ML20005G076
| ML20005G076 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 01/12/1990 |
| From: | Crowley C AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE), NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9001180095 | |
| Download: ML20005G076 (4) | |
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January 12, 1990-Director Office of Enforcement U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington DC 20555 Attention: Document Control Desk
SUBJECT:
Notice of Violation Docket No. 55-8046' Licen:e No. SOP-21171-2 Response to Notice of Violation NRC Inspection Report 50/395/89-14 and NRC Office of Investigations Report No. 2-89-008 Gentlemen:
Attached is my response to the violation addressed in NRC Inspection Report'50 -
395 and NRC Office of Investigations Report No. 2-83-008.
I am in basic agreement' with the alleged violation, and the enclosed response addresses the reason for the violation and the corrective actions being taken to prevent recurrence.
I declare that the statements and matters set forth herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
-If you should have any questions, please advise.
Very truly yours, 0 Wp Christian A. Crowley CAC: led Attachment c:
S. D. Ebneter R. L. Prevatte W. R. Higgins File (815.01)
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I RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF VIOLAlION VIOLATION NUMBER 50-395/89-14 i
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ADHISSION OR DENIAL OF THE VIOLATION i
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I am in basic agreement with the alleged violation. Despite the preponderance of evidence, I have been truthful in my statements and object to any conclusion to the contrary.
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REASON FOR THE VIOLATION o
At the time of the event I was in a new job, having been assigned to that job;in late March 1989. There was much to learn about the i
job and I had little time to learn it, since INPO was scheduled to arrive at the plant in early May. The paperwork load increased significantly in preparation for the INPO visit.
From January 1.-1987, to January 3, 1989, I worked in scheduling, writing danger tag-outs for maintenance and repair of plant equipment. During this time. I stood five 12-hour shifts per quarter.
I did this eight times.
I was, in essence, programmed to balance my regular work schedule with this requirement. When !
entered my current job. I was still programmed to do so, since !
continued to maintain an active license. From January 3, 1989, until I assumed my current job. I was on shift work in the Control Room at the controls.
I believe that the stress of events in my personal life which had occurred during the prior year, coupled with the stress of learning a new Sb in a short period of time, helped to produce the mental
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1 apse on my part which lead to the event.
On September 17, 1988, a refueling outage began. Being in scheduling, I was required to spend long hours at the plant. As previously mentioned, I changed job responsibilities on January 3, 1989, and again in late March 1989. These changes continued the l
stressful situation I was experiencing.
In May, with the quarter more than one-half complete, my internal alarm clock told me that I had to move quickly to stand the required watches in order to maintain my license. This. alarm went off, even L
though I knew that I had not cassed the requal1fication test and had not at that time retaken it. So I began to search the calendar to L
find reasonable opportunities to get in my five 12-hour watches.
I had to be able to balance my wife's schedule as well as my normal work schedule to find dates to stand those watches. My wife's schedule was such that I could not normally stand watches from
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Monday through Thursday, unless she'had the' day off.
best opportunity for me to get in my five 12-hour watch When I noticed 30, early in the day, I talked to the control room supervisor to On May schedule by first Friday watch.
I still.had not brought into my of the'requalification examination and inability to be re j
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'My thought processes were not what they should have been at the time this event occurred.
requalification exam. I knew that I had not-passed the I had not forgotten that.
I knew that failure-to pass the requalification exam made me ineligible to stand watch. However as became very narr,ow. ! approached the end of the quarter, 'my focus I had programmed myself not to let the quarter get by me eitho 3,
making arrangement to stand watch.
failure to pass the~requalification exam as somethinI simply did not factor in m eliminated the watch requirement for the time being:g which-nty impulse to stand watch, simply did not tie the two pieces of informat
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1 My standing watch in an unqualified status was an oversight, not an attempt to circumvent or break any rules, n
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CORRECTIVE STEPS TAKEN AND RESULTS ACHIEVED 1 attended an upgrade requalification program and successfully
-passed the examination retake with a-grade of 89.5%.
IV.
CORRECTIVE ACT_ IONS TAKEN TO AVOID FURTHER VIOLATION
- 1 will remain current in the Licensed Operator Requalification process.
I have reduced the level of stress in my personal life.
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DATE OF FULL COMPLIANCE June 29, 1989.
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