05000482/FIN-2015010-02
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| Title | Failure to Report a Permanent Change in a Licensed Operators Medical Status and Request a Condition be Placed on the Operators License |
| Description | Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (Wolf Creek) identified an apparent violation of 10 CFR 50.74, Notification of Change in Operator or Senior Operator Status. From May 31, 2006, until July 9, 2015, Wolf Creek had several additional opportunities to identify that medication was required to compensate for a disqualifying medical condition and that a license condition was required during the licensees biennial licensed operator requalification program reviews and medical examinations. On July 9, 2015, a period that exceeded 30 days from when the condition was identified, the facility notified the NRC of the medical condition via a letter requesting amendment to the operators license to include the restriction. On July 15, 2015, the NRC issued the license amendment with the new restriction. This issue was entered into Wolf Creeks corrective action program. The inspector determined that Wolf Creeks failure to provide complete and accurate information to the NRC in the operator license application and to notify the NRC of a change in a licensed operators status for a condition was a performance deficiency. This performance deficiency was known by the licensee and within its ability to foresee and correct and should have been prevented. The inspector determined that traditional enforcement applies, as the issue affected the NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function. Namely, the NRC relies upon Wolf Creek to ensure all licensed operators meet the medical conditions of their licenses. If, during the term of the individual operator license, an operator develops a permanent physical or mental disability that causes the operator to fail to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 55.21, Medical Examination, the licensee shall notify the NRC within 30 days of learning of the diagnosis, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.74(c). Additionally, the NRC issued a renewed operator license to the applicant based on information that was not complete and accurate in all material aspects. The performance deficiencies were screened against the Reactor Oversight Process per the guidance of Inspection Manual Chapter 0612, Appendix B, Issue Screening. No associated Reactor Oversight Process finding was identified and no cross-cutting aspect was assigned. These issues constitute apparent violations in accordance with the NRCs Enforcement Policy and their final significance will be dispositioned in separate future correspondence. |
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
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| Report | IR 05000482/2015010 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2015 (2015Q4) |
| Type: | Other: |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | D Dodson F Thomas N Taylor S Alferink V Gaddyk Claytonv Gaddyn Securit |
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Finding List (Wolf Creek) @ 2015Q4
Self-Identified List (Wolf Creek)
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