IR 05000005/1979002
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| Site: | Pennsylvania State University, 07000113, 07000144, 07000242 |
| Issue date: | 08/20/1979 |
| From: | Joyner J, Zibulsky H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 50-005-79-02, 50-5-79-2, 70-0113-79-02, 70-0144-79-02, 70-0242-79-02, 70-113-79-2, 70-144-79-2, NUDOCS 7910310086 | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Region I Reoort No. 79-02 Docket Nos. 50-5 Scfeguards Group 5--
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F 70-113 70-144 70-242 License Nos. R-2 Stift-95 SflM-231 Sf!f t-123 Licensee:
Pennsylvania State University
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University Park, Pennsylvania Facility Name:
Pennsylvania State Inspection at:
University Park Campus Inspection conducted:
May 8-11 1979 Inspectors:
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Approved by:
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.aterial Control Support Section, Safeguards Branch Inspection Summary:
Iaspection on May 8-11, 1979 (Report Nos. 50-5/79-02; 70-1.13/79-02; 7 '; 144/79-02 and 70-242/79-02)
Arec.3 Inspected:
R,utine, unannounced inspection of nuclear material control and accounting including:
pr ocedures and implementation; inc'ependent evaluation of physical inve. tory; records and reports, and authorized possession limits.
The inspec'. ion involved 25 inspector-hours on site by one NRC regional based inspector.
Results:
No items of noncompliance w.c identified.
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-2-DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted
- R. G. Cunningham, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
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H. Levine, Director, Breazeale Nuclear Reactor
- H. O. Triebold, Jr., Manager of Safety
- D. Hollenbach, Health Physics Assistant I. B. McMaster, Deputy Director, Nuclear Reactor R. E. Totenbier, Nuclear Reactor Operation Supervisor Nancy Daugherty, Associate Health Physicist Ed Augustine, Health Physics Assistant R. W. Granlund, University Health Physicist
- Denotes those attending exit interview.
The inspector also interviewed other licensee employees during the course of the inspection.
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Material Control Procedures and Implementation The inspector reviewed the licensee's Special Nuclear Material Control Procedures dated October 22, 1975.
The procedures provide details covering organization, material balance area responsibility, receipts and shipments, internal transfers, storage, inventory, audits and records and reports.
The inspector reviewed documents and interviewed licensee employees to determine whether activities within u.. of these areas were performed in accordance with the written procedures.
No discrepancies were identified.
The results of the licensee's internal SNM audit for 1977/1978 were submitted on October 27, 1978 to the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies.
There were no problem areas identified in the audit report.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Physical Inventory Verification The inspector reviewed records which confirmed that annual physi-cal inventories are being performed as required.
The licensee's physical inventory is composed of TRIGA fuel elements, MTR fuel elements, Pathfinder fuel elements, plutoniu? neutron sources, standards, fission counters, fc;ls and plate sections.
With the exception of TRIGA fuel, located within the reactor and in storage, 35 085
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-3-and a Pu8e source at the Altoona Campus, for which records were reviewed, the inspector verified the presence of each of the items in the licensee's inventory by piece count and compared the results to the licensee's inventory listing.
There were no discrepancies noted between the tagged values or item count as observed by the inspector and that documented on a prior inventory listing.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Records and Reports The inspector's audit encompassed the period April 1,1978 througn March 31, 1979 and included review of the internal transfer docu-ments, material balance area records and material status reports (Form NRC-742) submitted for the periods ending September 30, 1978 and March 31, 1979.
These records and reports were either main-tained in accordance with pertinent procedures or in accordance with pertinent regulatory requirements, as applicable.
Exhibits I, II, III and IIIA provide a summary of material activity for the inspection period.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Authorized Possession Limits The licensee's physical inventory of special nuclear material was categorized by the inspector as to special nuclear material license.
Each total from the inventory was compared to the quantity shown as the authorized limit from the license.
In each case, the licensee's physical inventory was less than the authorized posses-sion limit.
Exhibit IV to this report compares the licensee's authorized SNM possession limits with actual possession amounts at the close of the inspection period.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Exit Interview The inspector met with licensee representatives (denoted in Para-graph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on May 11, 1979.
The inspector summarized the scope and the findings of the inspection.
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-4-Exhibit I Pennsylvania State University SNM-123 Material Balance Summary 4/1/78 - 3/31/79 Uranium-233 RIS:CDW Grams Element Isotope Inventory @ 4/1/78
2-Receipts
0 Material to Account For
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Removals
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Ending Inventory @ 3/31/79 2_
Material Accounted For
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- Privately owned material consisting of uranium oxide powder and metal foil.
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-5-Exhibit II Pennsylvania State University SNM-95, SNM-123 Material Balance Summary 4/1/78 - 3/31/79 Plutonium RIS:CCW Grams Element Isotope Inventory @ 4/1/78 173 167 Receipts
30 Material to Account For 205 197 Removals
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Ending Inventory @ 3/31/79 205 197 Material Accounted For 205 197
Privately owned material:
SNM-95 (1 PuBe Source)
15 SNM-123 (7 PuBe Sources)
190 182 1235 088
Exhibit III Pennsylvania ' tate University R-2, SNM-95, SNM-123, SNM-231, 37-185-4 Material Balance Summary 4/1/78 - 3/31/79 Uranium-235 RIS:CDW Grams Element Isotope Inventory 0 4/1/78 929,349 70,724 Receipts 1,607 320 Material to Account For 930,956 71,044 Removals:
Shipments 2,142 1,999 Fission and Transmutation
25 I.D. (Due to Rounding)
0 Ending Inventory 0 3/31/79*
928,791 69,020 Material Accounted For 930,956 71,044
- Ending inventory includes 35 grams U, 31 grams U-235, of privately owned material.
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Exhibit IIIA Pennsylvania State University Ending Inventory by License @ 3/31/79 Uranium-235 RIS:CDW Grams Description Element Isotope R-2 (12 MTR fuel elements,132 TRIGA fuel elements, 3 fission chambers)
27,689 6,156 SNM-95 (117 foils, fission chambers,andplates)
39 3 367 SNM-123 (metal foil scraps and U03 8 powder)
30 SNM-231 (417 Pathfinder fuel elements, fission counter, UO2 pellets, and miscellaneous items)
900,681 62,466 37-185-4* (2 U,08 NBS Standards and fission cMamber)
1 Ending Inventory 0 3/31/79 928,789 69,020
- Byproduct License 1235 090
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EXHIBIT '.V PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY ENDING INVENTORY BY LICENSE COMPARED TO LICENSE LIMITS 3/31/79 Physical Inventory Grams License No.
License Limit U
U-235 R-2 7 kg.U-235 in TRIGA fuel.
24603 5108 4.99 kg.U-235 in MTR fuel 1471 1370 SNM-95 21 g.U-235 in fission chambers,,
394 367 fission counters, foils and 15(Pu)
15(Pu isotope)
plates.
16 g. of Pu as a Pu-Be neutron source.
349 g.U-235 in foils.
SNM-123 204 g. Pu as PuBe neutron source 190(Pu)
182(Puisotope)
10 g. U-233 solid form 2(U)
2(U-233)
50 g. U-235 any form 33(U)
30(U-235)