Information Notice 2006-30, Summary of Fitness-for-Duty Program Performance Reports for Calendar Year 2004 and 2005
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Issue date: | 12/21/2006 |
From: | Michael Case NRC/NRR/ADRA/DPR |
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION
WASHINGTON, DC 20555-0001 December 21, 2006 NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 2006-30: SUMMARY OF FITNESS-FOR-DUTY PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE REPORTS FOR CALENDAR
YEARS 2004 AND 2005
ADDRESSEES
All holders of operating licenses for nuclear power reactors, and licensees authorized to
possess or use or to transport formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material.
PURPOSE
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this information notice (IN) to report
lessons learned by licensees from their fitness-for-duty (FFD) program performance reports for
2004 and 2005. The agency expects that recipients of this IN will review the information for
applicability to their reactor facilities and consider, as appropriate, taking corrective actions to
improve the future performance of their FFD programs. However, suggestions contained in this
Information Notice are not NRC requirements and, therefore, no specific actions or written
responses is required.
DESCRIPTION OF CIRCUMSTANCES
As required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 26.71(d), NRC
licensees have submitted their FFD program performance reports to the NRC within 60 days of
the end of each 6-month reporting period (January-June and July-December). In the past, the
NRC summarized and analyzed the performance data and published an annual volume, NUREG/CR-5758, Fitness for Duty in the Nuclear Power IndustryAnnual Summary of
Program Performance Reports. The IN in the enclosure provides similar FFD program
performance data information for 2004 and 2005.
DISCUSSION
Licensees reported the following lessons learned, management initiatives and problems, and
the associated corrective actions taken for 2004 and 2005.
(1) Certified Laboratories
Some licensees continue to experience problems with laboratory performance involving
equipment malfunctions and have also identified potential weaknesses related to human
error.
For example, licensees reported the following for 2004:
- One licensee reported that a primary laboratory erroneously returned
negative results for a specimen that was actually positive for morphine
and codeine. The primary laboratory determined a crimped reagent line
to be the most likely cause of the error. The laboratory has revised its
daily maintenance procedures to include inspection of the lines to the
reagent valves.
- One licensee reported that a laboratory returned a negative result for a
sample that was actually positive. The licensee entered the issue into the
plants corrective action program. The discrepancy resulted from an
isolated, individual human error in which the extraction technician may
have failed to add the appropriate amount of urine specimen to the empty
test tube before adding the internal standard.
- One licensee reported that a performance sample, spiked for both
secobarbital and phenobarbital, tested positive for only phenobarbital at
the laboratory. The laboratory reported that testing of the performance
sample showed secobarbital 1000 nanograms/milliliter (ng/ml), but the
laboratory staff inadvertently entered the data into the laboratory
computer as 100 ng/ml. The laboratory advised that it would provide
additional training to the certifying scientists on accurately entering
results.
- One licensee reported that results took an inappropriate amount of time
to arrive from the laboratory. Therefore, the laboratorys responsible
person will change the requirements to release results to within 5 working
days.
- One licensee reported a typographical error in the field containing the
donor identification as reported on the laboratory drug test report.
Corrected reports were issued and processed according to applicable
internal procedures.
In addition, licensees reported the following for 2005:
- One licensee reported that the certifying scientist signed a certified true
copy of a chain-of-custody form with a negative test result for a
performance sample spiked with secobarbital and phenobarbital. The
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) certified laboratory
identified the error and provided a corrected chain-of-custody form
without prompting.
- One licensee reported that the HHS laboratory announced negative
results for a positive blind quality assurance (QA) sample.
- One licensee reported that the HHS laboratory announced negative
results for two positive blind QA samples sent in the same batch. * One licensee reported a false negative on a blind performance test
sample containing amphetamine/methamphetamine. The error occurred
because (1) the confirmation analyst entered the original data incorrectly, and (2) the certifying scientist overlooked the error of the confirmation
analyst. Both individuals received counseling on the error and retraining.
- One licensee reported that although the HHS laboratory returned no
incorrect results, Hurricane Katrina caused a disruption with its services.
(2) Random Testing
Several licensees reported minor problems related to the random drug and alcohol
selection process.
For example, licensees reported the following for 2004:
- One licensee discovered that the FFD random testing pool excluded 25 individuals. The issue was thoroughly investigated and all individuals
involved were identified, and they completed an administrative FFD test
without any disqualifying outcomes.
