05000333/FIN-2011009-01
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| Title | Permitting the use of respiratory protection equipment to limit the intake of radioactive material |
| Description | 10 CFR 20.1703 states, in part, that if the licensee assigns or permits the use of respiratory protection equipment to limit the intake of radioactive material, the licensee shall implement and maintain a respiratory protection program that includes fit testing before the first field use of tight fitting, face-sealing respirators and periodically thereafter at a frequency not to exceed one year. It further states that the licensee shall ensure that no objects, materials or substances, such as facial hair, or any conditions that interfere with the face-faceplate seal or valve function, and that are under the control of the respirator wearer, are present between the skin of the wearer\'s face and the sealing surface of a tight-fitting respirator face piece. Fitzpatrick implementing procedure RP-RESP-04.09, Portacount Respirator Fit Testing, Revision 10, provides the requirements, procedure, and acceptance criteria for respirator fit testing. Section 6.2, Respirator Quantitative Fit Testing, Step 6.2.6 requires that the individual being tested must don the respirator. Contrary to the above, on multiple, but an indeterminate number of occasions between 2006 and 2009, several individuals who were required to have been respirator fit tested did not have the respirator fit tests performed within the required annual frequency, in that they did not don the respirator to verify proper fit. |
| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
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| Report | IR 05000333/2011009 Section 2RS1 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2011 (2011Q4) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level III |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71124.01 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | W Dean A Defrancisco M Gray D Roberts D Holody K Farrar P Wilson J Lubinski C Miller E Monteith J Teator |
| Violation of: | Pending |
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Finding List (FitzPatrick) @ 2011Q4
Self-Identified List (FitzPatrick)
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