ML103640458
| ML103640458 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 12/29/2010 |
| From: | Backo M Exelon Corp |
| To: | NRC/SECY/RAS |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 75FR65249 00014, NRC-2010-0304, PRM-26-5 | |
| Download: ML103640458 (4) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:PRM-26-5 4 Rulemaking Comments (75FR65249) DOCKETED Rulmakng omm ntsI InKIllI From: michael. backo@exeloncorp.com December 29, 2010 (11:30am)Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:42 AM To: Rulemaking Comments OFFICE OF SECRETARY
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NRC-2010-0304 RULEMAKINGS AND Attachments: WHRs.doc ADJUDICATIONS STAFF To whom it may concern, With regards to the new work hour rules I believe the intentions were good but the application has been extremely detrimental. People who want to work are getting forced not to and people who don't want to work are getting forced to work. And very frequently the people that are getting forced to work are getting forced in at terrible hours such as 3am. Would you like to have to get up at 1:30 am to get ready for work? The negative impact that the new WHRs are having is quite evident. The overall morale of the department (in my case, operations) is steadily declining due to this. People are complaining and are grouchy due to this which presents a very real problem in itself. If morale drops then people become frustrated and do NOT concentrate on their job as when morale is high. And not concentrating on my job (NLO) can have some very real consequences. The original design of WHRs were to have workers come to work well rested and therefore 'feeling well', but that just isn't the case. When you get forced in at 3 am you are NOT well rested and you are definitely NOT 'feeling well'. I truly believe that if the new WHRs are not reevaluated then the overall morale of the workers will get to the point where we will be seeing more 'events' taking place in the work place. This obviously places increased risk with regards to the safety of the general public. I know that the reason for the events will be contributed to something other than morale or the new WHRs, but it is unreasonable to assume that they had absolutely no part in it. A happy worker is a safe and productive worker but an unhappy worker is an 'event' waiting to happen.In the last year alone there have been dozens upon dozens of examples where people have been forced to work when they didn't want to or people forced to NOT work even if they wanted to in my department alone. I chose to spare you the specifics. And I truly believe that it will only get worse before it gets better (if ever if nothing is done).Thank you for your time.Michael Backo NLO, Operations Exelon Lasalle Nuclear Power Plant 815-415-2209 ID# 002527 P.S. I have attached a copy of this in a word document for your convenience. sFe~m104e-E-o61 This e-mail and any of its attachments may contain Exelon Corporation proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to the Exelon Corporation family of Companies. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. Thank You. *2 To whom it may concern, With regards to the new work hour rules I believe the intentions were good but the application has been extremely detrimental. People who want to work are getting forced not to and people who don't want to work are getting forced to work. And very frequently the people that are getting forced to work are getting forced in at terrible hours such as 3am. Would you like to have to get up at 1:30 am to get ready for work? The negative impact that the new WHRs are having is quite evident. The overall morale of the department (in my case, operations) is steadily declining due to this. People are complaining and are grouchy due to this which presents a very real problem in itself. If morale drops then people become frustrated and do NOT concentrate on their job as when morale is high. And not concentrating on my job (NLO) can have some very real consequences. The original design of WHRs were to have workers come to work well rested and therefore 'feeling well', but that just isn't the case. When you get forced in at 3 am you are NOT well rested and you are definitely NOT 'feeling well'. I truly believe that if the new WHRs are not reevaluated then the overall morale of the workers will get to the point where we will be seeing more 'events' taking place in the work place. This obviously places increased risk with regards to the safety of the general public. I know that the reason for the events will be contributed to something other than morale or the new WHRs, but it is unreasonable to assume that they had absolutely no part in it.A happy worker is a safe and productive worker but an unhappy worker is an 'event' waiting to happen.In the last year alone there have been dozens upon dozens of examples where people have been forced to work when they didn't want to or people forced to NOT work even if they wanted to in my department alone. I chose to spare you the specifics. And I truly believe that it will only get worse before itgets better (if ever if nothing is done).Thank you for your time.Michael Backo NLO, Operations Exelon Lasalle Nuclear Power Plant 815-415-2209 ID# 002527 Received: from mail .nrc.gov (148.184.176.41) by TWMS01 .nrc.gov (148.184.200.145) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.2.247.2; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:42:26 -0500 X-Ironport-ID: mail1 X-SBRS: 5.3 X-MID: 28705269 X-fn: WHRs.doc X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgIBAFvlGk3GHe4FmWdsb2JhbACCIqlsAQECAQgLCgcRJL8UgwyCPgSEZYIC X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,245,1291611600"; d="doc'32?scan'32,208,217,32";a="28705269" Received: from ccclxsecure0l.ceco.com (HELO ceco.com) ([198.29.238.5]) by maill.nrc.gov with ESMTP; 29 Dec 2010 10:42:26 -0500 Received: from ([10.121.132.84]) by ccclxsecure0l.ceco.com with ESMTP id lxh9whl.141791059; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:42:22 -0600 Received: from CCCMSCONO1 .energy.power.corp ([130.197.106.20]) by CCCMSWSMTP02.energy. power.corp with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:42:21 -0600 Received: from cccmsxch 19.energy.power.corp ([130.197.160.47]) by CCCMSCONO1 .energy.power.corp with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:42:21 -0600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0
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NRC-2010-0304 Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:42:21 -0600 Message-ID: <B3521 1A06B 1 6FA449C262F470DB27ACCAED337@cccmsxch 19.energy. power.corp> X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: NRC-2010-0304 Thread-Index: AcunbvsS4Bs8kijCQhGiQltTGaaFUw== From: <michael.backo@exeloncorp.com> To: <Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov> Return-Path: michael.backo@exeloncorp.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Dec 2010 15:42:21.0638 (UTC) FILETIME=[FB68C660:01CBA76E] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="---- =_NextPart_001_01CBA76E.FB37BA55"}}