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Partially Deleted Memo Updating Rept of Alleged Forging of Positive Urinalysis Test Results
ML20246E138
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Site: San Onofre  Southern California Edison icon.png
Issue date: 12/21/1987
From: Norderhaug L
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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  • i I987 i MEMORANDUM FOR: File (San Onofre)

FROM: LeRoy R. Norderhaug, Sr. Material Control Anal yst , Region V

SUBJECT:

ALLEGED FORGING OF "F OSI T IVE" URINALYSI S - TEST -I RESULTS -- UPDATE Ref: Memorandum, Schaefer to Files,

Subject:

Alleged Forgang of "Posi ti ve" Urinalysi s Test Resul ts dated December 18, 1987, in the December 18 call, the licensee had, on a voluntary basis apprised us of an internal investigation into a complaint that an an me Y iner,,been changing Eh6 ri?sults of uri nal ysi s test, so that friends' samples that might otherwise exhibit drug teaces, 1.e., have a positive screening result, would come'op negative, i, e., c1een of drug traces.

The manner of so

" forging" the tests, whether by sample switching or changing the However, a special urinalysis

,' test resul t s. 'was not spectfled.

test of 5 I nown f riends, identified three with positive traces of drugs.

As a f oll owup to Uie December 18, 190 t el ephone conver sat i on , .

the licensee in a conference call on December 21. 1987 between P.

Fleppert of SONGS and M. Schuster and Shipwash, G. Talley, and B.

shared the fol1owing anformat1on:

L. Nordernaug of Reglon V.

The licnesee's. Corporate Office of Secu[aty ccmpleted interviews Iat r.: c n on Set ur day .

of the fave inown irlends No of suspects or further l eads were devel oped.

December 19 1987.

I Of ' the thr ee who had tested positive for drugs'on the spEclal spot c h ec t. . two have admitted toThe the third possibility of hevang dentes an1 InowleJge ingested c on t r ol l ed substances.

of how the positive result may have occurred altliough W edmits to having been at a party pr e < 1 ousl y where controlled substances were being used and not es that g)cof f ee may have been spaled

)inowledge, Two of the three, employees of SCE, have without been essi9 ed duties outside the protected area in accordance with the licensee's Fitness for Dut y Pr ogr am until c oun sel l i ng and further urinal ysi s teht s corrobor ate their stories of unwitting or incidental a ngesti on rather than a problem of drug dependance. The third indt vi dual . a cor. tractor empioyee, is not longer employed at the station.

With regard to the alleged tanipering with the urinalysis tests.

Si mi l ar l y, the no f urther inf ormation has been devel oped.

\ alleged conspiracy has not been substantiated. Licensee efforts to contact the source of the original infor atton, have proven unsuccessful to date. Although information in this rle @snoformal address, the 1icensee has determined that {

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DEC 051983 Docket Nos. 50-206 Southern California Edison Company P. O. Box 800 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, California 91770 Attention: Mr. Charles B. McCarthy, Jr. , Vice President Advanced Engineering Gentlemen:

Subject:

NRC Security Inspection - San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2 and 3 This letter refers to the Special Safeguards inspection of your activities at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 authorized under NPC' License Nos. DPR-13, NPF-10 and NPF-15. conducted by Mr. D. W. Schaefer of this office on October 31 through November 4, and November 14-15, 1983. It l also refers to the discussion of our inspection findings held by the l inspector with Mr. W. C. Moody and members of the San Onofre staff on November 4 and 15, 1983.

The inspection included examination of activities related to your program for physical protection against radiological sabotage and against theft of special nuclear material in accordance with applicable requirements of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 73, " Physical Protection of Plants and Materials", your security plan, and licensee conditions pertaining to the physical protection as described in the enclosed inspection report.

Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examination of procedures and records, interviews with facility personnel and observations by the inspector.

Within the scope of this inspection no violations were identified.

In accordance with the Section 2.790(d) of the NRC's " Rules of Practice",

Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, documentation of findings of your security procedures are exempt from disclosure; therefore, the enclosed inspection report will not be placed in the public document room.

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We have determined that the enclosed inspection report contains Safeguards Information and is therefore subject to the controls of 10 CFR 73.21.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, we will be glad to l discuss them with you.

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Safeguards and Emergency Preparedness Branch

Enclosure:

Inspection Report Nos. 50-206/83-23 50-361/83-38 50-362/83-36 (IE-V-596) cc w/ enclosures:

D. J. Fogarty, Executive Vice President i Nuclear Engineering and Operations J. G. Haynes, Station Manager, SONGS F. P. Eller, Manager, Station Security, SONGS I

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d. Media Coverage of SONGS On Sunday, October 23, 1983, the Los Angeles Times published an l article discussing the alleged use of illegal drugs at SONGS. The 1 article quoted seventeen current and former plant workers as indicating that the use of drugs was widespread among craftsmen who built, maintain and help repair the three-reactor unit.

Additionally, this same article alleged that health and security f clearance tests were available on' the black market.

4 In response to this newspaper article, the Bechtel Construction q Company dispatched two auditors from the San Francisco Headquarters to SONGS to thoroughly investigate the allegations contained.in the ,

article. As of November 14, 1983, these two auditors had '

interviewed approximately 170 Superintendents, General Foreman and Foreman. On November 14, 1983 the inspector witnesses one of these interviews. As of November 14, 1983 the Bechtel interviews had not revealed any factual information of value; only rumors were revealed during these interviews. Upon completion of their investigation, Bechtel will submit a final investigative summary report to SCE.

The inspector discussed the alleged blackmarket of health and security examinations with the General Training Administrator at -

SONGS. He indicated that as a result of this article, that the >

questions on the security examination and the site specific health physics examination were being changed weekly and that each week, four versions of each examination were being prepared. The licensee indicated that the " Security" examination which the newspaper '

reporter had obtained, was an outdated version of the standard Security Test.

