05000331/FIN-2010004-05
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| Title | Use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Device |
| Description | The licensee identified on June 29, 2010, that six licensed operators had been prescribed, and were using, a CPAP device (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure a therapeutic device to treat sleep apnea) without notification of the permanent change of a medical condition to the NRC. Title 10 CFR 55.25 states that the NRC shall be notified within 30 days of a permanent condition that causes the licensee to fail to meet medical requirements of 10 CFR 55.21
In June 2009, the site clerk received information from one of the initial license applicants that he was using a CPAP device. The site clerk spoke to NRC personnel, who advised that the condition be reported to the NRC on Form 396, Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee. In October 2009, the site received the first license with the restriction, Must use therapeutic device as prescribed to maintain medical qualifications. However, the licensee missed an opportunity to determine if any other licensed operators were using a CPAP device On June 29, 2010, a licensed operator reviewing the NRC website identified that the use of CPAP was a reportable condition to the NRC. The operator emailed the site clerk who received and resent the email to all licensed operators in an effort to identify other personnel who were using CPAP devices. On August 5, 2010, the NRC notified the site clerk that additional medical information was required. On September 2, 2010, the licensee submitted six licensed operator medical files with sleep studies that described the use of CPAP devices dating back to 2001 for one person, and most recently two licensed operators in 2008 The inspectors determined that this deficiency had existed at Duane Arnold Station as far back as 2001. This issue was considered an URI (URI 05000331/2010004-05), pending review of the licensed operator medical files by NRC doctors. |
| Site: | Duane Arnold  |
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| Report | IR 05000331/2010004 Section 1R11 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2010 (2010Q3) |
| Type: | URI: |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | R Orlikowski T Bilik M Mitchell M Ring L Haeg K Walton J Draper R Murray S Bellc Zoiak Riemer M Mitchell R Baker L Haeg R Walton B Cushman R Murray |
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Finding List (Duane Arnold) @ 2010Q3
Self-Identified List (Duane Arnold)
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