ML20197F368
| ML20197F368 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 12/22/1997 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Myers L CENTERIOR ENERGY |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9712300199 | |
| Download: ML20197F368 (3) | |
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i Mr. Lew W. Myers Vice President - Nuclear Centerior Service Company Post Office Box 97, A200 Perry, OH. 440081
SUBJECT:
LICENSED OPERATOR POSITIVE ALC0HOL TEST
Dear Mr. Myers:
Your facility reported on December 20. 1997, that an NRC-licensed operator tested positive for alet,hol following a fitness-for-duty test taken on
. December 19, 1997. Although we have obtained preliminary information from Mr. Bradley Ferrell of your staff. this letter is a formal request for information pertaining to this occurrence.
Please provide, within 30 days after the date of this letter,- answers to the questions listed in the enclosure and other records and information on this operator's fitness for duty.which are relevant to this occurrence. We request that any personal, proprietary, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. The affidavit required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) must accompany your respoase, where applicable.
You should determine whether the operator meets the requirements of 10 CFR 55.33(a)(1).
You should ensure that (1) the operator meets the general health requirementsofANSI/ANS-3.4-1983,(2) the operator does not have a disqualifying: condition under Section 5.3 of that standard, and (3) that documentation describing the designated physician's conclusion that the operator meets the requirements of ANSI /ANS-3 4-1983 is available for review by the NRC.
If a conditional license is requested per 10 CFR 55.25, that condition should be documented on NRC Form 396 and transmitted to the NRC.
If you determine that the operator no lonfr sets the medical qualifications described in 10 CFR 55.33(a)(1), then, in...ordance with 10 CFR 55.25, you must notify the NRC via letter of the operator's permanent incapacitation.
For example, you must notify the NRC if you determine, based on your employee assistance-program in consultation with your designated physician, that the operator can no longer meet the medical criteria of ANSI /ANS-3.4-1983.
l'l The NRC will evaluate the information in your reply to this letter to
-determine if further action is warranted pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 50 cr 55.
' The information supplied will be maintained in NRC Privacy Systems of Records-16 and will be subject to the Privacy Act.
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'If you have-any questions concerning this matter, please contact
. Melvyn N. Leach at 630-829-9705._ Your cooperation _is appreciated.
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Original _ signed by John M. Jacobson FOR John A. Grobe, Director-Division of Reactor Safety:
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W. R. Kanda, General Manager, Nuclear Power Plant Department N. ' L. Bonner, Director, Nuclear
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H. : W. - Bergendahl, Director, Nuclear Services Department E. M. Root, Training Department State liaison-Officer, State of 0hio Robert E. Owen, Ohio Department of Health C. A.- Glazer, State ~of Ohio Public Utilities Commissior.
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4 ENCLOSURE Licensed Ooerator Fitness-for-Duty Questionnaire.
Centerior Service Company is requested to provide the following information concerning the fitness-for-duty occurrence of December 39, 1997, regarding the involved licensed operator:
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Name and responsibilities of the operator.
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A summary of the operator's entire fitness-for-duty testing history.
Please include the dates and times the operator was tested, the reasons for the tests (i.e., random, for-cause, or follow-up), the results of the tests, including quantification, and the dates that any tests were confirmed positive.
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Whether the operator consumed alcoholic beverages within the protected area.
If so, please provide the details of the circumstances surrounding such consumption.
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Whether the operator was at the controls or supervising licensed activities while under the influence of alcohol.
If so, please provide the details of the operator's performance of licensed duties while under the influence of alcohol.
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Whether the operator was involved in procedural errors related to this occurrence.
If so, please provide the details of the procedural errors and the consequences of the errors.
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Your intentions with regard to the operator's resumption of duties under the 10 CFR Part 50 and Part 55 licenses, including your plans for follow-up. testing.
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