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b.S.l<l September 21, 1992 Docket No. 55-20829 Mr. Phillip A. Humphrey T
Dear Mr. Humphrey:
This letter is to inform yoif of'ac'tivities that may occur as a result of a
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potential violation of your U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission license issued under Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 55 (10 CFR.55).
On September 14, 1992, the NRC received a report from the Georgia Power Company regarding a positive test result for marijuana. This was reported to have occurred during follow-up testing which resulted from your previous violation. The NRC intends to gather more information regarding this i
eccurrence for possible enforcement action as provided by 10 CFR, Part 2, The Appendix C,Section VIII, Enforcement Actions Involving Individuals.
i cnclosed letter to Georgia Power Company requests this information.
Compliance with the Fitness-For-Duty guidelines of 10 CFR, Part 26, Appendix The fact that you A, was a condition of your individual operator's license.
were terminated from the company does not release you from the consequences of l
You failing to abide by the conditions of your license prior to termination.
were provided, via Generic Letter 91-16, dated October 3,1991, with a copy of J
the applicable amendments to 10 CFR, Parts 2 and 55, that were in effect on the date the positive test results were reported. The descriptions therein will provide you with information regarding potential NRC actions in this You will be advised by separate correspondence, regarding any action matter.
the NRC deems necessary.
ve any questions, please contact Mr. Thomas A. Peebles at (404) hfg Sincerely, (original signed by T. A. Peebles)
Albert F. Gibson, Director Division of Reactor Safety
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Atlanta, Georgia 30323 ATTN: Mr. Albert F. Gibson, Director V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT LICENSED OPERATOR POSITIVE DRUG TEST SEPTEMBER 1992 This letter replies to your letter of September 21, 1992, requesting additional details of the circumstances associated with a drug test taken on September 7, 1992. Attached to this letter are answers to the specific questions transmitted If, in your review of our responses, you need additional with your letter.
clarifications or supplemental information, please feel free to contact T. V.
j Greene, Jr. at (205) 877-7104.
The September 7,1992 drug, screening was part of random testing of the involved reactor operator in accordance with Vogtle's Fitness-for-Duty Program (FFD). An initial drug test was completed February 4, 1992, and confirmed positive on February 7, 1992, as reported in previous correspondence to you (NOTS-1086, 12,1992, and NOTS-1096, dated February 21,1992). Our dated February understanding is that the NRC took enforcement action in accordance with Part 55 3
l as a result of this event (EA 92-044, issued to operator license OP-20583).
From February 4, 1992, until April 25, 1992, the involved operator was not assigned to shift duties and participated in rehabilitation in accordance with the FFD Program. As reported to you by letter NOTS-Il99 dated May 29,1992, the operator resumed shift duties on April 25, 1992. Subsequent to the initial positive drug tests, the operator was subject to increased, " random," follow-up testing; i.e., subject to testing on a frequency of approximately every month, randomly determined by date. The operator was also in the normal random drug testing program. Furthermore, the operator's immediate supervisors were aware of the initial positive test and, as part of overall supervisor training, had i
received specified guidance in the detection of symptoms or signs of drug use.
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Georgia Power n U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region II Mr. Albert F. Gibson, Director ELV-04082 Page 2 Consistent with Georgia Power Company's Fitness-for-Duty Program and its established Positive Discipline Program, the operator was disciplined as a result of the initial positive test in February 1992 by removal from licensed duties, ' removal from plant site, and assignment to a drug rehabilitation program, which was successfully completed as certified by a medical review As a result of the random testing results, he was terminated from officer.
This employment and is not eligible for rehire per 10 CFR 26.27 for 3 years.
discipline is well known by other Vogtle employees and should provide additional As deterrence to complement what, in this instance, was effective detection.
indicated in response to your specific questions, the specific operator's actions, we have concluded, were not influenced by the marijuana use, either historically or in September 1992.
Please feel free to call me if you any questions at (205) 877-7122.
Sincerely, C. K. McCoy CKM/ JAB /gmb Attachment j
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