IR 05000089/2003201

IR 05000163-03-201 and IR 05000089-03-201, on 08/18-21/03 for General Atomics Triga Reactors Facility

ML032681051
Person / Time
Site:	General Atomics
Issue date:	10/02/2003
From:	Lyons J NRC/NRR/DRIP/RORP
To:	Walti R General Atomics
Holmes S, NRC/NRR/DRIP/RNRP, 415-8583
References
IR-03-201
Download: ML032681051 (34)

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October 2, 2003

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-163/2003-201 AND 50-089/2003-201

Dear Mr. Walti:

This letter refers to the inspection conducted on August 18-21, 2003, at your General Atomics TRIGA Reactors Facility. The inspection included a review of activities authorized for your facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.

Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations of activities in progress.

Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has identified a violation of NRC requirements.

10 CFR 55.21 states, in part, that a licensee shall have a medical examination by a physician every two years. Although all operators have had physicals through their personal physicians they had not, since active decommissioning stopped in 2000, had medical exams to meet 10 CFR 55.21 requirements. The circumstances surrounding this are described in detail in the subject inspection report. In accordance with the General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions (Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600, this violation would be categorized at Severity Level IV (Supplement I).

The corrective actions taken by your staff to have the operators get medical exams to meet 10 CFR 55.21 requirements and to insure they will continue to have them every two years was immediate and comprehensive. Based on these corrective actions made during the inspection, the NRC has determined that no further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance.

No response to this letter is required.

Mr. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at (the Public Electronic Reading Room) http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, please contact Stephen Holmes at 301-415-8583.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James E. Lyons, Program Director New, Research and Test Reactors Program (RNRP)

Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-163, 50-89 License Nos.: R-67, R-38 Enclosure: NRC Inspection Report Nos. 50-163/2003-201 and 50-089/2003-201 cc w/encl.: Please see next page

General Atomics Docket Nos.: 50-163, 50-89 cc:

Steve Hsu Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Service P.O. Box 942732 Sacramento, CA 94234-7320 Dr. Keith E. Asmussen, Director Licensing, Safety, and Nuclear Compliance General Atomics P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92186-9784 Ruben Develasco, Manager Decommissioning Project General Atomics P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92186-9784 John S. Greenwood Manager, TRIGA Reactor Facility General Atomics P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92186-9784 TRTR Newsletter Department of Nuclear Engineering Sciences University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611

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