- One licensee reported that one short-term contractor was granted
unescorted access but was not subject to random selection. The
individuals name was not entered into the random selection pool in time
for that individual to be subject to random selection. On discovery, the
individuals name was immediately entered into the random testing pool, and he was chemically tested under the other category, with negative
results. The licensee entered the problem into the corrective action
process.
- One licensee reported that because a manual step was skipped, the
random testing pool excluded 18 individuals for a 4-day period. Upon
discovery, the licensee took the steps necessary to update the random
testing pool accordingly. The licensee no longer uses the manual step in
the random selection process.
- One licensee reported that three workers were not entered into the
random testing pool because of a combination of overconfidence based
on previous experience, substandard performance of the task, and failure
to understand certain actions. The lessons learned from this situation
were reviewed with the appropriate staff, and relevant management
reports were developed to monitor performance in this area.
- One licensee reported that a failure to perform a self-check resulted in
the incorrect coding of a pre-access FFD collection such that the worker
was not placed in the random testing pool. The error was detected and corrected before the worker was granted unescorted access. The staff
has been coached on self-checking and peer-checking techniques, including the use of validation reports during peak processing periods.
In addition, licensees reported the following for 2005:
- Five licensees reported that individuals were not placed in the random
testing pool following pre-access drug and alcohol testing as intended.
Upon discovery, the licensees identified the affected individuals and
manually placed their names in the random testing pool. The affected
individuals did not know that they were not in the random FFD pool.
- One licensee reported that two names were not entered into the random
testing pool in time for random selection. Upon discovery, the individuals
names were immediately entered into the random test testing pool, and
they were chemically tested under the other category, with negative
results.
- One licensee reported that two chemical tests were conducted for two
long-term contractor employees who had been inadvertently terminated
from the unescorted access database and removed from the FFD
random testing pool. Upon discovery, the individuals names were
immediately entered into the random test selection pool, and they were
chemically tested under the other category, with negative results.
(3) Policies and Procedures
Several licensees reported initiatives to improve their FFD program policies and
procedures.
For example, licensees reported the following for 2004:
- Two licensees did not meet the 10 percent blind sample submittal
requirement. They are implementing corrective actions and follow-up
actions to prevent future recurrence.
- One licensee reported that it listed all the for-cause tests administered
under the subcategory observed behavior, although it should have listed
the for-cause test for a particular licensee employee under the
sub-category post-accident.
- One licensee reported that a supervisor did not effectively implement the
FFD for-cause testing procedure for an employee who displayed problem
behavior. The licensee entered this issue into the plants corrective
action program. The supervisor was required to review the FFD for- cause testing procedure with his manager and received counseling on
management expectations for use of the procedure. In addition, the
supervisor was required to attend and complete the initial FFD training class. The licensee distributed information about this event via email to
all supervisors and managers. In addition, the supervisors and managers
who received the email were required to review the FFD program for- cause testing procedure and confirm by return email that they had read
and understood the testing requirements.
- One licensee reported that beer was found in the plant owner controlled
area, outside the protected area, during this reporting period. No
individual was in the area at the time of discovery. Five days after the
discovery of the beer, a contract worker admitted to his supervisor that
this beer was his and that he had consumed two cans of beer by himself.
Given that the individual had violated site policies regarding bringing
alcohol on site and drinking the beer on site, the licensee revoked his
unescorted access.
- One licensee reported that a contract employee who did not hold
unescorted access attempted to subvert his pre-access urine specimen
test, which resulted in a positive test for illegal drugs. The contractor was
denied unescorted access to the protected area.
- One licensee reported a contractor employees intentional falsification of
the chain-of-custody form during the pre-access testing process.
- One licensee reported that two for-cause tests were administered on
visitors for alcohol discovered in their vehicle during a security search
prior to entering the protected area.
- One licensee reported that an individual experienced a confirmed positive
test for a single substance based on medication obtained out of the
country that is not considered legal in the United States without a
prescription.
- One licensee reported that four individuals were tested after alcohol was
discovered in their vehicle at the owner controlled area access control
point. All tests were negative.
- One licensee reported that an employee and a contractor were tested for- cause after finding marijuana in a coin purse in the protected area.
Initially, the coin purse was thought to belong to the contractor so that
individual was tested first. However, the licensee employee admitted to
inadvertently bringing the coin purse into the protected area, stating that
it belonged to his son. The licensee employee and the contractor both
tested negative.
