05000305/FIN-2007002-09
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| Title | Failure to Notify NRC of Licensee Medical Condition Change in Accordance with 10 CFR 50.74 |
| Description | The inspectors identified a finding of very low safety significance and an associated Severity Level IV, Non-Cited Violation of 10 CFR 50.74 for the licensees failure to notify the NRC that one of its licensed operators was taking prescribed medication for a potentially disqualifying medical condition (hypertension). After a review of the licensed operators medical status was completed by the NRCs medical review officer, a condition was added to the operators license requiring him to take the medication as prescribed. The facility licensee entered this issue in their corrective action program. They required the individual licensed operator to take the medication as prescribed and incorporated these lessons learned in their requalification training program to ensure all licensed operators are aware of the requirement to notify the NRC of changes in their medical status. Because violations of 10 CFR 50.74 affect the NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function, this finding was evaluated using the traditional enforcement process. In accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy, this finding was determined to be greater than minor because the medical condition that was not reported required a change to the operators NRC license. Because the operator was always in the presence of other licensed operators while performing licensed duties and made no operational errors while he was taking the prescribed medication before his license had been appropriately revised, NRC management has determined this issue is a Green finding, of very low safety significance. This issue is considered an NCV because it was entered into the licensees corrective action program. This finding also has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of human performance because a standard, specifically American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS) 3.4, Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants, was available but not correctly implemented. The correct implementation of the standard would have led to a proper notification of the NRC and timely conditioning of the operators NRC license. |
| Site: | Kewaunee  |
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| Report | IR 05000305/2007002 Section 4OA5 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2007 (2007Q1) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | |
| Inspectors (proximate) | R Ruiz J Robbins P Higgins S Burton J Bartleman D Lords |
| CCA | H.13, Consistent Process |
| INPO aspect | DM.1 |
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Finding List (Kewaunee) @ 2007Q1
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