ML062790365

Exhibit 1 to Case No. 3-2002-020, Investigation Status Record

ML062790365
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	03/25/2002
From:	NRC/OI/RGN-III/FO
To:
References
3-2002-004, 3-2002-020, FOIA/PA-2006-0113, RIII-2001-A-0176
Download: ML062790365 (2)

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EXHIBIT 1 Information in this record was inaccordance deleted with the Freedom Act, exemptions of Information FOIA- 2?C1.

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.Case No. 3.2002-020 EXHIBIT 1

-INVESTIGATION STATUS RECOiti.

Facility: KEWAUNEE Case Agent: FAHEY, MARY K (MKF)

Case Number: 3-2002-004 Date Opened: 03/25/2002 Docket Number(s): 05000305 ECD: 06/2002 Priority: Normal Case Type: Reactor Power Status: Field Work In Progress Primary Alleg Source: Licensee / Licensee Employee Concern Program Allegation Number(s): RIII-2001-A-0176 Subject/Allegation: DELIBERATE FAILURE BY CONTRACTORS TO FOLLOW FFD REGULATIONS Monthly Status Report:

03/25/2002: On November 8, 2001, an emergency ARB was held to address an anonymous complaint alleging that Day Zimmerman NPS (DZNPS) workers violate"many regulations daily." -DZNPS is a contractor at the Kewaunee Nuclear Plant (Kewaunee) which provides labor support, including welders, during outages. On November 19, 2001, Rill EICS requested additional information from the licensee concerning the allegations, including an allegation that DZNPS supervisors, ". . . turn their heads.when certain individuals come in half blitzed."

On February 8, 2002, Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC), notified Rill that upon conducting their own internal investigation fe ioAd f ,st 2.alp November 2001, NMC identified four DZNPS welders . nw who stated that on pc a ZNPS.oreneral Foreman, while inside the Kewaunee protected area and failed to notify 7(e) their immediate supervisors or other members of management. Itwas determined that each of these individuals received and successfully passed General Employee Training (GET) classroom instruction and standard testing, which included expectations related to actions to be taken when an individual detects the odor of alcohol on the breath of a plant worker. NMC also

d. irmd at when approached by another worker (not further identified) whoin Eflehat someone had complained about the smell of alcohol on hii offered to be tested, but no testing was subsequently performed.

On March 25, a Rill ARB requested that 01 determine: (1) whether four PZNP ontract welders failed to e ort fitnes -or-duty (FFD) concerns about their foremar*W ;Nand (2) whether* *ailed'to self-report and submit to FF0 testing, in violation .of 10 CFR 26.23 (Contractors and Vendors) and 10 CFR 50.5 (Deliberate Misconduct). STATUS: FWP ECD (90 DAY): 06/2002. Statute of Limitations: 11/2006.

Completion Date: Total Staff Hours: 0.0 Issue Date: Months Open: 0.0 DOJ Action(s): DOJ Referral Date:

Statute of Limitations Date: 11108/2006 01 Violation(s); Atomic Energy Act - No Result EXHiBIT /

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