- One licensee discovered that it had not submitted its semi-annual FFD
performance data report to the NRC. It took immediate action to
electronically submit the report to the applicable representative. In addition, licensees reported the following for 2005:
- One licensee reported that follow-up testing had not been completed
when an individuals increased test frequency had not been implemented
as required by the Medical Review Officer (MRO). The apparent cause
was that the FFD program staff did not update the follow-up tracking
sheet to show the increase. To address this issue, the licensee (1) made
FFD program staff aware of the issue and (2) developed and
implemented a work instruction, including a checklist.
- One licensee reported that two FFD tests were lost between the courier
and the laboratory.
- One licensee reported that it sent an insufficient number of positive blind
specimens to the laboratory as required by site procedures. Although the
number of blind specimens submitted did meet regulatory requirements, the site procedural requirements were more restrictive.
- One licensee did not meet the 10 percent blind sample submittal
requirement because of the large number of contractors brought in to
support the outage during the last weeks of the third quarter. A condition
report was generated and addition blind samples were sent to the
laboratory in the beginning of the fourth quarter to raise the average
above 10 percent.
- One licensee reported that two individuals were tested after alcohol was
discovered in their vehicle at the entrance to the protected area.
- One licensee reported that additional denials were issued for falsification
of their chain-of-custody form, and in some cases falsification of their
self-disclosure questionnaires.
- One licensee reported that one contractor was asked to provide a second
sample during pre-access testing because of his behavior during the
collection. The individual started the process and then refused to
complete the second collection.
- One licensee reported that a contractor discovered a can of beer that had
been inadvertently placed in his lunch-box. The individual was escorted
off site and security was notified. The individual was interviewed by the
FFD program manager, who determined that the introduction of alcohol
was not intentional.
- One licensee determined that a non-supervisory, station contract
employee was incorrectly granted access to the protected area.
- One licensee reported that it overstated the number of tests originally
reported as for-cause. * One licensee reported that two steroid tests were conducted on an
individual per MRO recommendation. Both tests results were negative.
- One licensee reported that during compilation of the semiannual data, it
identified that a computer error had persisted throughout 2005 and
invalidated the report. The licensee submitted a revision.
- One licensee reported that United Parcel Service delivered three
packages to the plant. When a clerk in the administration building, located in the main protected area, opened the packages, the clerk
discovered that they contained unopened wine bottles. The clerk notified
plant security and removed all three packages from the plant protected
area and later removed the material from the plant site. It was
determined that all the wine bottles were unopened and no one
consumed any wine inside the plant protected area.
- One licensee reported that it misrepresented a return-to-duty test for a
long-term contractor following a positive alcohol result as a follow-up test.
- One licensee reported that on two occasions the Collection Site Person
failed to administer breath tests as required, as a result of inexperience.
- One licensee identified instances in which unescorted access was
erroneously granted. The licensee is conducting an evaluation to
determine the cause of the error and to take corrective action.
(4) Program and System Management
In general, most licensees continue to report improvements in their overall FFD program
and its management.
For example, licensees reported the following for 2004:
- One licensee met with the laboratory, collection site, MRO, employee
assistant program, and psychological assessment personnel to ensure
consistent and effective implementation of the FFD program.
- One licensee recertified collection personnel for proficiency in urine
specimen collection and breath alcohol measurement, continued cross- training with the In-Processing Center, attended quality improvement
program testing to help align access authorization and FFD programs, revised office instructions and protocols, and is implementing a new
computer program that will benefit access authorization and FFD
activities.
- Ten licensees reported more restrictive cut-off levels for marijuana. * Two licensees reported more stringent cut-off levels for alcohol.
- One licensee reported more stringent cut-off levels for opiates.
- Two licensees reported more stringent cut-off levels for amphetamines.
- One licensee tests for two additional substances (names of substances
not listed).
- One licensee reported improving the electronic database used for
initiating and approving working-hour deviation requests.
In addition, licensees reported the following for 2005:
- One licensee reported more stringent cut-off levels for opiates.
- Ten licensees reported more stringent cut-off levels for marijuana.
- Two licensees reported more stringent cut-off levels for amphetamines.
- Two licensees reported more stringent cut-off levels for alcohol.
- One licensee reported testing for two additional substances (substances
not named).
- Two licensees reported testing for four additionally substances
(barbiturates, benzodiazepines, methadone, and propoxyphene).
- One licensee reported meeting with laboratory staff, collection site staff, MROs, employee assistance program staff, and psychological
assessment staff to assure consistent effective implementation of the
FFD program.
- One licensee met with the MROs to assure consistent effective
implementation of the FFD program.
CONTACT
This information notice requires no specific action or written response. Please direct any
questions about this matter to the technical contact listed below.
