The inspectors identified a Severity Level (
SL) IV
NCV of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.74, Notification of Change in Operator or Senior Operator Status. Specifically, on three occasions, Entergy staff did not notify the NRC of a change in the medical status of a licensed operator within 30 days of learning of the diagnosis. These issues were entered into the corrective action program (
CAP) as condition report (CR)-JAF-2014-02227 and
CR-JAF-2014-02304. The inspectors determined that Entergys failure to notify the NRC of licensed operator medical status changes as described above within 30 days was a performance deficiency that was within Entergys ability to foresee and correct and should have been prevented. Because the issue had the potential to affect the NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function, the inspectors evaluated this performance deficiency in accordance with the traditional enforcement process. Using example 6.4.d.1(b) from the
NRC Enforcement Policy, the inspectors determined that the violation was a
Severity Level IV (more than minor concern that resulted in no or relatively inappreciable potential safety or security consequence) violation because Entergy staff did not communicate licensed operator permanent medical status changes within the 30 day reporting requirement for three licensed operators. In accordance with
IMC 0612, Power Reactor Inspection Reports, traditional enforcement issues are not assigned cross-cutting aspects.
