IR 05000433/1981002
| ML20038B073 | |
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| Site: | 05000433 |
| Issue date: | 11/03/1981 |
| From: | Willett D, Thomas Young NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML20038B065 | List: |
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| 50-433-81-02, 50-433-81-2, NUDOCS 8111240678 | |
| Download: ML20038B073 (4) | |
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U. S. NULCLEAR REGULATOR COMMISSION 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
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Report No. 50-433/81-02 Docket No.
50-433 License No.
R-124 Safeguards Group Licensee:
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California
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Facility Name:
UCSB L-77 Reactor i
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Santa Barbara Campus, Santa Barbara, California
Inspection conducted:
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Summary:
Inspection on October 13-15, 1981 (Report No. 50-433/81-02)
reas' Inspected: Reatine inspection of organization, logs and records, review and audits, procedures, surveillance and experiments. This inspection involved nine hours by one NRC inspector.
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Results: Of the five areas inspected, one itiem'of noncompliance was identified in the area of maintenance.
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Profio, Reactor Director V. Thomas, Reactor Electronics Technician
- 0. T. Hanna, Chainnan, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department
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Organization The organizational structure has remained essentially unchanged since the last inspection.
Dr.-Profio is still the facility's only senior licensed operator. The Reactor Director explained that efforts to qualify graduate students as licensed reactor operators has not been successful. The. director stated that current plans are to qualify one or more of the staff, and is goi_ng to examine the merits of qualifing some undergraduates who have military backgrounds in nuclear power and have expressed a desire to do so.
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Operations The reactor operations log, startup and shutdown checklists for the period of November 1,1979, to October 9,1981, were examined and discussed with the Reactor Director. Entries in the records confirmed the information contained in the licensee's annual report to the Commission concerning operations through 1980 Operation of the reactor has continued to be primarily for operator training and routine experiments-as part of the licensee's Nuclear Engineering curriculum (power calibrations, control rod calibrations, importance functions,etc.). The records showed that reactor operations had been conducted within the limiting conditions for. operations prescribed in the facility technical specifications ar.d at power levels of equal to or less than the licensed power level of 10 watts.
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Maintenance and Surveillance The inspector examined the facility maintenance surveillance log for the period August 7, 1979 through October 9, 1981, and the maintenance request log for the period April 12, 1977 through November 11, 1980, and discussed the records with the director. The information contained in the facility records showed that' maintenance and surveillance have been performed as required by the facility technical specifications except as follows:
On February 1, 1980, the licensee installed a new adjustable snubber, which he modified, on the safety rod without obtaining required administrative approvals or reviews and failed to review and approved the completed work.
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This is an item of noncompliance.
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Exreriments Entries in the records showed that the type and nature of experiments performed at the facility during the period covered by the current inspection have been limited to those reported in the licensee's annual report to NRC dated December 31,1980 (power calibration, control rod calibration, importance functions and irradiation of an oil sample). No deficiencies were observed from the technical specification requirements.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Procedures The inspector reviewed the operating procedures and noted that there have not been any significant changes. During review of the Operating Logs, it was found that all necessary entries were made and actions required had been performed in accordance with the operating procedures.
No items of noncompliaance or deviations were identified.
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Facility Audits and Inspections Quarterly Reactor Operations Committee audits of the facility records were reviewed for the period October 1, 1979 through March 31, 1981. The inspector discussed with the licensee the lack of formal guidance (acceptance criteria) for conduct of audits and the lack of definition of the audit committee's responsibilities to pursue satisfactory resolution of problems identified during the audits. The licensee has committed to generate written guidance in the above area by January 1, 1982.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Logs and Reco.ds The inspector reviewed all of the facility logs.and records and discussed them with the licensee. The inspector noted that there were many discrepencies between the logs, and that record keeping involvea enteries into two or three logs for one operation. The inspector noted, as have three audit coninittee audits, that these records were quite illegible, casting doubt on their usefulness for information retrieval and nermanent facility records. -In the inspector's discussion with the licensee, the Reactor Director conveyed his intent to pursue the possibility af combining the reactor
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-3-operations log and the startup/ shutdown checklists into one and th3 maintenance surveillance and maintenance request logs into one. The director explained that he intends to use a more preprinted format for the facility records with written instructions for entries, omissions, and deletions. This Reactor Director has con- !tted to a refined system of record keeping by January 1,1982.
No items of noncomplianca or deviations were identified.
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Radiation Protection Recorded values of contamination survey results were within pertinent regulatory limits. The Radiation Safety Committee's annual review and ' audit for 1980 was reviewed by the inspector.
There have been no releases of gaseous or liquid waste from the facility according to the licensee representative.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
10. Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee ' representatives (denoted in Paragraph 1) at the conclusion of the insepction on October 15, 1981.
The scope and findings of the inspection-were discussed and summarized as set forth in Paragraphs 2 through 9..The item of apparent noncompliance identified in Paragraph 4 was discussed and the licensee representatives indicated that appropriate measures would be taken to assure furture compliance with regulatory requirements.
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