/RA by Theodore Quay for/
Michael J. Case, Director
Division of Policy and Rulemaking
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Technical Contact:
Eric Skarpac, NSIR
301-415-5361 E-mail: fitnessforduty@nrc.gov
Enclosure: Tables for Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) 2004-2005 Note: NRC generic communications may be found on the NRC public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov, under Electronic Reading Room/Document Collections.
- see previous concurrence
OFFICE NSIR/DSO/LPSB Tech Editor NSIR/DSO/LPSB NSIR/DSO/LPSB
NAME CCollins* HChang (by email)* TMcCune* ESkarpac*
DATE 07/31/2006 08/08/2006 08/10/2006 08 /10/2006 OFFICE NSIR/DSO/LPSB DD:NSIR/DSO D:NSIR/DSO NSIR
NAME GWest* RWay* DDorman* RZimmerman*
DATE 08 /14/2006 08/18/2006 09/01/2006 09/01/2006 OFFICE LA:PGCB PGCB BC:PGCB D:DPR
NAME CHawes* JRobinson CPJackson TQuay for MCase
DATE 09/13/2006 11 /272006 12 /15/2006 12/21/2006
Enclosure
TABLES FOR FITNESS-FOR-DUTY (FFD) 2004-2005 Table 1A
2004 Test Results for Each Test category
TEST CATEGORY NUMBER OF TESTS POSITIVE TESTS PERCENT POSITIVES
Pre-Access 76,119 737 0.97%
Random 51,239 127 0.25%
For-Cause 1,159 139 11.99%
Follow-Up 3,752 31 0.83%
Other 1,221 41 3.36%
TOTAL* 133,490 1,075 0.81%
TOTAL without
OTHER Category 132,269 1,034 0.78%
- These totals were calculated using Other test category. This category includes results from
the periodic testing done by some reporting units during annual physicals or similar periodic
activities. Although some reporting units specified the nature of the Other tests (e.g., return to
work), most reporting units did not give this information.
Table 1B
2005 Test Results for Each Test category
TEST CATEGORY NUMBER OF TESTS POSITIVE TESTS PERCENT POSITIVES
Pre-Access 79,005 648 0.82%
Random 50,286 147 0.29%
For-Cause 1,161 106 9.13%
Follow-Up 4,057 31 0.76%
Other 1,193 47 3.94%
TOTAL* 135,702 979 0.72%
TOTAL without
OTHER Category 134,509 932 0.69%
- These totals were calculated using Other test category. This category includes results from
the periodic testing done by some reporting units during annual physicals or similar periodic
activities. Although some reporting units specified the nature of the Other tests (e.g., return to
work), most reporting units did not give this information.
IN 2006-30 Table 2A
2004 Test Results for Each Test Category and Work Category
(January through December 2004)
TEST CATEGORY LICENSEE LONG-TERM SHORT-TERM TOTAL
EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS CONTRACTORS
Pre-Access
Number Tested 7,661 1,095 67,363 76,119 Number Positive 35 8 694 737 Percent Positive 0.46% 0.73% 1.03% 0.97%
Random
Number Tested 34,723 1,399 15,117 51,239 Number Positive 51 6 70 127 Percent Positive 0.15% 0.43% 0.46% 0.25%
For-Cause
Number Tested 458 46 655 1,159 Number Positive 23 1 115 139 Percent Positive 5.02% 2.17% 17.56% 11.99%
Follow-Up
Number Tested 2,058 55 1,639 3,752 Number Positive 14 0 17 31 Percent Positive 0.68% 0.00% 1.04% 0.83%
Other
Number Tested 630 117 474 1,221 Number Positive 4 0 37 41 Percent Positive 0.63% 0.00% 7.81% 3.36%
TOTAL
Number Tested 45,530 2,712 85,248 133,490
Number Positive 127 15 933 1,075 Percent Positive 0.28% 0.55% 1.09% 0.81%
TOTAL without
OTHER Category
Number Tested 44,900 2,595 84,774 132,269 Number Positive 123 15 896 1,034 Percent Positive 0.27% 0.58% 1.06% 0.78%
IN 2006-30 Table 2B
2005 Test Results for Each Test Category and Work Category
(January through December 2005)
TEST CATEGORY LICENSEE LONG-TERM SHORT-TERM TOTAL
EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS CONTRACTORS
Pre-Access
Number Tested 8,210 767 70,028 79,005 Number Positive 28 12 608 648 Percent Positive 0.34% 1.56% 0.87% 0.82%
Random
Number Tested 33,587 1,533 15,166 50,286 Number Positive 60 5 82 147 Percent Positive 0.18% 0.33% 0.54% 0.29%
