ML023460345

Licensed Operator Positive Drug Test. Requests Information Re 12/06/2002 Event in Which NRC-licensed Operator Tested Positive for Alcohol Following Fitness-For-Duty Test

ML023460345
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	12/11/2002
From:	Chamberlain D NRC Region 4
To:	Ray H Southern California Edison Co
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December 11, 2002 Harold B. Ray, Executive Vice President San Onofre, Units 2 and 3 Southern California Edison Co.

P.O. Box 128, Mail Stop D-3-F San Clemente, California 92674-0128

SUBJECT:

LICENSED OPERATOR POSITIVE DRUG TEST

Dear Mr. Ray,

On December 6, 2002, you reported in Event Report 39427, that one of your NRC-licensed operators tested positive for alcohol following a fitness-for-duty test taken on December 6, 2002. This letter is a request for information pertaining to this occurrence. Within 30 days from the date of this letter, please provide answers to the questions listed in the enclosure to this letter and other records and information on this operators past fitness for duty, which are relevant to this occurrence. Any other information that you think is pertinent or useful regarding this occurrence would also be appreciated. We request that any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information in your response be provided in a separate attachment and appropriately marked. The affidavit required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) must accompany your response, where applicable.

You should determine whether the operator meets the requirements of 10 CFR 55.33(a)(1).

You should ensure that (1) the operator meets the general health requirements of ANSI/ANS-3.4-1983, (2) the operator does not have a disqualifying condition under Section 5.3 of that standard, and (3) documentation describing the designated physicians conclusion that the operator meets the requirements of ANSI/ANS-3.4-1983 is available for review by the NRC. If a conditional license is requested in accordance with 10 CFR 55.25, that condition should be documented on NRC Form 396 and transmitted to the NRC.

If you determine that the operator no longer meets the medical qualifications described in 10 CFR 55.33(a)(1) then, in accordance with 10 CFR 55.25, you should notify the NRC via letter of the operators incapacitation. For example, you must notify the NRC if you determine, based on your employee assistance program in consultation with your designated physician, that the operator can no longer meet the medical criteria of ANSI/ANS-3.4-1983.

The NRC will evaluate the information in your reply to this letter to determine if further action is warranted pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 50 or 55. The information supplied will be maintained in NRC Privacy System of Records-16 and will be subject to the Privacy Act.

Southern California Edison 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Anthony T. Gody, Chief, Operations Branch, at (817) 860-8159. Your cooperation is appreciated.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Dwight D. Chamberlain, Director Division of Reactor Safety Dockets: 50-361 50-362 Licenses: NPF-10 NPF-15

Enclosure:

Licensed Operator Fitness-For-Duty Questionnaire cc w/enclosure:

Chairman, Board of Supervisors County of San Diego 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335 San Diego, California 92101 Gary L. Nolff Power Projects/Contracts Manager Riverside Public Utilities 2911 Adams Street Riverside, California 92504 Eileen M. Teichert, Esq.

Supervising Deputy City Attorney City of Riverside 3900 Main Street Riverside, California 92522 Joseph J. Wambold, Vice President Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, California 92674-0128

Southern California Edison 

David Spath, Chief Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Management California Department of Health Services P.O. Box 942732 Sacramento, California 94234-7320 Michael R. Olson San Onofre Liaison San Diego Gas & Electric Company P.O. Box 1831 San Diego, California 92112-4150 Ed Bailey, Radiation Control Program Director Radiologic Health Branch California Department of Health Services P.O. Box 942732 (MS 178)

Sacramento, California 94234-7320 Mayor City of San Clemente 100 Avenida Presidio San Clemente, California 92672 James D. Boyd, Commissioner California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)

Sacramento, California 95814 Douglas K. Porter, Esq.

Southern California Edison Company 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, California 91770 Dwight E. Nunn, Vice President Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, California 92674-0128 Dr. Raymond Waldo Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station P. O. Box 128 San Clemente, California 92674-0128

Southern California Edison 

A. Edward Scherer Southern California Edison San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, California 92674-0128

Southern California Edison 

Electronic distribution from ADAMS by RIV:

Regional Administrator (EWM)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (CCO1)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (CEJ1)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (WCW)

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ENCLOSURE LICENSED OPERATOR FITNESS-FOR-DUTY QUESTIONNAIRE Southern California Edison Co. is requested to provide the following information concerning the fitness-for-duty occurrence of December 6, 2002 (Event Report 39427), regarding the involved licensed operator:

1. Name and responsibilities of the operator.

2. A summary of the operators entire fitness-for-duty testing history. Please include the dates and times the operator was tested, the reasons for the tests (i.e., random, for-cause, or follow-up), the results of the tests, and the dates that any tests were confirmed positive.

3. A detailed chronology (time line) associated with this event, including all the information developed as a result of your review of the event (e.g., the report documenting your review of this matter, summaries of interviews, etc.).

4. Whether the operator consumed alcoholic beverages within the protected area. If so, please provide the details of the circumstances surrounding such consumption.

5. Whether the operator was at the controls or supervising licensed activities while under the influence of alcohol. If so, please provide the details of the operators performance of licensed duties while under the influence of alcohol.

6. Whether the operator was involved in procedural errors related to this occurrence. If so, please provide the details of the procedural errors and the consequences of the errors.

7. Your intentions with regard to the operators resumption of duties under the 10 CFR Parts 50 and 55 licenses, including your plans for follow-up testing.

8. Any other relevant information, which will facilitate the NRC review of this matter.