NRC Issues Event Notification for Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant, Pa.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56753) involving Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant, Pennsylvania:

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Facility: Peach Bottom

Region: 1

State: PA

Unit: [2] [3] []

RX Type: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4

NRC Notified By: Mike Hoffmaster

HQ OPS Officer: Michael Bloodgood

Notification Date: 09/21/2023

Notification Time: 10:31 [ET]

Event Date: 09/20/2023

Event Time: 15:15 [EDT]

Last Update Date: 09/21/2023

Emergency Class: Non Emergency

10 CFR Section:

26.719 - Fitness For Duty

Person (Organization): Dentel, Glenn (R1DO)

FFD Group, (EMAIL)

Power Reactor Unit Info

Unit ...SCRAM Code ...RX Crit ...Initial PWR ...Initial RX Mode ...Current PWR ...Current RX Mode

2 ...N ...Y ...100 ...Power Operation ...100 ...Power Operation

3 ...N ...Y ...-1 ...Power Operation ...-1 ...Power Operation

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FITNESS-FOR-DUTY REPORT

The following information was provided by the licensee via phone and email:

"A licensed operator had a confirmed positive test for alcohol during another entity's pre-access fitness-for-duty screening for unescorted access authorization. The individual's unescorted access at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station has been denied.

"The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified."

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Original text here: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2023/2...