10 CFR 50.9 requires, in part, that information provided to the Commission by a licensee shall be complete and accurate in all material respects. Contrary to the above, on June 8, 2007, FPLE submitted a
NRC Form 398 application for an individual=s senior reactor operator license that was not complete and accurate in all material respects. Specifically, the application indicated the individual met the requirement for three years of responsible power plant experience; however, this was inaccurate because the individual had less than the three years of responsible power plant experience. This information was material to the NRC because the NRC used the information submitted on the 368 to allow the applicant to take the initial license exam, and ultimately, issue the individual an
SRO license. The traditional enforcement process was used to disposition the violation because it impacted the NRC=s ability to perform its regulatory function. The finding was more than minor because it was a non-willful compromise of an application required by
10 CFR Part 55 that contributed to an individual being granted a
SRO license. The violation was licensee identified via an internal audit and entered into their corrective action program (CR 08-01388). FPLE performed a root cause evaluation and informed the NRC. The finding was of very low safety significance because the licensed individual properly performed licensed duties and because the NRC would most likely have granted a waiver of experience requirements, based on the applicant=s work history, had a waiver been requested. (05000443/200800304, Inaccurate Information on Initial Operator License Application,
EA-08-164)
