IR 05000070/1985001

Corrected Page 2 to Insp Repts 50-070/85-01 & 50-073/85-02

ML20138B520
Person / Time
Site:	Vallecitos Nuclear Center, Vallecitos  File:GEH Hitachi icon.png
Issue date:	10/08/1985
From:	NRC
To:
Shared Package
ML20138B516	List: IR 05000070/1985001 ML20138B513
References
50-070-85-01, 50-073-85-02, 50-70-85-1, 50-73-85-2, NUDOCS 8510150382
Download: ML20138B520 (1)

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meant. They added that no written steps or policies were established by themselves or General Electric management for

. assuring another person was present whenever they performed licensed duties and/or manipulated the controls of the NT The inspector informed the licensee that the RO/SRO license conditions require that another person be present that is capable of

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taking appropriate action should the operator become incapacitated because of his/her medical condition. The licensee's internal review and audit staff informed the inspector that they were in the process of interpreting what the license conditions meant at the time of this inspection. They stated that they had came to the same conclusion that was provided to them by the inspector and were about to take action to inform NTR management of their interpretatio The NTR Facility Manager took immediate action to provide a backup

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person to provide surveillance whenever the NTR is operated by individual having medical restrictions identified as a condition of their license. The licensee also took immediate steps to modify his procedures accordingl The inspector informed the licensee that 10 CFR Part 50.54(i)

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requires that: "The licensee shall not permit the manipulation of the controls of any facility.by anyone who is not a licensed ,

operator or senior operator as provided in Part 55 of this chapter."

IJ CFR Part 50.30 and 55.31 states that licenses are issued in.such form and may contain conditions and limitations as it deems appropriate and necessar Part 55 requires that the conditions and limitations of the license be complied with.

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The inspector added that both the operator and licensee have the responsibility of assuring the license conditions are followe Although other individuals were present at the NTR facility the inspector informed the licensee that authorizing the R0s/SRO to operate the NTR without another person being present in the control room represents a potential violation. The licensee representative observed that the license conditions do not specifically require that the individual be continuously present in the control roo ,

In view of the above facts and since the licensee implemented i appropriate compensatory measures this matter will be considered an unresolved item pending in office NRC review (50-73/85-02-03). GETR Five Specialist - Facility Protection (S-FP) are assigned to provide continuous coverage on a 168 hour0.00194 days <br />0.0467 hours <br />2.777778e-4 weeks <br />6.3924e-5 months <br /> week basis at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center (VNC). The S-FP coordinate their responsibilities

, from the GETR control room. The S-FP staff is responsible for providing surveillances of other activities performed at the VNC site. When the control room is unoccupied the area is locked and necessary alarms are electronically monitored by the VNC' security I

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