IR 05000142/1979002
| ML19263D790 | |
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| Site: | 05000142 |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1979 |
| From: | Morrill P, Sternberg D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19263D789 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-142-79-02, 50-142-79-2, NUDOCS 7904130260 | |
| Download: ML19263D790 (5) | |
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persons Contacted
- Dr. I. Catton, Director, it.E.L.
- Mr. J. Evraets, R.S.0., Office of Environmental Health and Safety
- Mr. N. Ostrmoder, Manager, fl.E '..
- Mr. A. Zane, Reactor Supervisoi it. E. L.
The inspector also talked with and interviewed several other licensee employees during this inspection.
- Denotes those present at the exit interview.
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Organization There are currently three senior reactor operators and five reactor operators licensed for this reactor facility.
flo facility changes have occurred since the last inspection in January,1978.
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Peview and Audit The inspector examined three minutes of meetings of the Reactor Use Committee (RUC) and fifteen Facility Charge Order Safety Analyses completed since the last inspection in January 1978. The RUC mem-bership had not changed since the previous inspection. lieetings have been held at the frequency required by the technical specifi-cations, and the membership of each meeting satisfied quorum require-nents.
Facility Change Order Safety Analyses were completed and approved by appropriate licensee personnel in accordance with regulatory requirements.
The inspector observed that the review of operations for calendar year 1977 was not completed by the RUC until the February 6,1979 meeting.
The meeting minutes indicated that the reasons for review of 1977 operations in 1979 were discussed at the February 6,1979 meeting and that the RUC decided to review the operations for 1978 at the next scheduled meeting.
This was discussed at the exit interview, fio items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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U. S. f;i) CLEAR REGULATORY C0 il11SSI0i1 0FFICE OF IflSPECTI0t1 Afl0 E;FORCEMEllT REGI0ft V Report lio.
50-142/79-02 Docket !!o.
50-142 License fio.
R-71 Safeguards Group Licensee:
University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90024 Facility flame:
UCLA Research Reactor Inspection at:
UCLA Campus (Argonaut - 100 KW)
Inspection Conducted:, Feb.ruary 21-23, 1979 Inspectors:
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D. M.'Sternberg, Chief,4eactor Project
' Dafe Signed Section 1, Reactor Operations and Nuclear Support Branch Inspection on February 21-23,1979 (Report flo. 50-142/79-02)
Areas Inspected: Routine, unannour.ced inspection of logs and records; review and audit; requalification training; procedures; surveillance; experiments; followup on a reportable item; and independent effort including a tour of the facility and witnessing of an experiment. This inspection involved 19 regular hours by one f;RC inspector.
Results:
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified by the inspector.
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Procedures The inspector examined the following procedures for scope, technical adequacy, and confomance to technical specifications. The prestart check off was revised in April 1978 to reflect equipment changes.
Emergency Procedure Procedures to Delineate Operator Action Normal Startup Standard Shutdown Temporary Shutdown Startup from Temporary Shutdown Sample Handling Procedures Prestart Check Off Interim Supplementary Operating Procedures dated 1/13/78 and 2/08/78 The latest approved procedure revisions were verified to be in use at the operator's console.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Records and Logs The records of reactor operations for the period since the previous inspection (January 1978) were examined. These records included the following documents.
Temperature Chart (6/14/78 - 6/24/78)
Linear Recorder Chart (6/01/78 - 7/24/78)
Prestart Check Lists (1/25/78 - 4/31/78,10/10/78 - 12/27/78, 1/15/79 - 2/15/79)
1977 Annual Report 1978 Draft Annual Report Scram Reports (1/30/78 - 2/23/79)
Users Log (1/3/78 - 12/27/78)
Maintenance / Repair Log (1/5/78 - 1/22/79)
Calibrations Log (3/15/78 - 12/14/78)
No items of nonccmpliance or deviations were identified.
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Technical Specification Surveillance Compliance The following technical specification requirements were included in the inspector's examination of the facility record.
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Rod Drop Time Table II Excess Reactivity Section IV.A Shutdown Margin Section IV.C and Table II Reactivity Insertion Rate Section IV.D and Table II Coolant Flow Rate Section III.B Coolant Outlet Temperature Section III.B Neutron Channel Calibration Section III.D Operability TestsSection III.D and Table IV No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Experiments The experimental program consists principally of standard activation analyses and nuclear engineering class experiments.
No new experi-ments were reviewed or approved by the RUC in 1978.
The inspector witnessed the unloading of an experiment from the reactor. The inspector examined the Experimental Safety Analysis foms for 15 current experiments. All of them viere reviewed and approved as required. They were each evaluated for potential hazards, unreviewed safety questions, reactivity effects, and con-fomance to technical specifications.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Operator Requalification Program The inspector verified by discussions with operators and examination of records that the requalification program was being performed con-sistent with the approved program. Records of attendance, examina-tions, reactivity manipulations, and supervisor evaluations for six individuals were verified to neet program requirements.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Licensee Reportable Item The circumstances and corrective action described in the Licensee Event Report listed below was verified by the inspector through an examination of selected records and interviews with responsible persor nel. The event had been reviewed by the licensee and report-ing requirements were met. The event prompted a design change to the reactor control air supply.
The Facility Change Order Safety Analyses, interim operating orders, and the completed change were examined.
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Reactor Scram due to low air pressure in the reactor control air supply,1/30/78.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Independent Inspection The inspector toured the facility and held discussions on nuclear theory and operations with licensee personnel. The inspector wit-nessed removal of a sample from the reactor and preparation of samples for irradiation.
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Exit Interview The inspector met with licensee representatives (denoted in Paragraph 1) at the conclusion of this inspection on February 23, 1979.
The inspector summarized the purpose, scope and findings of the inspection.
Regarding the review of operations for 1977 discussed in Paragraph 3 of this report, licensee representatives stated that in the future the review of operations by the RUC would be completed in the first half of the calendar year following the year of operations.
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