For-Cause
Number Tested 509 59 593 1,161 Number Positive 19 2 85 106 Percent Positive 3.73% 3.39% 14.33% 9.13%
Follow-Up
Number Tested 2,099 79 1,879 4,057 Number Positive 15 0 16 31 Percent Positive 0.71% 0.00% 0.85% 0.76%
Other
Number Tested 548 87 558 1,193 Number Positive 2 0 45 47 Percent Positive 0.36% 0.00% 8.06% 3.94%
TOTAL
Number Tested 44,953 2,525 88,224 135,702 Number Positive 124 19 836 979 Percent Positive 0.28% 0.75% 0.95% 0.72%
TOTAL without
OTHER Category
Number Tested 44,405 2,438 87,666 134,509 Number Positive 122 19 791 932 Percent Positive 0.27% 0.78% 0.90% 0.69%
IN 2006-30 Table 3A
2004 Test Results by Test Category
(January through December 2004)
TEST CATEGORY FIRST SECOND YEAR
SIX MONTHS SIX MONTHS
Pre-Access
Number Tested 38,390 37,729 76,119 Number Positive 381 356 737 Percent Positive 0.99% 0.94% 0.97%
Random
Number Tested 25,465 25,774 51,239 Number Positive 54 73 127 Percent Positive 0.21% 0.28% 0.25%
For-Cause
Observed Behavior
Number Tested 344 357 701 Number Positive 68 66 134 Percent Positive 19.77% 18.49% 19.12%
Post-Accident
Number Tested 211 247 458 Number Positive 2 3 5 Percent Positive 0.95% 1.21% 1.09%
Follow-Up
Number Tested 1,825 1,927 3,752 Number Positive 18 13 31 Percent Positive 0.99% 0.67% 0.83%
Other
Number Tested 681 540 1,221 Number Positive 18 23 41 Percent Positive 2.64% 4.26% 3.36%
TOTAL
Number Tested 66,916 66,574 133,490
Number Positive 541 534 1,075 Percent Positive 0.81% 0.80% 0.81%
TOTAL without
OTHER Category
Number Tested 66,235 66,034 132,269 Number Positive 523 511 1,034 Percent Positive 0.79% 0.77% 0.78%
IN 2006-30 Table 3B
2005 Test Results Test Category
(January through December 2005)
TEST CATEGORY FIRST SECOND YEAR
SIX MONTHS SIX MONTHS
Pre-Access
Number Tested 45,885 33,120 79,005 Number Positive 373 275 648 Percent Positive 0.81% 0.83% 0.82%
Random
Number Tested 28,866 23,420 50,286 Number Positive 70 77 147 Percent Positive 0.26% 0.33% 0.29%
For-Cause
Observed Behavior
Number Tested 352 319 671 Number Positive 68 37 105 Percent Positive 19.32% 11.60% 15.65%
Post-Accident
Number Tested 233 257 490
Number Positive 0 1 1 Percent Positive 0.00% 0.39% 0.20%
Follow-Up
Number Tested 2,114 1,943 4,057 Number Positive 15 16 31 Percent Positive 0.71% 0.82% 0.76%
Other
Number Tested 545 648 1,193 Number Positive 20 27 47 Percent Positive 3.67% 4.17% 3.94%
TOTAL
Number Tested 49,129 36,287 85,416 Number Positive 476 356 832 Percent Positive 0.97% 0.98% 0.97%
TOTAL without
OTHER Category
Number Tested 75,450 59,059 134,509 Number Positive 526 406 932 Percent Positive 0.70% 0.69% 0.69%
IN 2006-30 Table 4A
2004 Test Results for Licensee Employees and Contractor Personnel
(January through December 2004)
Licensee Employees Long-Term Contractors Short-Term Contractors
TEST CATEGORY First Six Second Six Year First Six Second Six Year First Six Second Six Year
Months Months Months Months Months Months
Pre-Access
Number Tested 4,183 3,478 7,661 476 619 1,095 33,731 33,632 67,363 Number Positive 22 13 35 2 6 8 357 337 694 Percent Positive 0.53% 0.37% 0.46% 0.42% 0.97% 0.73% 1.06% 1.00% 1.03%
Random
Number Tested 17,613 17,110 34,723 594 805 1,399 7,258 7,859 15,117 Number Positive 24 27 51 1 5 6 29 41 70
Percent Positive 0.14% 0.16% 0.15% 0.17% 0.62% 0.43% 0.40% 0.52% 0.46%
For-Cause
Observed Behavior
Number Tested 139 127 266 7 11 18 198 219 417 Number Positive 13 10 23 0 0 0 55 56 111 Percent Positive 9.35% 7.87% 8.65% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 27.78% 25.57% 26.62%
Post-Accident 238 Number Tested 108 84 192 8 20 28 95 143 4 Number Positive 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1.68%
Percent Positive 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 12.50% 0.00% 3.57% 1.05% 2.10%
IN 2006-30 Table 4A
2004 Test Results for Licensee Employees and Contractor Personnel Continued
