ML20024F734
| ML20024F734 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 07/18/1990 |
| From: | Grimes B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Long R GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. |
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Dottet No. 50-219 i
Mr. R. L. Long July 18,1990 Vice President and Director Corpcrate Services Division GPU Nuclear Corporation One Upper Pond Road Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
Dear Mr. Long:
This is in response to your letter of May 1,1990, requesting guidance on handling persons who are unable to provide a urine specimen due to medical reasons.
We understand that your request is based on difficulties in testing an employee receiving dialysit treatment.
In this case, the individual cannot provide urine in the normal manner; and both urine and blood specimens would not provide normal values.
Furthermore, high concentrations in the excretion that would be expected indicate that the urine analysis could not be interpreted.
We recognize that there are other medical problems that make collection of breath or urine specimens difficult or hazardous to the patient. Also, there are med' cal problems, cuch as super obesity, which could result in abnormal specimens of body fluids.
We expect medical staffs, including the Medical Review Officer, will need to evaluate thece problems to determine what action to take in each case. For example, in those cases where medical conditiong result in abnormal body fluids, any drug taken, other than as prescribed, could be highly toxic.
Therefore, ingestion of illegal drugs is probably not realistic in that situation. Many of these people may be more subject to fatigue and stress. Their selection for random testing could more appropriately result in a medical evaluation of fitness with respect to the conditions cauced by the illness. The results of the evaluations should be appropriately documented.
I trust this response adequately addresses your inquiry.
Sincerely, Original tigned by Nahk'.Yimes, Director Division of Reactor Inspection and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Distr:bution:
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DPR-16/ Docket 50-219 10 CrR Part 26 ritness-f or-Duty (TTD)
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GPU Nuclear (CPUN) letter dated March 1,1950, (No. C311-90-2020) stated that an exertption request was being prepared for those persons who are unable to
.aubsequent to that submittal, provide a urine specimen due to medical reasons.
CPON discussed this issue with representatives of NRC Peg.'4n I staf f and NRR Based upon additional reivi% of u.'.stanfregulation and Project Nanagers.
requisite corrpensatory measures, CPUN har. determined that.an exeroption request Instead CPUN requests that tha staff would be inappropriate at this time.
provide fortnal guidance or revised regulations to address this speelfic case or similar situations. Absent the requested formal guidance or revised regulations, CPUN shall continue to implement the existing FrD program consistent with its discussions with the staff.
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