ML20195E458

Requests Review & Insps/Investigations Into Allegation RIV-85-A-095 Re Termination of Employees Resulting from Drug Urinalysis Exam.Allegation Should Be Proved or Disproved

ML20195E458
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	06/03/1986
From:	Gagliardo J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	William Cahill GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.
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NUDOCS 8606090085
Download: ML20195E458 (3)

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JUN 3198G Gulf Staris Utilities ATTN: William J. Cahill, Jr.

Senior Vice President River Bend Nuclear Group P. O. Box 2951 1

Beaumont, Texas 77704 Gentlemen:

Reference:

Allegation No. RIV-85-A-095 We hereby request that you review the attached allegations received by the NRC that relate to your operations at River Bend. As part of your review, we furthermore request that you conduct whatever inspections or investigations necessary to reasonably prove or disprove the allegations. Should your review of the allegations bring into question a safety issue (such as the adequacy of a safety component, system, or analysis) we expect that the issue will be promptly brought to our attention.

Should you have any questions concerning our request or our role in this matter, please contact our Allegations Coordinator, Mark Emerson, at ,

(817) 860-8100.

Sincerely s/

J. E. Gagliardo, Chief Reactor Projects Branch

Enclosure:

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l Enclosure

The following concerns were made to the NRC Senior Resident Inspector at River i

Bend and are referenced under allegation number 4-85-A-095.

1. The alleger stated a concern regarding the alleged wrongful termination ,

of employees as a result of the urinalysis examination for drug and i

narcotics. The alleger stated the River Bend employees are not properly informed about prescribed or " legal" medications that they have ingested which may affect the urinalysis screening procedure. The alleger '

identified Mr. Eddie Bell whom he felt had been wrongfully terminated for failing his urinalysis test. The alleger was unable to provide further specifics regarding Mr. Bell.

2. The alleger. stated that he had overheard ANCO personnel say that approximately one-third of the ANCO non-safety personnel would be unable to pass urinalysis examination if required to do so. The alleger acknowledged that the ANCO personnel were not involved in any kind of technical work, however, voiced concern over the caliber of these J laborers, a

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3. The alleger stated that he was aware the " head of ANC0" was caught j bringing gallons of liquor on the job to distribute to his employees. ,

l The alleger stated that this incident occurred approximately one year

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