IR 05000156/1996001

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-156/96-01

ML20129H511
Person / Time
Site:	University of Wisconsin
Issue date:	11/01/1996
From:	Pederson C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Tropht J WISCONSIN, UNIV. OF, MADISON, WI
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NUDOCS 9611050269
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November 1, 1996 Mr. John Trophy Vice Chancellor for Administration University of Wisconsin Administration, Room 110 Bascom Hall Madison, WI 53706 SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-156/96001-01

Dear Mr. Torphy:

This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 2,1996, in response to our letter dated September 23, 1996, transmitting a Notice of Violation associated with the oversight of your radiation protection program.

We will inspect the results of your corrective actions at a later date. No further information is required at this time.

Sincerely, Original Signed by R. Caniano for Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Docket No. 50-156 License No. R-74 l

cc: V. Kanable, Chief, Boiler Section 1 C. Thompson, Chairperson, Wisconsin i Public Service Commission 1 W. Vernetson, Director of Nuclear Facilities R. Cashwell, Reactor Director i l

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATfN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 RE: Response to Inspection, Docket No. 050-156/96001

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Dear Sirs:

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l Reference Region III inspection results letter of 23 September,1996.

Attached is our reply to the violation noted.

If you have any questions pertaining to this information, please contact me or Ronald Bresell, the UW RSO.

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! John Torphy Vice Chancellor for Administration

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ATTN: Ms. Cynthia D. Pederson, Director l

Division of Nuclear Materials Safety l 801 Warrenville Rd.

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Safety Department University of Wisconsin-Madison 30 North Murray Street Madison, Wisconsin 53715-2609 608/262-8769 FAX: 608/262-6767

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Reply to a Notice of Violation

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License No. R-74

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l 1. Technical Specifications 6.1.c. states, in part, that a University Health Physicist I (UHP) shall conduct an inspection of the facility at least monthly to assure i compliance with the regulations of 10 CFR 20. l Contrary to the above, on multiple occasions, the licensee failed to conduct monthly inspections of the facility. Specifically, the licensee failed to conduct monthly inspections in September, October, November, December 1995 and l

February, March, April, May 1996.

Reason for the violation: The root cause of this violation was a misunderstanding i as a result of personnel changes. To save paper, the form used to record the I l

monthly audit results was revised to allow the recording of two monthly audits per page. When the UHP conducting the audit was reassigned, the new UHP was unaware of the monthly requirement and used the form as printed.

Corrective steps that have been taken and results achieved: To correct this and to insure against further such incidents, the inspection activity has been added to the monthly surveillance requirements on our UWNR 100 procedure. Safety reviewed the reactor license, technical specifications, and daily operations and revised the monthly audit checklist, conducting the first revised audit on 30 September,1996.

Corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations: To correct this and to reduce the risk of similar problems, upon conducting the UWNR 100, l operations personnel will alert Safety if an audit has not been completed and the month is drawing to a close.

l l Date of full compliance: Corrective actions have been completed by 30 September,

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