05000528/FIN-2010005-02
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| Title | Failure to Follow Procedures for Medical Examinations of Licensed Operators |
| Description | The inspectors identified a noncited violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, for the failure of the licensee to follow their quality procedure 01DP-0EM13, Licensed Operator Medical Examinations, Revision, which provides the medical examination requirements for licensed operators at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. Of the 15 medical records reviewed by the inspectors, 7 licensed senior reactor operator medical records did not contain the proper no-solo restrictions imposed by the NRC when these individuals were licensed. Additionally, the software that the licensee used to track these restrictions (Station Work Management System or SWMS) did not reflect the proper restrictions for these 7 individuals. This issue was entered into the licensees corrective action program as Condition Report Disposition Requests 3527072 and 3526979. The failure of the licensees medical staff to follow their procedure for implementing the required medical examination program was a performance deficiency. The performance deficiency is more than minor, and therefore a finding, because it adversely impacted the human performance attribute of the mitigating systems cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Using Manual Chapter 0609, Significance Determination Process, Phase 1 worksheets, and the corresponding Appendix I, Licensed Operator Requalification Significance Determination Process, the finding was determined to have very low safety significance and is being characterized as a Green, noncited violation. The finding was determined to be Green, using Appendix I of Manual Chapter 0609, because more than 20 percent of the medical records reviewed contained significant deficiencies. The finding was also determined to have very low safety significance (Green) because: (1) the finding did not result in any events in the control room; and (2) no health requirements required by ANS/ANSI 3.4-1983 Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants were exceeded by any licensed operator while on watch. This finding has a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the work practices component because this procedure and its associated software are the two principle mechanisms that the facility uses to ensure that licensed operators are fit for duty H.4(a)(Section 1R11.2). |
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
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| Report | IR 05000528/2010005 Section 1R11 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2010 (2010Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | K Clayton R Lantz C Smith S Graves M Young J Mateychick B Larson J Bashore M Baquera B Rice T Buchanan D Reinert |
| CCA | H.12, Avoid Complacency |
| INPO aspect | QA.4 |
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