05000282/FIN-2008004-01
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| Title | Failure to Maintain Staff Respiratory Qualifications Including Personnel Qualifications Necessary for Emergency Response Duties As Required By Station Procedures. |
| Description | The inspectors identified a finding of very low safety significance and associated NCV of 10 CFR 50.54(q) for the failure to maintain staff respiratory qualifications, including personnel qualifications necessary for emergency response duties, as required by station procedures. Specifically, the inspectors identified multiple instances over the last several years where station personnel, including those required to maintain their respiratory readiness necessary for emergency response functions, failed to maintain their qualifications current. The most recent instances being a fire brigade member standing duty without the necessary respiratory fit test and a reactor operator standing duty without the necessary respiratory protection training. Planned corrective actions included periodic reviews to identify respiratory protection qualification issues prior to expiration to ensure that impacted departments maintained compliance with station procedures until the next scheduled periodic review. The issue was more than minor because it was chronic in nature and associated with the facilities/equipment attribute of the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone. The inspectors determined that the issue affected the cornerstone objective to ensure adequate protection of plant emergency workers (and consequently the health and safety of the public in the event of a radiological emergency) should the workers be called upon to use the equipment. Since the finding did not represent a functional failure of the Planning Standard, and the workers who were required to use respiratory protective equipment were not qualified and/or trained to use that equipment, the finding was determined to be of very low safety significance (Green). The inspectors determined that this finding was cross-cutting in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution because the licensee failed to take appropriate corrective actions once the issue was identified (P.1(d)). (Section 2OS3.4) |
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
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| Report | IR 05000282/2008004 Section 2OS3 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2008 (2008Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Emergency Prep |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71121.03 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | C Zoia E Dickson K Stoedter L Kozak M Munir M Phalen P Zurawski R Skokowski S Thomas |
| CCA | P.3, Resolution |
| INPO aspect | PI.3 |
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Finding List (Prairie Island) @ 2008Q3
Self-Identified List (Prairie Island)
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