05000387/FIN-2013005-05
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | 10 CFR 55.53(e) requires, in part, that to maintain active status, a licensee shall actively perform the functions of an operator or senior operator on a minimum of seven 8-hour shifts or five 12-hour shifts per calendar quarter and that if a licensee has not been actively performing the functions of an operator or senior operator, the licensee may not resume activities authorized by a license issued except as permitted by 10 CFR 55.53(f). 10 CFR 55.53(f) requires, in part, that before resumption of licensed functions, an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall certify that: 1) the licensees qualification and status of the licensee are current and valid; and 2) that the licensee has completed a minimum of 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> of shift functions under the direction of an operator or senior operator as appropriate and in the position to which the individual will be assigned. Contrary to the above, between April 1, 2010, and December 31, 2012, prior to allowing 8 licensed SRO and 2 licensed Reactor Operators (RO) to conduct licensed activities, SSES did not properly ensure that the qualifications and status of the SRO or RO licenses were current and valid, regarding each individual meeting the minimum of seven 8-hour or five 12-hour shifts per calendar quarter. Specifically, the operators stood watch as members of a reactivity management team, which is not a credited shift crew position. These watches were incorrectly credited towards meeting their minimum required quarterly proficiency requirements. The facility has properly reactivated those individuals who still have licenses as required by 10 CFR 55.53 (f). This issue was entered in the facility CAP as CR 1658590. Additionally, SSES promptly removed the licensed operators from shift duties and entered the issue into its Corrective Action Program (CR 1658590). To prevent reoccurrence, SSES revised its procedure to identify the shift positions that are creditable for proficiency. The Operators were recertified to stand shift in accordance with 10 CFR 55.53(f). SSES also communicated lessons learned from this issue to the SSES operations department staff. This issue was subject to traditional enforcement because it involves operator license conditions and impacts the regulatory process of operator licensing. This issue matches a severity level III example in the NRC enforcement policy. However, after review of the responsibilities of the reactivity management team positions and that none of the operators were responsible for operational errors as a result of not standing the required number of proficiency watches and there were no other factors impacting their ability to hold a shift position, NRC management has determined this issue to be more appropriately evaluated as a severity level IV. |
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
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| Report | IR 05000387/2013005 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2013 (2013Q4) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | J Nicholson R Rolph S Barr T Daun T Hedigan A Turilin D Kern F Bower J D'Antonio J Grieves |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 55.53 License Condition |
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Finding List (Susquehanna) @ 2013Q4
Self-Identified List (Susquehanna)
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