05000244/FIN-2014005-02
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| Title | Failure to Report a Permanent Change in a Licensed Operator's Medical Status and Request a Condition be Placed on the Operator's License |
| Description | Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) identified two apparent violations (AVs): (1) An AV of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.9, Completeness and Accuracy of Information; and (2) An AV of 10 CFR 50.74, Notification of Change in Operator or Senior Operator Status. Specifically, on October 8, 2008, Ginna submitted certified copies of an NRC senior operator license application that did not specify that the applicant required a restriction (to take medication as prescribed for high blood pressure) in order to maintain medical qualifications. The NRC issued the senior operators initial license on December 5, 2008, but without the necessary medical restriction (AV #1). From October 8, 2008, until July 16, 2014, Ginna had several additional opportunities to identify that the blood pressure medication was required to compensate for a disqualifying medical condition and that a license condition was required during the licensees biennial licensed operator requalification program reviews and medical examinations. On July 16, 2014, a period that exceeded 30 days from when the condition was identified, the facility notified the NRC of the medical condition via a letter requesting amendment to the operators license to include the restriction (AV #2). On August 28, 2014, the NRC issued the license amendment with the new restriction. This issue was entered into Exelons corrective action program (CAP). The inspectors determined that Exelons failure to provide complete and accurate information to the NRC in the senior operator license application and to notify the NRC of a change in a senior operators status for a condition which was known by the licensee and were a performance deficiencies that were within their ability to foresee and correct and should have been prevented. The inspectors determined that traditional enforcement applies, as the issue affected the NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function. Namely, the NRC relies upon Exelon to ensure all licensed operators meet the medical conditions of their licenses. If, during the term of the individual operator license, an operator develops a permanent physical or mental disability that causes the operator to fail to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 55.21, Medical Examination, the licensee shall notify the NRC within 30 days of learning of the diagnosis, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.74(c). Additionally, the NRC issued a senior operator license to the applicant based on information that was not complete and accurate in all material aspects. The performance deficiencies were screened against the Reactor Oversight Process per the guidance of IMC 0612, Appendix B, Issue Screening. No associated Reactor Oversight Process finding was identified and no cross-cutting aspect was assigned. These issues constitute AVs in accordance with the NRCs Enforcement Policy, and their final significance will be dispositioned in separate future correspondence. (Section 1R11) |
| Site: | Ginna  |
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| Report | IR 05000244/2014005 Section 1R11 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2014 (2014Q4) |
| Type: | Other: |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Rosebrook D Dodson D Schroeder E Andrews K Kolaczyk K Mangan N Perry S Horvitz T Fish T Hedigan |
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