(January through December 2004)
Licensee Employees Long-Term Contractors Short-Term Contractors
TEST CATEGORY First Six Second Six Year First Six Second Six Year First Six Second Six Year
Months Months Months Months Months Months
Follow-Up
Number Tested 986 1,072 2,058 22 33 55 817 822 1,639 Number Positive 8 6 14 0 0 0 10 7 17 Percent Positive 0.81% 0.56% 0.68% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.22% 0.85% 1.04%
Other
Number Tested 331 299 630 76 41 117 274 200 474 Number Positive 4 0 4 0 0 0 14 23 37 Percent Positive 1.21% 0.00% 0.63% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 5.11% 11.50% 7.81%
TOTAL
Number Tested 23,360 22,170 45,530 1,183 1,529 2,712 42,373 42,875 85,248 Number Positive 71 56 127 4 11 15 466 467 933 Percent Positive 0.30% 0.25% 0.28% 0.34% 0.72% 0.55% 1.10% 1.09% 1.09%
TOTAL w/o OTHER
Category
Number Tested 23,029 21,871 44,900 1,107 1,488 2,595 42,099 42,675 84,774 Number Positive 67 56 123 4 11 15 452 444 896 Percent Positive 0.29% 0.26% 0.27% 0.36% 0.74% 0.58% 1.07% 1.04% 1.06%
IN 2006-30 Table 4B
2005 Test Results for Licensee Employees and Contractor Personnel
(January through December 2005)
Licensee Employees Long-Term Contractors Short-Term Contractors
TEST CATEGORY First Six Second Six Year First Six Second Six Year First Six Second Six Year
Months Months Months Months Months Months
Pre-Access
Number Tested 4,827 3,383 8,210 404 363 767 40,654 29,374 70,028 Number Positive 19 9 28 5 7 12 349 259 608 Percent Positive 0.39% 0.27% 0.34% 1.24% 1.93% 1.56% 0.86% 0.88% 0.87%
Random
Number Tested 17,897 15,690 33,587 753 780 1,533 8,216 6,950 15,166 Number Positive 30 30 60 2 3 3 38 44 82 Percent Positive 0.17% 0.19% 0.18% 0.27% 0.38% 0.33% 0.46% 0.63% 0.54%
For-Cause
Observed Behavior
Number Tested 155 154 309 8 8 16 189 157 346 Number Positive 11 8 19 0 2 2 57 27 84 Percent Positive 7.10% 5.19% 6.15% 0.00% 25.00% 12.50% 30.16% 17.20% 24.28%
Post-Accident
Number Tested 106 94 200 20 23 43 107 140 247 Number Positive 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Percent Positive 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.71% 0.40%
Follow-Up
Number Tested 1,054 1,045 2,099 39 40 79 1,021 858 1,879 Number Positive 6 9 15 0 0 0 9 7 16 Percent Positive 0.57% 0.86% 0.71% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.88% 0.82% 0.85%
IN 2006-30 Table 4B
2005 Test Results for Licensee Employees and Contractor Personnel Continued
(January through December 2005)
Licensee Employees Long-Term Contractors Short-Term Contractors
TEST CATEGORY First Six Second Six Year First Six Second Six Year First Second Six Year
Months Months Months Months Six Months
Months
Other
Number Tested 281 267 548 36 51 87 228 330 558 Number Positive 1 1 2 0 0 0 19 26 45 Percent Positive 0.36% 0.37% 0.36% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 8.33% 7.88% 8.06%
TOTAL
Number Tested 24,320 20,633 44,953 1,260 1,265 2,525 50,415 37,809 88,224 Number Positive 67 57 124 7 12 19 472 364 836 Percent Positive 0.28% 0.28% 0.28% 0.56% 0.95% 0.75% 0.94% 0.96% 0.95%
TOTAL w/o OTHER
Category
Number Tested 24,039 20,366 44,405 1,224 1,214 2,438 50,187 37,479 87,666 Number Positive 66 56 122 7 12 19 453 338 791 Percent Positive 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.57% 0.99% 0.78% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90%
IN 2006-30 Table 5A
2004 Number of Confirmed Positives by Substance
(January through December 2004)
FIRST SIX MONTHS SECOND SIX TOTAL
MONTHS
TYPE OF Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
SUBSTANCE
Marijuana 275 50.74% 239 46.32% 514 48.58%
Cocaine 115 21.22% 132 25.58% 247 23.35%
Opiates 8 1.48% 6 1.16% 14 1.32%
Amphetamines 34 6.27% 26 5.04% 60 5.67%
Phencyclidine 1 0.18% 0 0.00% 1 0.09%
Alcohol 109 20.11% 113 21.90% 222 20.98%
