ML19208B954
| ML19208B954 | |
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| Site: | Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Mcindoe D DEFENSE, DEPT. OF, DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY |
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| NUDOCS 7909240215 | |
| Download: ML19208B954 (1) | |
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g KING OF FRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 Docket No. 50-170 SEP 7 59 Defense Nuclear Agency Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute ATTN: Colonel Darrell W. McIndoe, USAF Director Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Gentlemen:
With this Infonnation Notice the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is extending an existing mechanism previously used for informing facility licensees of significant operating events to include informing operator licensees of si nificant events 5
which could impact on conditions of their NRC licenses. This Information Notice is being reissued to correct a word omission and a punctuation error that, when taken together, completely changed the intent of a statement.
The changed state-ment is underlined in the text of the Information Notice.
It is requested that the facility licensee provide copies of this Information Notice to all NRC licensed individuals at the facility.
No specific response is requested at this time.
If you have questions regarding this matter please contact the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
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Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Revision 1 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in the Last Six Months cc w/encls:
Captain R. Schaffer, USAF, Chief, Physicist, AFFRI Reactor 3)L 390cs 70092402-15
ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-20 Revision 1 Date:
September 7, 1979 Pr je 1 of 3 NRC ENFORCEMENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS
Background:
In the past, NRC licensed individuals have been cited by tile NRC for failure to comply with the conditions of their licenses.
These items of noncompliance can generally be characterized as serious or repeated failures to follow reactor operating procedures.
Two recent events involving the radiation overexposure of NRC licensed individuals through their violation of utility procedures, facility Technical Specifications and the Code of Federal Regulations have raised questions about the exercise of their responsibilities.
The purpose of this Information Notice is two-fold:
(1) To remind the NRC licensed individuals of their responsibilities, not only in the proper operation of the facility controls, but in compliance with the facility administrative procedures, and (2) To summarize the enforcement sanctions available to the NRC for use against licensed individuals.
Description of Circumstances:
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Responsibilities Facility licensees are charged with the responsibility to design, construct and operate their plants in eccordance with NRC requirements to assure that public health and safety are protected.
The role of NRC licensed individuals is no less importart in the overall Regulatory scheme.
The NRC recognizes that timely actions by NRC licensed individuals are an important part of safety.
Reliance on these actions is a part of the defense-in-depth concept.
Specifically, the NRC requires that:
(1) Only licensed operators are permitted to manipulate the controls that directly affect reactivitycOO_ffRJ0.54JD)m._-_ ___._,
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