ML18106B108
| ML18106B108 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 03/22/1999 |
| From: | Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9903300257 | |
| Download: ML18106B108 (4) | |
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Mr. Harold W. Keiser President and Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Business Unit Public Service Electric and Gas Company P. 0. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 March 22, 1999
- SUB.JECT: Fitness-for-Duty (ENS 35313)
Dear Mr. Keiser:
Your facility reported on January 25, 1999, to the NRC's Headquarters Operations Center, that an NRC licensed operator, who was not performing licensed duties, was determined to be under
- the influence of alcohol following a "for-cause" fitness-for-duty test. This letter is a request for information pertaining to this occurrence. Please provide within 60 days after the date of this letter, answers to the questions listed in the enclosure and other records and information on the operator's past fitness-for-duty, which are relevant to this occurrence. We request that any personal, proprietary, safeguards information in your response be contained 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 ens1,Jre that: (1) the operator meets the general health requirements of ANSl/ANS-3.4-1983 (or later revision of this standard used by your facility): (2) the operator does not have a disqualifying condition under Section 5.3 of that standard; and (3) that documentation describing the designated physician's conclusion that the operator meets the requirements of ANSl/ANS-3.4 is available for review by NRC. If a conditional license is requested per 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 must notify the NRC, via letter, of the operator's permanent incapacitation. For example, you must notify the NRC, if you determine, based on your employee assistance program in consultatyion with your designated physician, that the operator can no longer meet the medical criteria of ANSl/ANS-3.4.
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_,,_ i Mr. Harold W. Keiser 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 Systems of Records-16 and will be subject to the Privacy Act.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 610-337-5183 or Internet address RJC@NRC.GOV. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Sincerely, Original signed by Richard J. Conte, Chief Human Performance and Emergency Preparedness Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
Licensed Operator Fitness-for-Duty Questionnaire Docket Nos. 50-272; 50-311 ccw/encl:
L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support A. F. Kirby, Ill, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.
C. Bakken, General Manager - Salem Operations J. McMahon, Director, QA/Nuclear Training/Emergency Preparednes.s D. Powell, Director, Licensing, Regulation and Fuels R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs A. Tapert, Program Administrator J. J. Keenan, Esquire M. J. Wetterhahn, Esquire J. A. Isabella, Manager, Joint Generation, Atlantic Electric Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township Public Service Commission of Maryland State of New Jersey State of Delaware OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Mr. Harold W. Keiser bee w/enclosure:
H. Miller, RNJ. Wiggins, DPRA D. Screnci, PAO Region I Docket Room (w/concurrences)
Nuclear Safety Information Center PUBLIC Resident Inspector G. Meyer, DRP W. Lanning,* DRS
- W. Ruland, DRS M. Campion, RI R. Gallo, HOLB< DRCH G. West, HOLB, DRCH DOCDESK DRS Fil1' V. Curley DOCUMENT NAME: A:\\salfitduty OFFICE RI/DRPS I
NAME Curley
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ENCLOSURE licensed Operator Fitness-for-Duty Questionnaire Public Service Electric And Gas Company is requested to provide the following information concerning the fitness-for-duty occurrence of January 25, 1999, regarding the involved operator:
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Name and responsibilities of the operator.
- 2.
A summary of the operator's 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 followup), the results of the test, and the dates that any tests were confirmed positive.
- 3.
Whether the operator consumed alcoholic beverages within the protected area. If so, please provide the details of the circumstances surrounding such consumption.
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Whether the operator was at the controls or supervising the licensed activities while under the influence of alcohols. If so, please provide the details of the operator's performance of licensed duties while under the influence of alcohol.
.5.
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.
- 6.
Your intentions with regard to the operator's resumption of duties under the 10 CFR Part 50 and Part 55 licenses, including your plans for followup testing.