05000237/FIN-2014408-02
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| Title | Licensee failed to ensure data linked to potentially disqualifying information about an individual was retained in the shared database |
| Description | The inspector reviewed AR 01505017, which described a Petition for Rulemaking filed by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) on January
5, 2013. The petition requested that the NRC amend its regulations to limit the scope of third-party review of licensee decisions denying or revoking an employees unescorted access at their facility. The petition stated that a person who has been determined not to be trustworthy and reliable by a licensee and denied unescorted access to a nuclear power plant could have that determination overturned by a third party. On May 8, 2014, pursuant to an arbitrators ruling, the licensee removed data linked to potentially disqualifying information regarding an individual who the licensee had previously denied unescorted access from the shared database. This issue constituted a violation of NRC requirements, in that the licensee was required to ensure that data linked to potentially disqualifying information about an individual who applied for unescorted access authorization was retained in the shared database. In addition, on July 18, 2014, the NEI requested that the NRC endorse Revisio 4 to NEI 03-01, Personnel Access Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants. Revision4 to NEI 03-01 contained a process for reviewing denials of Unescorted Access, which would allow a third party to review the circumstances surrounding the denial but ensure that NRC access autho ization requirements were being met. Although NEI has requested to withdraw the Petition for Rulemaking, the NRC and the industry are still attempting to resolve the issue. The NRC concluded that the licensee made a good faith effort to resolve the issue prior to the arbitration and that it was not reasonable for the licensee to foresee and prevent the arbitrators ruling. Therefore, no performance deficiency associated with the violation was identified. The NRC performed a risk evaluation of the issue and determined it to be of very low security significance. Based on these facts, I have been authorized, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement, and the Regional Administrator, to exercise enforcement discretion and refrain from issuing enforcement for this violation |
| Site: | Dresden  |
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| Report | IR 05000237/2014408 Section 3S01 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2014 (2014Q4) |
| Type: | Violation: Severity level Enforcement Discretion |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71130.01 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | D Funk E Duncan J Maynen S Orth |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 73, PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF PLANTS AND MATERIALS |
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