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| Title | Interference with the operation of a respirator |
| Description | A self-revealing, Green, Finding and associated Severity Level IV Notice of Violation (NOV) of 10 CFR 20.1703 (a), (b) and (e) and plant Technical Specification (TS) 5.4.1, was identified when licensee personnel altered respiratory protective equipment in such a way that its function was inhibited when worn by a worker. Specifically, on September 8, 2016, a Southern Nuclear Corporation (SNC) Corporate Fleet Radiation Protection (RP) Manager, a SNC Corporate Lead Health Physicist, and a Farley Nuclear Plant (FNP) RP Supervisor willfully directed RP technicians to place a cover over the power switch of a Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) in violation of the SNC procedure and NRC regulation. |
| Site: | Farley  |
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| Report | IR 05000348/2018013 Section 2RS3 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2018 (2018Q2) |
| Type: | Violation: Green |
| cornerstone | Or Safety |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71124.03 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Nielsen W Pursley B Bonser |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 20.1703, Use of individual respiratory protection equipment Technical Specification - Procedures |
| CCA | H.5, Work Management |
| INPO aspect | WP.1 |
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Finding List (Farley) @ 2018Q2
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