TOTAL 542 516 1,058 Table 5B
2005 Number of Confirmed Positives by Substance
(January through December 2005)
FIRST SIX MONTHS SECOND SIX TOTAL
MONTHS
TYPE OF Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
SUBSTANCE
Marijuana 240 44.86% 192 46.15% 432 45.43%
Cocaine 140 26.17% 106 25.48% 246 25.87%
Opiates 7 1.31% 9 2.16% 16 1.68%
Amphetamines 40 7.48% 19 40.57% 59 6.20%
Phencyclidine 1 0.19% 1 0.24% 2 0.21%
Alcohol 107 20.00% 89 21.39% 196 20.61%
TOTAL 535 416 951
IN 2006-30 Table 6A
2004 Confirmed Positive Test Results by Substance and Work Category
(January through December 2004)
LICENSEE EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS
(Long-Term/Short-Term)
TYPE OF SUBSTANCE Number Percent Number Percent
Marijuana 43 33.82% 471 50.81%
Cocaine 23 17.56% 224 24.16%
Opiates 3 2.29% 11 1.19%
Amphetamines 5 3.82% 55 5.93%
Phencyclidine 0 0.00% 1 0.11%
Alcohol 57 43.51% 165 17.80%
TOTAL 131 927
IN 2006-30 Table 6B
2005 Confirmed Positive Test Results by Substance and Work Category
(January through December 2005)
LICENSEE EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS
(Long-Term/Short-Term)
TYPE OF SUBSTANCE Number Percent Number Percent
Marijuana 35 29.66% 397 47.66%
Cocaine 22 18.64% 224 26.89%
Opiates 3 2.54% 13 1.56%
Amphetamines 6 5.08% 53 6.36%
Phencyclidine 0 0.00% 2 0.24%
Alcohol 52 44.07% 144 17.29%
TOTAL 118 833
IN 2006-30 Table 7 Significant Fitness-for-Duty Events (1990-1999)
Type of Event 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total
Reactor Operators 19 16 18 8 7 8 8 9 5 5 103 Licensee Supervisors 26 18 22 25 11 16 19 16 10 2 165 Contract Supervisors 12 24 28 16 11 10 8 10 10 12 141 FFD Program Personnel 1 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 14 Substances Found 6 8 6 2 0 5 5 4 0 2 38 Adulterated Specimen 0
Total 64 71 74 51 30 39 42 39 28 23 461 Significant Fitness-for-Duty Events (2000-2005) Continued
Type of Event 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
Reactor Operators 5 4 3 6 9 5 32 Licensee Supervisors 11 9 3 3 7 13 46 Contract Supervisors 8 12 12 8 4 14 58 FFD Program Personnel 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 Substances Found 3 0 1 2 9 9 24 Adulterated Specimen 9 23 29 61 Total 27 25 22 28 52 71 225
IN 2006-30 Table 8 Trends in testing by test type (1990-1999)
Type of Test 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total
Pre-Access
Number Tested 122,491 104,508 104,842 91,471 80,217 79,305 81,041 84,320 69,146 69,139 888,480
Number Positive 1,548 983 1,110 952 977 1,122 1,132 1,096 822 934 10,676 Percent Positive 1.26% 0.94% 1.06% 1.04% 1.22% 1.41% 1.40% 1.30% 1.19% 1.35% 1.20%
Random
Number Tested 148,743 153,818 156,730 146,605 78,391 66,791 62,307 60,829 56,969 54,457 985,640
Number Positive 550 510 461 341 223 180 202 172 157 140 2,936 Percent Positive 0.37% 0.33% 0.29% 0.23% 0.28% 0.27% 0.32% 0.28% 0.28% 0.26% 0.30%
For-Cause
Number Tested 732 727 696 751 758 763 848 722 720 736 7,453 Number Positive 214 167 178 163 122 139 138 149 100 120 1,490
Percent Positive 29.23% 22.97% 25.27% 21.70% 16.09% 18.22% 16.27% 20.64% 13.89% 16.30% 20.00%
IN 2006-30 Table 8 Trends in testing by test type (1990-1999) Continued
Type of Test 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total
Follow-up
Number Tested 2,633 3,544 4,283 4,139 3,875 3,262 3,262 3,296 2,863 3,008 34,165 Number Positive 65 62 69 56 50 35 40 31 43 30 481 Percent Positive 2.47% 1.75% 1.61% 1.35% 1.29% 1.07% 1.23% 0.94% 1.50% 1.00% 1.41%
TOTAL*
Number Tested 274,599 262,597 266,551 242,966 163,241 150,121 147,458 149,167 129,698 127,340 1,913,738 Number Positive 2,377 1,722 1,818 1,512 1,372 1,476 1,512 1,448 1,122 1,224 15,583 Percent Positive 0.87% 0.66% 0.68% 0.62% 0.84% 0.98% 1.03% 0.97% 0.87% 0.96% 0.81%
- Does not include test results from the Other test category.
