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| Site: | Oconee, Mcguire, Catawba, McGuire, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 10/24/1989 |
| From: | Ebneter S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Tucker H DUKE POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8911020030 | |
| Download: ML19325E128 (20) | |
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ATTN: Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department 422 South Church Street L
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SUBJECT:
MEETING SutMARY - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION MEETING ON LICENSED OPERATOR PHYSICALS i
This letter refers to the meeting conducted in the NRC Region II office on i
August 29. 1989. A management meeting was held to discuss the apparent failure r'
of Duke Power Company to meet tlie requirement to perfonn licensed operator p
medical exams every two years.
This occurred on several occasions.
A brief summary. a list of attendees, and a copy of your handouts are enclosed.
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It is our opinion that this meeting was beneficial, and provided for a better I
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examination scheduling.
in accordance'with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice." Part 2.
f Title 10. Code of Federal Regulations. a copy of this letter and its enclosures n
will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.
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Meeting Summary 3.
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Charlotte. NC 28241 A. V. Carr. Esq.
Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte. NC 28242 l
J. Michael McGarry 111. Esq.
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Heyward G. Shealy. Chief Bureau of Radiological Health South Carolina Department of Health i
and Environmental Control 2600 Bull. Street l
Columbia. SC 29201-j Richard P. Wilson. Eso.
Assistant Attorney General S. C. Attorney General's Otfice P. O. Box 11549 l
Columbia SC 29211 1q Michael Hirsch Federal Emergency Management Agency 500 C Street. SW. Room 840 i
Washington. D. C.
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I North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation 3400 Sumner Boulevard P. O. Box 27306 i
Raleigh. NC 27611 (cc w/encls cont'd - see page 31 I
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Saluda River Electric Cooperative. Inc.
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S. S. Kilborn. Area Manager Mid South Area ESSD Projects
. Westinghouse Electric Corporation MNC West Tower - Bay 239 P. O. Box 335 Pittsburg. PA 15230 County Manager of York County York County Courthouse York. SC 29745 Piedmont Municipal Power Agency 100 Memorial Drive Greer. SC 29651 T. L. McConnell Station Manager McGuire Nuclear Station P. O. Box 488 Cornelius. NC 28031 x
J. S. Warren Nuclear Production Department Duke Power Company P. O. Box 33189 Charlotte. NC 28242 Dayne H. Brown. Chief Radiation Protection Branch Division of Facility Services N. C.-Department of Human Resources 701 Barbour Drive Raleigh. NC 27603-2008 County Manager of Mecklenburg County 720 East Fourth Street Charlotte. NC 28202 (cc w/encls cont'd - see page 41 1
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ENCLOS'JAE 1 MEETING
SUMMARY
l A management meeting was held in the NRC Region 11 office on August 29. 1989.
to discuss an apparent failure of Duke Power Company (DPC) to meet the licensed operator medical exam two-year reouirements.
Stewart D. Ebneter. NRC Region 11. Pegional Administrator, opened the meeting, i
He expressed our desire to better understand how the DPC program worked for
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controlling physical exams for licensed operators.
It appeared that the program had allowed some operator physicals to exceed the two year require.
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l The DPC presentation included a brief history of the requirements for operator physicals.
It was then explained how the new Medical Supervisor at Oconee had
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identified that some individuals were overdue on their two-year physical exams.
I DPC then presented the data collected from a review of medical exam documenta-tion at all three sites.
They identified the root cause of the problem as an apparent misunderstanding of the meaning of *Every two years." The concept of bracketing license applications between a six-month and six week window was considered acceptable.
It was felt by DPC that this scheduling philosophy was acceptable, even after the April 9-10. 1987. meeting with the NRC which explained the impact of the 10 CFR 55 rule change.
It was also indicated that at no time had a licensed operator who had exceeded the two-year period and j
performed licensed duties, subsecuently failed their physical exam.
t The meeting was concluded with direction by NRC that biennial should be considered as meaning every two years, date-to-date.
It was acknowledged that generic guidance would be forthcoming to the industry on this topic.
The Regional Administrator's concern that the shift supervisor be able to continuously, and accurately. determine the cualifications of all tctual and potential watch standers wet reiterated.
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LIST OF ATTENDEES U.S. Nuclear Reculatory Commission I
i S. D. Ebneter. Regional Administrator A. F. Gibson. Acting Deputy Regional Administrator C. W. Hehl. Deputy Director. Division of Reactor Projects (DRP)
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A. R. Herdt, Chief. Reactor Projects Branch 3. DRP T. A. Peebles. Chief. Operations Branch. Division of Reactor Safety (DRS)
M. B. Shymlock. Chief. Reactor Projects Section 3A. DRP K. E. Brockman. Chief. Reactor Projects Section 3P. DRP f
. C. Casto. Chief. Operator Licensing Section 2. DRS
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P. H. Skinner. Senior Resident Inspector. Oconee Nuclear Reactor ReQulation D. B. Matthews. Director. Project Directorate !!-3 i
L. A. Wiens. Project Manager. Project Directorate !!-3 S. Guenther. Reactor Engineer. Operator Licensing Branch (by telephone) l i
Duke Pcwer Company H. B. Tucker. Vice President. Nuclear Production R. L. Gill. Technical Systems Manager. Regulatory Compliance M. S. Tuckman. Station Manager (Oconee) i T. L. McConnell. Station Manager (McGuire)
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B. Caldwell. Superintendent of Station Services (Catawba)
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HAL TUCKER VICE PRESIDENT, NUCLEAR PRODUCTION BOB GILL MANAGER, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE OCONEE MIKE TUCKMAN STATION MANAGER I
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OPENING REMARKS HAL-TUCKER PRESENTATION BRUCE CALDWELL f
HISTORY REVIEW 0F OPERATOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS SIGNIFICANCE I
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HISTORY j
FEBRUARY 1, 1972 IMPLEMENTED CURRENT SCHEDULING PROGRAM' FOR PHYSICAL EXAMS.
i MARCH 25, 1987 REVISED 10 CFR55.21 PUBLISHED.
i "A LICENSEE SHALL HAVE A MEDICAL EXAMINATION BY'A PHYSICIAN EVERY TWO (2)
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APRIL 9-10, 1987 PUBLIC REGIONAL MEETINGS.
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EXAMINATION FREQUENCY - I.E., 2 YEARS.
l APRIL 22, 1987 DUKE TASK FORCE MET TO REVIEW PART 55 CHANGES, DEVELOPED ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS ALL PART 55 REQUIREMENTS AND l
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MAY 26, 1987 ALL PART 55 CHANGES EFFECTIVE.
i JULY - SEPTEMBER, 1987 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED AND l
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ALL PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS, INCLUDING NUCLEAR OPERATOR PHYSICALS.
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HISTORY (CONTINUED) e JULY 24, 1989 NEW MEDICAL UNIT SUPERVISOR AT OCONEE r
f WAS REVIEWING SCHEDULING PROGRAM.
AN EFFORT WAS UNDERWAY TO COMBINE PHYSICALS i
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WOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE TWO (2) PHYSICALS IN THE SAME YEAR.
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i SUPERVISOR INTERPRETATION WAS MAXIMUM OF TWO YEARS BETWEEN MEDICAL EXAMS.
l FOUND FIVE (5) INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE OVERDUE AT OCONEE, INITIALLY.
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- REASONABLE CONFIDENCE IN EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS BASED ON QA i
AUDIT, INP0 ACCREDITATION / EVALUATIONS AND NRC APPROVAL 0F LICENSE APPLICATIONS SINCE MAY 1987.
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