Fitness for duty in the nuclear power industry

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5409702

Durbin, N; Murphy, S; Fleming, T; Macaulay, J; Westra, C; Olson, J ^[1]; Christensen, J ^[2]

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1. Battelle Human Affairs Research Center, Seattle, WA (United States)
2. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)

This report summarizes the data from the semiannual reports on fitness-for-duty programs submitted to the NRC by 54 utilities for two reporting periods: January 3, 1990, to June 30, 1990, and from July 1, 1990, to December 31, 1990. During CY 1990, licensees reported that they conducted 278,209 tests for the presence of illegal drugs and alcohol. Of these tests, 2409 (.87%) were positive. Positive test results varied by category of test and category of worker. The majority of positive test results (1548) were obtained through pre-access testing. Of tests conducted on workers having access to the protected area, there were 550 positive tests from random testing, and 214 positive tests form for-cause testing. Followup testing of workers who had previously tested positive resulted in 65 positive tests. Positive test results also varied by category of worker. Overall, short-term and long-term contractor personnel had the highest rates of positive tests. Licensee employees had lower rates of positive test results. 22 figs., 7 tabs.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Reactor Inspection and Safeguards; Battelle Human Affairs Research Center, Seattle, WA (United States); Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USNRC; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5409702
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-5758-Vol.1; PNL-7736-Vol.1; BHARC-700/91/014-Vol.1; ON: TI91017810
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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