IN 2006-30 Table 8 Trends in testing by test type (2000-2005) Continued
Type of Test 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
Pre-Access
Number Tested 68,333 63,744 73,155 72,988 76,119 79,005 433,344 Number Positive 965 720 805 757 737 648 4,632 Percent Positive 1.41% 1.13% 1.10% 1.04% 0.97% 0.82% 1.07%
Random
Number Tested 51,955 50,080 49,741 49,402 51,239 50,286 302,703 Number Positive 204 148 114 132 127 147 871 Percent Positive 0.39% 0.30% 0.23% 0.27% 0.25% 0.29% 0.29%
For-Cause
Number Tested 883 730 1,072 1,052 1,159 1,161 6,053 Number Positive 138 101 112 126 139 106 721 Percent Positive 15.67% 13.84% 10.45% 11.98% 11.99% 9.13% 11.91%
Follow-up
Number Tested 2,861 2,649 2,892 3,142 3,752 4,057 19,314 Number Positive 49 35 21 42 31 31 209 Percent Positive 1.71% 1.32% 0.73% 1.34% 0.83% 0.76% 1.08%
TOTAL*
Number Tested 124,032 118,730 128,321 127,785 132,269 134,509 764,701 Number 1,356 1,036 1,091 1,094 1,034 932 6,538 Positive
Percent 1.09% 0.87% 0.85% 0.86% 0.78% 0.69% 0.85%
Positive
- Does not include test results from the Other test category.
IN 2006-30 Table 9 Trends in Substances Identified (1990-1999)
Substance 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Marijuana 1,153 746 953 781 739 819 868 842 606 672 Cocaine 706 549 470 369 344 374 352 336 269 273 Alcohol 452 401 427 357 251 265 281 262 212 230
Amphetamines 69 31 31 51 54 61 53 49 46 40
Opiates 45 24 8 13 11 17 14 39 19 16 Phencyclidine 8 11 4 5 1 7 2 0 1 2 Total* 2,433 1,762 1,893 1,576 1,400 1,543 1,570 1,528 1,153 1,233
- These totals do not equal the total number of positives for each year because some positives
were for multiple substances and for other substances than those listed above.
Table 9 Trends in Substances Identified (2000-2005) Continued
Substance 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Marijuana 620 523 560 518 514 432 Cocaine 251 225 228 228 247 246 Alcohol 211 212 214 199 222 196 Amphetamines 50 50 47 64 60 59 Opiates 32 17 21 17 14 16 Phencyclidine 1 2 3 0 1 2 Total* 1,168 1,029 1,069 1,026 1,056 951
- These totals do not equal the total number of positives for each year because some positives
were for multiple substances and for other substances than those listed above.
IN 2006-30 Table 10
Trends in Positive Test Rates For Workers With Unescorted Access (1990-2005)*
Year Positive Test Rate
1990 0.54%
1991 0.47%
1992 0.44%
1993 0.37%
1994 0.48%
1995 0.50%
1996 0.57%
1997 0.54%
1998 0.50%
1999 0.50%
2000 0.70%
2001 0.53%
2002 0.46%
2003 0.56%
2004 0.51%
2005 0.49%
- Includes random, for-cause, testing results. The reduction in random
test rate from 100% to 50% has been in effect since 1994.