05000482/FIN-2010003-05
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| Title | Exercise of Enforcement Discretion for Licensed Operator Fitness-for-Duty (EA-10-182) |
| Description | The inspectors performed a follow-up review of Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporations (WCNOC) actions taken against a licensed operator who violated the facilitys fitness-for-duty program. On September 14, 2009, WCNOC notified the NRC (Event Report 45349) that a licensed operator had reported for work to perform nonlicensed activities with a blood alcohol content in excess of the facilitys fitness-for-duty program administrative limit of 0.02 percent. A violation of 10 CFR Part 26 (Fitness-for-Duty Programs) occurs when either the limit of 0.04 percent or the facilitys administrative limit has been exceeded. The operator had consumed alcohol at his house the evening of September 13, 2009, and reported for duty the next morning. The time period from consumption to reporting for duty was in excess of the minimum 5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />. He was subjected to a random fitnessfor- duty test approximately 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> after reporting for duty. The initial test indicated a blood alcohol content of 0.033 percent, and the confirmatory test indicated 0.030 percent. There were no behavioral observation opportunities because the operator did not exhibit behavior that would have suggested he was under the influence of alcohol. The operators plant access was immediately removed, and the facility performed all followup actions that are required by 10 CFR Part 26 and their fitness-for-duty program procedure. Title 10 CFR 26.27(a) requires, in part, that each licensee shall establish, implement, and maintain written policies and procedures to meet the general performance objectives and applicable requirements of this part. Wolf Creek Procedure AP 01A-001, Fitness-for-Duty Program, Revision 20, Section 5.10.2, states, that individuals are to maintain individual fitness for duty and remain in a suitable condition (i.e., free of the influence of any substance, legal or illegal), to ensure assigned tasks can be performed in a reliable and trustworthy manner. Contrary to the above, on September 14, 2009, the facility licensee failed to implement a procedure required by 10 CFR 26.27(a) when an individual failed to maintain individual fitness for duty and remain free from the influence of alcohol when reporting for duty. In accordance with Section VII.B.6 of the NRCs Enforcement Policy and after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement, the NRC is exercising enforcement discretion to issue no violation for this instance. Specifically, the violation was not foreseeable, and the facility licensee took prompt corrective actions in accordance with their fitness-for-duty program prior to returning the individual to duty. In addition, the licensed operator did not engage in and was not scheduled to perform activities authorized by his license during that workday and the NRC has concluded that the facilitys Part 26 program worked effectively. |
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
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| Report | IR 05000482/2010003 Section 4OA5 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2010 (2010Q2) |
| Type: | Violation: Severity level Enforcement Discretion |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | R Deese G Guerra C Graves G Miller C Long C Peabody G Apger N Greene |
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