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10 CFR 55.53, Conditions of licenses, Subpart (f)(2), requires that before the resumption of functions, authorized by a license issued under Part 55, begins, an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall certify that 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, including a complete tour of the plant, is completed, in part, 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, on April 22, 2015, and October 26, 2016, authorized facility representatives certified that two licensed operators had completed the requirements to re-activate their licenses without completing a plant tour under the direction of the appropriate operator. The licensed operators completed plant tours, but an operator with an active license did not accompany them on their tours. Licensee staff identified this issue while performing a pre-NRC inspection focused self-assessment and subsequent extent of condition reviews. The affected licensed operators had their licenses placed on administrative hold until it was determined that they met the requirements of having active licenses. The violation was of very low safety significance (Green) because a prior and similar violations significance bounded this violations significance (Comanche Peak
NCV 05000445/2011004-02). The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program in Action Requests 357779 and 358321.
