05000293/FIN-2011005-01
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Title | Licensed Operators Stood Watch Without Being Medically Qualified |
Description | The inspectors identified an apparent violation (AV) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.53 and 10 CFR 55.21 related to Entergy\\\'s medical examinations of licensed operators. Specifically, at various times over a period of almost four years, ten operators did not meet certain medical requirements (for stamina and/or blood pressure) for performing NRC-licensed operator activities, and the operators continued to perform NRC-licensed activities. Additionally, Entergy did not perform complete medical testing of its licensed operators, in that five of those licensed operators had not been administered stamina tests for more than two years and therefore did not complete their NRC-required biennial medical exam. lmmediately after the NRC identified the issue, Entergy restricted operators from watch until they could pass the requirements of their medical testing. Entergy entered this issue into their corrective action program (CR-PNP-201 1 -04554). The inspectors determined that Entergy\\\'s failure to ensure that licensed operators met the license conditions associated with medical testing prior to performing license activities was a performance deficiency that was within Entergy\\\'s ability to foresee and correct and should have been prevented. The inspectors determined that Traditional Enforcement applies, as the issue had the potential to impact the NRC\\\'s ability to perform its regulatory function because the NRC relies upon the accurate certification by the licensee\\\'s medical examiner to ensure all licensed operators meet the medical conditions of their license. Specifically, ten operators had not taken the stamina test during their annual physical, but were certified by the medical examiner and licensee as being fit to safely perform their watch-standing duties. Additionally, five of those operators had not taken the stamina test during their biennial physical, but were certified by the medical examiner and licensee as being fit to safely perform their watch-standing duties. Lastly, an individual who had not passed their blood pressure examination, and required a license condition to take medication, was placed back on watch-standing duty without such a license condition. The performance deficiency was screened against the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) per the guidance of lnspection Manual Chapter (lMC) 0612, Appendix B, lssue Screening. No associated ROP finding was identified and no cross-cutting aspect was assigned. These issues are being characterized as an apparent violation in accordance with the NRC\\\'s Enforcement Policy, and its final significance will be dispositioned in separate future correspondence. |
Site: | Pilgrim |
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Report | IR 05000293/2011005 Section 1R11 |
Date counted | Dec 31, 2011 (2011Q4) |
Type: | TEV: Severity level III |
cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
Identified by: | NRC identified |
Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
Inspectors (proximate) | B Smith C Newport J Caruso J Tomlinson K Mangan M Catts M Schneider R Bellamy R Rolph T Fish |
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