ML19208C082
| ML19208C082 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Texas A&M University, 05000128 |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Berg R TEXAS A&M UNIV., COLLEGE STATION, TX |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909240664 | |
| Download: ML19208C082 (1) | |
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September 7, 1979 In Reply Refer To:
Docket Nos. 50-59 50-128 Texas A&M University ATTN:
Dr. R. R. Berg, Director Office of University Research College Station, Texas 77843 Gentlemen:
With this IE Information Notice, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is ex-tending an existing mechanism previously used for informing facility licenseas of significant operating events to include informing operator licensees of significant evcits which could impact on conditions of their "RC licenses.
This IE 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 statement is underlined in the text of the IE Information Notice.
It is requested that the facility licensee provide copics of this IE 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. rector of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
Sincerely,
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Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Rev. 1 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in 1979 1012 288 7909240(/o'
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Rev. 1 Date: September 7, 1979 Page 1 of 3 NRC ENFORCEMENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS
Background:
In the past, NRC licensed individuals have been cited by the NRC for failure to comply with the conditions of their licenses. These items of noncompliance can generally be charr.cterized as serious or repeated failures to follow reactor operating procedures. Two recent events involving the radiation overexposure of NRC ]icensed 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 Wotice is two-fold:
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To remind the h3C 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, construe; and operate their plants in accordance with IMC requirements to assure that public health and safety are protected.
The role of NRC licensed individuals is no less important in the overall Regulatory scheme.
The NRC recognizes that timely actions by NRC licensed indivi-duals are an important part of safety. Relinnce 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 reactivity _
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