To date, SCE has taken the following actions to reaffirm their plicy against the use of drugs and alcohol.

(1) Site Training in Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Site employee training for all Edison personnel and contract employees were scheduled for the week of November 14, 1983 to reemphasize the long-standing policy at SONGS, which is consistent with the Company policy on possession or use of drugs and alcohol.

Additionally, each employee received a booklet entitled:

Alcohol and Drug Abuse. This booklet again states the Company policy on the possession or use of drugs or alcohol, then further discusses the signals of drug use and the counseling and assistance programs readily available to all employees.

(2) Corporate Policy Statement - Disciplinary Action. To compliment the above training, Edison revised the Corporate policy statement on disciplinary action to include a section on drug and alcohol. Enclosed as Attachment I to this report is a copy of the revised Corporate Policy.

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(3) Effective January 1,1984, as part of the site in processing )

procedure, SCE will required all new employees to submit to a blood test. If these tests determine the use of drugs, the applicant will not be hired.

-l s (4) Effective January 1,1984, a supervisor may confront any employee regarding his/her fitness for duty. If a supervisor feels that any employee is unfit for duty possible because of i alcohol or drugs, an opinion from a second supervisor will be  !

requested. If.in the opinion of both supervisors an employee I is unfit for duty, he/she will be directed to voluntarily , I submit to a blood test. If the employee submits to the blood i

test he/she will be placed on investigatory suspension pending 3 the results of the test. If the employee refuses to submit to the blood test, he/she will be charged with insubordination and disciplined in accordance with Company Policy. A " positive" blood test will make an employee automatically eligible for the Employee Assistance Program. Employees (and their families) may seek assistance through the Company Employee Assistance Program.

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DATE: Sept. 27, 1999 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FRCit David Parrish Stoff Writer _ Blade-Tribune F 0 1722 S. Hill St.

Oceanside, Ca. 92054 (619) 433-7333, e x t. 454 Nd I eI

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20555 Door Linda Robinson, This request for information is made under the f ederal Freed om of Information Act. 5 U.S.C 552.*

Please send me copies of any and all studies, reports, audits, investigations, inspection reports and other documents dealing with drug use and distribution, alcohol use or fitness for duty issues at the San Onofre Nuclear Power Station, California. Also include any information on drug and alcohol testing programs at San Onofre.'

At.this time, only information gathered or processed into document form since den. 1, 1982 is requested.'

~ If in comply ng with this FOIA request some informaton becomes immediately ovoilable, please send those documents while the search continues for other '

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Bocause this request is part of continued research for a newspaper artical, I ask t hy,,t_ t a l l fees be waived, as the FOIA allows._If there is a fee of more than l

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If you have any question about my FOIA request please feel free to call me.*

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Southern California Edison Company P. O. Box 800 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, California 91770 Attention: Mr. Kenneth B. Baskin, Vice President Nuclear Engineering, Safety and Licensing Department Centlemen:

Subject:

NRC Security Inspection - San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2 and 3 This refers to the routine safeguards inspection of your activity at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2 and 3 authorized under NRC License Nos, DPR-13, NPF-10 and NPF-15 conducted by Mr. D. Schaefer of this office on July 23-27, 1984. It also refers to the discussion of our inspection findings held by the inspector with Mr. H. Ray and other members of his staff on July 27,-1984.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the enclosed inspection report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and records, interviews with facility and contract personnel, and observations by the inspector.

Within the scope of the inspection, no violations were observed.

In accordance with Section 2.790(d) of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, code of Federal Regulations, documentation of the findings of your safeguards and security procedures are exempt from public disclosure; therefore, the enclosed report will not be placed in the Public Document Room and will receive limited distribution.

We have determined that the enclosed inspection report contains Safeguards Information and must be protected against unauthorized disclosure in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 73.21.

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Should you have any questions concerning this letter, we will be glad to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

[d M. D. Schuster, Acting Chief Safeguards and Emergency Preparedness Branch

Enclosure:

Inspection Report Nos. 50-206/84-18 50-361/84-23 50-362/84-23 (IE-V-645) cc w/ enc 1:

D. J. Fogarty, Executive Vice President H. B. Ray, Vice President and Site Manager J. G. Haynes, Station Manager (Can Clemente)

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b. During this inspection, the lheusee Medical Departaient briefed the inspector in detail on the processing of urinalysis samples. Since Janaary 1,1984, all new-hire personnel applying for any posit
  • ion within Southern California Edison (SCE) are required to successfully pass a urinalysis test. Each new-hire reports to the Medical Department and provide the required urine sample. Each sample is individually sealed (using medical " evidence" tape) and transported daily to CDL Laboratory in Tarzana California. Written results of each urinalysis are provided to the Medical Department within two days. The licensee is presently staffing a proposal to expand this testing to all new-hire personnel (SCE and contract personnel) and further to conduct an annual urinalysis test of all personnel. It is proposed that the urinalysis testing will be successfully completed prior to the initia. ..;suance of the security unescorted access photo identification badge and annually thereafter prior to the reissuance of the security badge.

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d. On July 10, 1984, Mr. F. P. Eller, San Onofre Security Manager, telephonically reported to Region V information concerning a recent-drug allegation at San Onofre. SCE Corporate Security had interviewed a former Bechtel Foreman who had second hand knowledge of drug use at SONGS. The Bechtel Foreman knew of another employee that has first hand knowledge and this information had been provided to Bechtel Power Company for further investigation. This matter was discussed with the licensee during this inspection and the licensee reaffirmed their commitment to provide Region V with a copy of the-completed Bechtel investigation. 50-361/84-23-02

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