IR 05000166/1989001
| ML20006A738 | |
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| Site: | University of Maryland |
| Issue date: | 01/12/1990 |
| From: | Della Ratta A, Keimig R, Olsen W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20006A733 | List: |
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| 50-166-89-01, 50-166-89-1, NUDOCS 9001300130 | |
| Download: ML20006A738 (6) | |
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Report No. 50-166/89-01
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Docket No. '50-166 t
p License No. R-70 Licensee:
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College Park. Maryland 20742
' Facility Name: University of Maryland Nuclear Reactor
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Inspection At:
College park. Maryland Inspection ~ Conducted:
Hovember20.and21,193
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Type of Inspection:
Routine Unannounced Material Control and Accounting and physica1 Security
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s Inspectors:
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' Inspection Summary:- Inspection on November 20 and 21, 1989
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I Areas Inspected:
Nuclear material control and eccounting, and physical security, including:
organization and operation; storage and internal controls; inventory, records and reports; and physical protection measures for special nuclear material of low strategic significance.
Results:
The licensee was in compliance with NRC requirements in the areas examined during this inspection.
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1.0 Key Persons Contacted-
- Dr. M. Roush, Chairman, Department-of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering i
- Dr. D. Ebert, Director, Nuclear Reactor
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- Dr. F. Munno,-Director, Nuclear Engineering Program i
- Dr. B. White, IV, Reactor Operations Manager
- Mr; T. Long Assistant Radiation Safety Officer
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Corporal M. Wenste11, Assistant Shift Supervisor, Campus Police Mr. M. McGuigan, Crime Prevention-Inspector, Loss Prevention Division,
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Camps Police Mr. J. Finn, Crime Prevention Inspector, Loss Prevention Division, Campus Police
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2.0 Material _ Control and Accounting Program
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Program Manageaent - The inspectors determined through a review of-i records that the licensee maintained nuclear material control l
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procedures that are. documented in operating procedures entitled
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" Program. fur Control and Accounting for Special Nuclear Material at the University of-Maryland, College Park, Maryland." Written
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statements of responsibility and authority ht.d been established for those positions with responsibility for S pcial Nuclear Material.
(SNM). The licensee was in the process of revising the procedure to reflect current practices, and plans'to have the revision cenleted and approved by the Reactor Safety Committee by January 31, 1990.
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The approved revision will be reviewed in a subsequent inspection
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(IFI 89-01-01). No discrepancies-were identified.
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Shipping and Receiving
The inspectors determined through a review of records that there were no shipments or receipts of SNM made under the NRC License No. R-70-during_the period of October 1, 1983 through September ~40, 1989.
However, during this period, the licensee received r otonium
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-calibration source under its Maryland license, No.
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The calibration source contained less than one gram of piutonium, ho discrepancies were identified, c.
Storage and Internal Control The inspectors determined through observations and review of records that the licensee was maintaining a system of storage and internal controls that indicated the quantity, identity, and current location of all SNM within the facility.
Perpetual inventory records are maintained for all SPM.
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The inspectors determined, through a review of records, that the licensee has conducted annual physical inventories of SNM as required by 10 CFR.70.51(d).
t The inspectors conducted a physical inventory of the facility on
November. 21', 1989.
The results of this inventory verified the i
listing shown'on the licensee's material status reports. The
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results were as follows:
NRC Licensee No. R-70
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93 Fuel Elements - Reactor Core 1 Fission Chamber - Reactor Core
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3 Fission Chambers - Reactor Room The inspectors also inventoried the five plutonium-beryllium neutron sources and the one plutonium calibration source the licensee possesses under Maryland License No. MD-33-004-02.
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Records and Reports The inspectors audited the Material Status Reports (D0E/NRC Form-742)
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submitted for the period October 1.1983 through September 30, 1989, to verify compliance with 10 CFR 74.13.
a Duriiig the previous NRC inspection, the inspector noted that the Material Status Reports for the reporting period October 1, 1979, through September. 30, 1983,~had been submitted with uranium element and isotope values reported in thousandth of a gram rather then
' rounding to a whole-gram as indicated on DOE /NRC Form-742. Also,-
four fission chambers (containing a total of 2 grams uranice and 2-c grams uranium-235), which are 93% enriched uranium, had been inadvertently included in the totals for fuel elements enriched to less than 20%.
The' inspectors' review of the Material Status Reports
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The inspectors noted that the licensee had failed to submit the DOE /NRC Form-742 for the reporting period ending September 30, 1989,
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within the required 30 day period (by October 30,_1989) as a result
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The licensee was in the process of preparing the e.: port during this NRC inspection and submitted the report prior to o
tne completion.of the inspection on November 21, 1989.
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The material balance summary for the period covered by this
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inspection is shown in Exhibit I for NRC License No. R-70 and Exhibit II for Maryland License No. MD-33-004-02.
3~ 0 General Physical Security Requirements for
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SNM of Low Strategic Significance The licensee's program for the physical protection of special nuclear
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material of low strategic significance was reviewed by the inspectors for
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The inspectors
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examined physical barriers,: access controls, procedures, and key control,
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and observed a licensee test of the security alarm system features.
The inspectors found that the licensee's program and its implementation met the general performance requirements and objectives of the governing regulations.
However,'the inspectors determined during the functional test of the security alarm system that~one perimeter zone alarm signal-and one
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interior zone alarm signal were not received at the alarm panel located
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in the campus police dispatch office. The licensee stated that the
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perimeter zone alarm had been recently repeired, due to a faulty relay and had been working satisfactorily. The licensee immediately-initiated a work order to repair the affected zones'and notified the campus police to increase patrols for the Reactor Facility. The perimeter alarm zone was promptly repaired.and a retest of all the perimeter alarm zones was conducted and found.to be satisfactory.
The interior alarm zone remained out of service. awaiting a part from the manufacture of the system.
The campus police will. continue increased routine patrols of the-facility until the interior alarm zone is repaired. This item will be reviewed during a subsequent inspection-(IFI 50-166/89-01-02).
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4.0 Exit Interview I
The inspector met with the licensee representatives indicated in
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EXHIBIT I UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Docket No. 50-166 License No. R-70 Material Balance for Period: October 1,1984 - September 30, 1989 Reporting Identification Symbol:
ZMR Reportina Units:
grams Enriched Uranium Element Isotope
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Beginning Inventory:
16,360 3,255 (October 1,1984)
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Shipments:
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Ending Inventory:
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16,353 3,248 (September 30,1989)
Material Accounted for:
16,360 3,255 1/ = 93 Fuel Elements 16,351 3,246
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EXHIBIT II I
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Maryland License No, MD-33-004-02 Material. Balance for Period: October 1, 1984 - September 30, 1089 Reporting Identification Symbol:
ZMR Reporting Units: grams Plutonium L
Beginning Inventory:-
143 133 (October 1 1984)
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Receipts:
(less than a gram)
Material to Account for:
143 133
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Shipments:
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Ending Inventory:
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a Material Accounted for:
143 133 1/ Consists of Six Sealed Sources Mound Lab M-44
15 Mound Lab M-45-
15 Monsanto MR PuBe 222
29 Monsanto MR PuBe 223
45 Monsanto MR PuBe 384
29 Eberline Model 594-1
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