ML18107A475

Forwards Fitness for Duty Performance Data Rept for Six Month Period Ending 990630

ML18107A475
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/05/1999
From:	Salamon G Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LR-N99351, NUDOCS 9908110151
Download: ML18107A475 (6)

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• • -,-, e OPS~G Public Ser-Vice Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 Nuclear Business Unit

• _. AUG 51999*

LR-N99351 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF FITNESS FOR DUTY (FFD) PERFORMANCE DATA SALEM AND HOPE CREEK GENERA TING STATIONS DOCKET NOS. 50-272, 50-311, AND 50-354 Gentlemen:

In accordance with the requirements of 10CFR26.71(d), Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), hereby forwards the attached FFD Performance Data Report for the six month period ending June 30, 1999. I Should you have any further questions regarding this report, please contact Robin Ritzman at (856) 339-1445.

Sincerely,

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Gabor Salamon Licensing Manager Attachment (1) 9908110151 990805 PDR ADOCK 05000272 R PDR The power is in your hands.

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r _ AUG &1999 Docµment,Control Desk LR-N99351 C Mr. H. Miller, Administrator - Region I U. $. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. R. Ennis, Licensing Project Manager - Hope Creek U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 8B1 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. P. Milano, Licensing Project Manager - Salem U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 8B 1 Rockville, MD 20852 USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Mr. K. Tosch, Manager IV Bureau of Nuclear Engineering P. 0. Box 415 Trenton, NJ 08625

FITNESS FOR DUTY PROGRAM PERFORMANCE DATA PERSONNELSUBJECTT010CFR26 Public Service Electric Gas Company 6/30/99 Company 6 Month Ending Salem I Hope Creek Nuclear Plants Location Mary Samuels (609)339-5601 Contact Name Phone Cutoffs: Screen/Confirmation (ng/ml) lffilll Appendix A to 10CFR26 Marijuana 50/15 Amphetamine 1000/500 N/A N/A Cocaine 300/150 Phencyclidine 25/25 N/A N/A Opiates 300/300 Alcohol (%SAC) 0.04% N/A N/A Testing Results Licensee Long-Term Short-Term Employees Contractor Contractor Personnel Personnel Average Number with 2211 136 775 Unescorted Access Categories Tested Positive Tested Positive Tested Positive Pre-Access 250 2 11 0 1053 11 For-Cause 5 0 1 0 14 0 Post Accident For-Cause 14 3 1 0 7 1 Observed Behavior Random 658 2 16 0 187 1 Follow-Up 23 0 0 0 4 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 950 7 29 0 1265 13

BREAKDOWN OF CONFIRMED POSITIVE TESTS FOR SPECIFIC SUBSTANCES Alcohol Refusal Marijuana Cocaine Opiates Amphetamines Phencyclidene S/N To Test 3

Licensee Employee 3 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 Long-Term Contractors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Short-Term Contractors 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 1

Total 10 6 0 0 0 5 0 Total Confirmed Positive Tests For All Specific Substances and Refusals to Test: 21

• KEY: S =SITE LEVEL ALCOHOL & N =NRC LEVEL ALCOHOL

• Twenty individuals were positive for twenty one substances; one individual was positive for more than one substance.

Random Testing Rate Random testing is conducted at an annualized rate of 50%. The random testing during this six month rep0rting period was 27.6% (861 random tests conducted with 3,122 workers eligible for testing).

Summary of Management Actions Suspensions based on presumptive positives: 0 Reportable events: 1 On January 25, 1999, an observed odor of alcohol on a licensed operator prompted a request for a "For Cause" evaluation. The individual tested positive for alcohol at 0.02%. In accordance with company policy, access was suspended for 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />. Return-to-work testing following the suspension period yielded a negative breath alcohol test result. This individual was not performing licensed duties at the time of the incident, and did not enter the protected area. He had been assigned to the Nuclear Training Center for operator requalification training. Since the alcohol test result was considered positive under PSE&G company policy, an incident report was processed, the Operations Superintendent on shift was notified, and NRC notification was completed within the required 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> timeframe.

Appeals/Resolutions During the time period January 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999, one appeal was resolved. This appeal did not result in reversal of the original action.

One appeal resulted from an access denial based on a security determination of lack of trustworthiness and reliability.

Trends: 1990 to Present

• Opiates: No MRO positives since the Fitness for Duty rule went into effect.

• PCP: No positives during the last seven and one half years.

• Rare challenges to the accuracy and validity of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) laboratory test results.

Current Reporting Period Observations

• The increase in confirmed positive test results during this six-month period (from 8 in the previous period to 21 in the current period) was primarily due to increased in-processing of short-term contractors for two (2) scheduled outages during this timeframe.

• During this six-month period, 48% of confirmed positive test results were attributed to marijuana use, 28% to cocaine use, and 24% to alcohol use.

• Eighty percent of confirmed positive alcohol test results were positive at the site cut-off level (0.02% ), while 20% of alcohol test results were positive at the NRC cut-off level (> 0.04%).

• Durirlg this six month period, 20 For-Cause (post accident) tests yielded no positive test results, while 22 For-Cause (observed behavior) tests yielded 4 confirmed positive test results (18%). *

• During this six month period, the Random Category positive rate was 0.4% (3 positives I 861 individuals tested.).

Recommendations:

• Eliminate the second breath alcohol test when the first test is negative. After greater than 118,000 breath tests, equipment sensitivity of 100% has been demonstrated (second breath test has never been positive after the first breath test was negative). Cost savings over months to years would be considerable.

• Continue to permit/encourage on-site pre-screening.

• Continue to move toward "interchangeability" and mutual acceptance among related Fitness for Duty programs (NRC, DOT, RSPA).