Reposted from 7/27/2018...
Update Sept 28
Another one
Power Reactor Event Number: 53628 Facility: VOGTLE
Region: 2 State: GA
Unit: [3] [4] []
RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000
NRC Notified By: DANIEL MICKINAC
HQ OPS Officer: OSSY FONTNotification Date: 09/27/2018
Notification Time: 14:42 [ET]
Event Date: 09/27/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/27/2018Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTYPerson (Organization):
NICOLE COOVERT (R2DO)
FFD GROUP (EMAIL)
Unit SCRAM Code RX Crit Initial PWR Initial RX Mode Current PWR Current RX Mode 3 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction 4 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction
Event Text
FITNESS FOR DUTY - CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR TESTS POSITIVE
"At 1000 EDT on September 27, 2018, Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) determined a contractor supervisor confirmed positive for drugs during a random Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) test. The employee's unescorted access to the plant has been suspended.
"The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified."
Almost a once a week notification and mostly supervisors. Why is it mostly supervisors?
| Power Reactor | Event Number: 53610 |
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Facility: VOGTLE Region: 2 State: GA Unit: [3] [4] [] RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000 NRC Notified By: CURTIS CASTELL HQ OPS Officer: OSSY FONT |
Notification Date: 09/18/2018 Notification Time: 08:28 [ET] Event Date: 09/17/2018 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 09/18/2018 |
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Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTY |
Person (Organization): MIKE ERNSTES (R2DO) FFD GROUP (EMAIL) |
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode | |||||||
| 3 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction | |||||||
| 4 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction |
Event Text
| CONTRACT SUPERVISOR TEST POSITIVE ON RANDOM FITNESS FOR DUTY TEST "At 1610 [EDT] on September 17, 2018, Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) determined a contractor supervisor confirmed positive for drugs during a Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) test. The employee's unescorted access to the plant has been suspended. "The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified." |
Update Sept 13
| Power Reactor | Event Number: 53599 |
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Facility: VOGTLE Region: 2 State: GA Unit: [3] [4] [] RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000 NRC Notified By: CURTIS CASTELL HQ OPS Officer: ANDREW WAUGH |
Notification Date: 09/12/2018 Notification Time: 14:14 [ET] Event Date: 09/12/2018 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 09/12/2018 |
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Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTY |
Person (Organization): MIKE ERNSTES (R2DO) FFD GROUP (EMAIL) |
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode | |||||||
| 3 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction | |||||||
| 4 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction |
Event Text
| CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR TESTS POSITIVE ON FITNESS-FOR-DUTY TEST "At 1115 EDT on September 12, 2018, Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) determined a contractor supervisor confirmed positive for drugs during a Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) test. The employee's unescorted access to the plant has been suspended. The Resident Inspector has been notified." |
| Power Reactor | Event Number: 53563 |
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Facility: VOGTLE Region: 2 State: GA Unit: [3] [4] [] RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000 NRC Notified By: KARA STACY HQ OPS Officer: THOMAS KENDZIA |
Notification Date: 08/24/2018 Notification Time: 15:14 [ET] Event Date: 08/24/2018 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 08/24/2018 |
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Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTY |
Person (Organization): BRIAN BONSER (R2DO) FFD GROUP (EMAIL) |
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode | |||||||
| 3 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction | |||||||
| 4 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction |
Event Text
| CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR SUBVERTS A FOLLOW-UP FITNESS FOR DUTY TEST "At 1034 [EDT] on August 24, 2018, a contractor supervisor violated the licensee's Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) program by subverting a follow-up Fitness for Duty Test. The contractor's site access has been terminated. "The NRC Resident Inspector was notified." |
Update Aug 8
Nothing but drugies and drunks. Totally out of control.
Power Reactor Event Number: 53538 Facility: VOGTLE
Region: 2 State: GA
Unit: [3] [4] []
RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000
NRC Notified By: DANIEL MICKINAC
HQ OPS Officer: RODNEY CLAGGNotification Date: 08/07/2018
Notification Time: 14:45 [ET]
Event Date: 08/07/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 08/07/2018Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTYPerson (Organization):
MARVIN SYKES (R2DO)
FFD GROUP (EMAIL)
Unit SCRAM Code RX Crit Initial PWR Initial RX Mode Current PWR Current RX Mode 3 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction 4 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction
Event Text
CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR TESTS POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL
"At 0909 [EDT] on August 7, 2018, Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) determined a contractor supervisor confirmed positive for alcohol during a random Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) test. The employee's unescorted access to the plant has been suspended. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified."
