Technical Specification 5.2.2.d requires that procedures be established, implemented, and maintained covering the control of plant staff overtime, to limit the work hours worked by staff performing safety-related functions in accordance with the NRC Policy Statement on working hours (
NRC GL 82-12). The NRCs
GL 82-12, Nuclear Power Plant Staff Working Hours specifies in part that guidelines should be followed that limit individuals to working no more than
72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> in any 7-day period. Recognizing that very unusual circumstance may arise, requiring deviation from this guideline, such deviation shall be authorized by the plant manager or his deputy, or higher levels of management. Contrary to this requirement, from September 16through September 18, 2009, an
IMD technician worked
8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> over the 72-hourlimit in any 7-day period without prior plant management authorization. This was identified in the licensees
CAP as IR 969479. This finding is of very low safety significance because no human performance issues or significant events were directly linked to personnel fatigued as a result of the hours worked.
