ML20154C257
| ML20154C257 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Peach Bottom, 05560783  |
| Issue date: | 09/06/1988 |
| From: | Maldonado R PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM), NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE) |
| References | |
| EA-88-019, EA-88-19, NUDOCS 8809140291 | |
| Download: ML20154C257 (4) | |
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September 6, 1988 Director, Office of Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention:
Document Control Center Washington, D.C.
20555 Ret Richard A. Maldonado Docket No. 55-60783 License No. OP-10419 EA 88-19 Dear Sirt
SUBJECT:
REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION I have been charged with a Severity Level III Violation and a proposed civil penalty of $500.00.
I have been subjected to this penalty because I violated Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Administrativa Procedure A-7, which means that I violated my Reactor Operator's License.
I admit that I violated paragraph 7.1.7 of Administrative Procedure A-7, which required that I remain alert and attentive to the instruments and controls within my assigned area at all times.
I also admit my violation of paragraph 7.1.8 of Adminis-trative Procedure A-7, which required the removal of all distracting activities from the Control Room.
Specifically, I put my feet up and closed my eyes, particularly during night shifts.
I read magazines, I played computer games and I played a golf game.
I knew these activities were prohibited by Administrative Procedure A-7, but I engaged in them anyway.
I broke the rules for a variety of reasons.
I wanted to "fit in" with the other operators.
I became bored if I ran out of assignments on night shift; on those occasions, I played a video game or read a magazine.
Although my supuriors did set rules, they enforced them erratically and infrequently.
I took advantage of this.
I thought that it was enough to be able to respond to an alarm or to someone calling me.
It was not; I should have been spending all of my time monitoring essential plant parameters.
I felt guilty right away when I learned of the Shutdown Order.
I knew my conduct was a contributing factor.
After I was re-trained by Philadelphia Electric Company, I started to realize the enormous responsibility that went along with receiving a license.
I am the one who must exercise that responsibility.
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Director, Office of Enforcement September 6, 1988 Page 2 That means I must know everything there is to know about my job, i
question every task, diligently log all of my activities and act as though the public is looking over my shoulder every second, while I stand watch in the Control Room.
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To push myself to learn more about my job, I volunteered, i
with a co-worker, to aid those engincors and construction workers in charge of re-designing the Control Room.
We began to express our opinions of their modification ideas so effectively that soon not only the construction workers were seeking us out, but the l
actual design engineers were, too.
The result is that changes I insisted upon have been placed into the control Room design.
Because of my
- input, the engineers are really providing Operations with improvements that will help us do our jobs i
better.
I have already started my next modification project:
contributing to the programming of the new process computer.
4 Once again, the engincors in charge are realizing how helpful it j
is to consult with operators to obtain the most efficient, yet most useful design.
The information gained from my meetings and the research that I put into these projects have made me a more knowledgeable operator and shaped my corrective actions.
Through the course of this I realized that I got into trouble on shift when my mind was not challenged.
I should have used quiet time as I do now to focus on corrections that I believe are needed and to discuss my ideas with the other operators.
They are an excellent resource i
because they give me suggestions that have not even dawned on me.
I intend to keep volunteering for special projects so that I can stay personally challenged, I enjoy being consuhed by engineers whom, I suspect, have been surprised by my knowledge of plant systems.
While earning their respect has been a good experience, i
j it has also been rewarding to feel a part of the solution to 1
Peach Bottom's problems.
My attitude has greatly improved by realizing that I am a part owner, no matter how small, of this
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It has taken me 31 years to find something I truly enjoy and i
believe in.
I know I came very close to losing the right to i
practice my career.
I am sorry that it took a Shutdown order to turn me arounds on the other hand, you must understand that I l
will do a far better job in the future, because of what I have i
been through.
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Director, Office of Enforcement September 6, 1988 Page 3 performance from myself, and insist on the support of the other operators.
Respectfully submitted,
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Enclosure:
$500.00 Penalty cc Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regicin I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 l
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Before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared Richard A.
Maldonado, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that the statements made in his Reply to Notico of Violation are true and correct to the best of his information, knowledge and belief.
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