Yea, the going to fix the problem by telling the laborers to work harder. You heard the drug testing issues first by me.
Right, same-old, same-old...just minimize everything instead of fixing it or the FBI breaks down your door...
Remember Summer nuclear plant...do you think for one moment if Vogtle was as bad as Summer, they would admit it?
Work at Vogtle halted briefly amid safety, productivity concerns
Construction was halted for eight hours at Georgia Power’s Vogtle nuclear project in Burke county last month as management addressed what the company said were safety and productivity issues at the plant.
Georgia Power said the July 25 stand down was essential to regroup and refocus construction efforts at the site, workplace for 7,000 employees.
“We took time last week to refocus the entire site on the importance of safe and quality construction and meeting milestones after isolated performance issues (including fitness for duty testing and attendance), by a very small number of workers,” said company spokesman John Kraft via email.A business manager with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), however, said the stand down was called by Southern Company, the parent company of Georgia Power, following “concerns that the job was not productive enough.”Will Salters, with IBEW, said engineering problems resulting from delays in providing work packages and materials to craftsmen at the site were affecting productivity at the plant, resulting in idle time among workers.“A lot of the time the workers did not have the information they needed to do the jobs and they did not have anything to do,” said Salters.Designs delays and idle time among workers at the site have previously been cited by Public Service Commission staffers for keeping the project off-track.Kraft said productivity has improved since a management change last year.Besides engineering issues, management at the plant also had to deal with a rise in drug and alcohol related incidences at the plant.Event notifications on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) website pointed to a slight increase in the number of workers, mostly supervisors, failing random drug and alcohol tests in July.Six workers failed drug and alcohol tests in July, according to the reports, with one reported incident two days after the stand down .“This is a costly concern and also a safety concern because you don’t want people testing positive for drugs and alcohol building a nuclear plant,” said Sarah Barczak, Regional Advocacy Director Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.Georgia Power said swift action is taken when such violations are discovered.“Safety is our top priority - we have a very strict policy against the use of alcohol and illegal drugs by employees or contractors at the Vogtle site…,” Kraft said...
Update July 28
What the hell is going on here? Another one??? Supervisor?
Power Reactor Event Number: 53528 Facility: VOGTLE
Region: 2 State: GA
Unit: [3] [4] []
RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000
NRC Notified By: CURTIS CASTELL
HQ OPS Officer: ANDREW WAUGHNotification Date: 07/27/2018
Notification Time: 13:41 [ET]
Event Date: 07/27/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 07/27/2018Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTYPerson (Organization):
SCOTT SHAEFFER (R2DO)
FFD GROUP (EMAIL)
Unit SCRAM Code RX Crit Initial PWR Initial RX Mode Current PWR Current RX Mode 3 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction 4 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction
Event Text
CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR TESTS POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL
A non-licensed contractor supervisor had a confirmed positive for alcohol during a random fitness-for-duty (FFD) test. The employee's unescorted access to the plant has been suspended.
The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
Why are all these supervisors subverting the drug testing? Imagine how much they never caught. It seem suspicious to me the supervisor showing up. Are they too scared to violate the rank and file. Supervisors come a dime a dozen. Are they violating supervisor to sent up a smoke signal to the labors to knock off the drugs. Selective enforcement...the laborer are just too valuable to fire.
| Power Reactor | Event Number: 53526 |
| Facility: VOGTLE Region: 2 State: GA Unit: [3] [4] [] RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000 NRC Notified By: KEVIN DURRWACHTER HQ OPS Officer: DAVID AIRD |
Notification Date: 07/26/2018 Notification Time: 17:51 [ET] Event Date: 07/26/2018 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/26/2018 |
| Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTY |
Person (Organization): SCOTT SHAEFFER (R2DO) FFD GROUP (EMAIL) |
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode | |||||||
| 3 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction | |||||||
| 4 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction |
| CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR SUBVERTS A FOR-CAUSE FITNESS FOR DUTY TEST "At 1040 [EDT] on July 26, 2018, a contractor supervisor violated the licensee's Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) program by subverting the Fitness for Duty program. The contractor's site access has been terminated." The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector |
Update July 20
Yet another one
Power Reactor Event Number: 53517 Facility: VOGTLE
Region: 2 State: GA
Unit: [3] [4] []
RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000
NRC Notified By: DANIEL MICKINAC
HQ OPS Officer: DONG HWA PARKNotification Date: 07/19/2018
Notification Time: 12:36 [ET]
Event Date: 07/18/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 07/19/2018Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTYPerson (Organization):
REBECCA NEASE (R2DO)
FFD GROUP (EMAIL)
Unit SCRAM Code RX Crit Initial PWR Initial RX Mode Current PWR Current RX Mode 3 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction 4 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction
Event Text
NON-LICENSED CONTRACT SUPERVISOR SUBVERTS FITNESS FOR DUTY TEST
"At 1300 [EDT] on July 18, 2018, a contractor supervisor violated the licensee's Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) program by subverting the Fitness for Duty process. The contractor's site access has been terminated. The NRC Resident Inspector was notified."
