05000219/FIN-2012002-05
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | 10 CFR 50.74, Notification of Change in Operator or Senior Operator Status requires that the licensee shall notify the appropriate Regional Administrator within 30 days of the following in regard to licensed operator or senior operator: permanent disability or illness, as described in 10 CFR 55.25. Contrary to the above, Exelon failed to notify the Region I Regional Administrator of medical conditions associated with two Reactor Operators within 30 days of the conditions being identified by medical personnel. Specifically, one reactor operator had a change in diagnosis and medication March 9, 2011; however, he did not report the change to the Exelon medical staff until October 12, 2011, during his biennial medical examination. Exelon staff notified the NRC of the change November 9, 2011. Another Reactor Operator notified Exelon medical staff of a change to his medication on March 22, 2011; however, Exelon medical staff did not report the change to the NRC until January, 2012. The inspector determined that Exelons failure to ensure that licensed operators met the license conditions associated with medical testing was a performance deficiency that was within Exelons ability to foresee and correct. The inspector determined that Traditional Enforcement applies, as the issue impacted the NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function because the NRC relies upon accurate certification by the licensees medical examiner to ensure all licensed operators meet the medical conditions of their license. Specifically, it impacted the NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function since the NRC would have placed no solo restrictions on the reactor operators licenses 7 months and 10 months earlier. The inspector determined this finding to be of very low safety significance (SL IV) due to the following mitigating factors: at no time did either reactor operator stand watch unsupervised, no errors were made by either reactor operator during the time period when the license restrictions should have been implemented and both operators took all medication as prescribed. The performance deficiency was screened against the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) per the guidance of Inspection manual chapter (IMC) 0612, appendix B, Issue Screening. No associated ROP finding was identified and no cross-cutting aspect was assigned. |
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
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| Report | IR 05000219/2012002 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2012 (2012Q1) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | L Kern J Amberosini P Kaufman G Hunegs J Kulp J Tomlinson |
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Finding - Oyster Creek - IR 05000219/2012002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Oyster Creek) @ 2012Q1
Self-Identified List (Oyster Creek)
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