On May 3, 2017, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to PSEG Nuclear, LLC Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek) for a Severity Level III violation associated with the failure to follow site procedures, resulting in a reactor scram. An investigation conducted by the NRC Office of Investigations determined that the technician deliberately failed to implement a procedure for a surveillance activity of safety-related equipment when the technician made an error while performing a surveillance test and deliberately attempted to correct the error rather than comply with the procedural guidance to stop and inform management. Specifically, the technician, who was performing a surveillance test on the Redundant Reactivity Control System (RRCS), inadvertently selected the wrong RRCS channel to test. Rather than immediately stopping and informing the job supervisor, as required by the procedure, the technician deliberately attempted to correct the error by selecting the proper channel.