The Vogtle New Construction Are A Den of Druggies And Drunks: It Is Going To Impair New Construction.
See, Illegal drugs detected yesterday and drunk while on the job today. What is eye popping with these two incidences is they were supervisors. The crisis is forcing them to hire low quality employees.
| Power Reactor | Event Number: 53515 |
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Facility: VOGTLE Region: 2 State: GA Unit: [3] [4] [] RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000 NRC Notified By: KARA STACY HQ OPS Officer: HOWIE CROUCH |
Notification Date: 07/18/2018 Notification Time: 19:27 [ET] Event Date: 07/18/2018 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/18/2018 |
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Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTY |
Person (Organization): REBECCA NEASE (R2DO) FFD GROUP (EMAIL) |
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode | |||||||
| 3 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction | |||||||
| 4 | N | N | 0 | Under Construction | 0 | Under Construction |
Event Text
| CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR TESTED POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL A contractor supervisor tested positive for alcohol during an access upgrade fitness-for-duty test. The employee's access to the facility has been suspended. The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
...This is the second one of these in the past few weeks. The 1970s new build was riddle with illegal drug use. These guys are having terrible troubles with bringing on skilled labor basically because of our unprecedent economic boom and it is going to delay construction. Heroin and pot use in our society is pervasive. They certainly test for them. An enormous amount of construction labor is
The owners of the nuclear facility has only two choices: either falsify drug testing or cancel this over ten billion project.
getting rejected because of drug testing. We are in a perfect storm with meeting the end of the construction critical timeline, the economic boom creating labor shortages and the proliferation of illegal drugs in our society. I don't think we ever seen these problems in our past construction program all at one time. Matter of fact, they didn't do urine testing and having employee behavior observation programs during the 1970s. And pot use is being legalized at a unprecedented rate and allowing the commercial sale in many states. Its illegal use is skyrocketing all across the slate. I wholeheartedly agree with legalization and commercial use. Honestly, the nuclear industry shouldn't test for pot use. But Georgia is a extremely conservative state and I doubt legalization would be allowed to be discussed for another decade. You got to follow the laws or change them to meet our times.
Anyways, with the extremely tight construction deadline and labor shortages...there is going to be an extraordinary temptation to falsify drug testing. I bet it is going on now. The Ga Public Service Commissions just declared the project is on the razor's edge of being economically viable for the projected life of the plant. Any delay in completing their tight construction deadline could lead to the PSC canceling this project.
Power Reactor Event Number: 53511 Facility: VOGTLE
Region: 2 State: GA
Unit: [3] [4] []
RX Type: [3] W-AP1000,[4] W-AP1000
NRC Notified By: KARA STACY
HQ OPS Officer: DONG HWA PARKNotification Date: 07/17/2018
Notification Time: 17:01 [ET]
Event Date: 07/17/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 07/17/2018Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTYPerson (Organization):
REBECCA NEASE (R2DO)
FFD GROUP (EMAIL)
Unit SCRAM Code RX Crit Initial PWR Initial RX Mode Current PWR Current RX Mode 3 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction 4 N N 0 Under Construction 0 Under Construction
Event Text
NON-LICENSED CONTRACT SUPERVISOR TESTS POSITIVE ON FITNESS FOR DUTY TEST
"At 1338 [EDT] on July 17, 2018, Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) determined a contractor supervisor confirmed positive for a controlled substance during a random Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) test. The employee's unescorted access to the plant has been suspended. The Resident Inspector has been notified."
