUDOCS 9610160450
Download: ML20128N609 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Mr. Kevin P. Reiley IA 96-047 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 NRC Office of Investigations (01 Report No. 3-96-009), a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " Genera.1 Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is set forth below:

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

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

Byron Station Procedure IBVS3.3.10-3, 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. Kevin P. Reiley, a lead Control System Technician at the Commonwealth Edison Company (licensee)

Byron Station, engaged in deliberate misconduct by deliberately falsifying 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 IPE0lJ. 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. Reiley 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 fact that he had inadvertently failed to return Channel Item 12 to its original as-found value in accordance with Step F.2.16 of 1BVS 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 23rd day of August 1996 9610160450 960823 PDR ADOCK 05000454 O PDR

Mr. Kevin P. Reiley i

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