ML19249E715
| ML19249E715 | |
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| Site: | 05000072, University of Utah |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Turley R UTAH, UNIV. OF, SALT LAKE CITY, UT |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910020254 | |
| Download: ML19249E715 (1) | |
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September 7, 1979 In Reply Refer To:
Docket Nos. 50-72 50-407 The University of Utah ATTN:
Dr. Richard E. Turley Reactor Administrator College of Engineering Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 Gentlemen:
With this IE Information Notice, the Nuclear Regulatory Cormission is ex-tending an existing mechanism previously used for informing facility licensees of significant operating events to include informing operator licensees of significant events which could impact on conditions of their NRC licenses.
This IE Information Notice is being reissued to correct a word omission and a punctuation error that, when taken together, completely chrnged 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 copies 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 Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
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Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Rev. 1 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in 1979 177 1.72 7910020 Ctbe-W2532
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE 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 EUFORCEMENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS Backgrouad:
In the past, NEC 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 characterized as serious or repeated failures to follow reactor operating procedures. Two recent events involving the radiation over.xposure 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.
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The purpose of this Information Notice is two-fold:
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To remind the NRC licensed individuals of their responsibilities, not oaly in the proper operation of the facility controls, but in compliance with the facility administrative procedures; and 2.
To stumnarize 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 accordance with NRC 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.
Reliance on these actions is a part of the defense-in-dept.h concept.
Specifically, the NRC requires that :
(1) On:y licensed operators are permitted to manipulate the controls that directly affect reactivity (10 CFR.m 0.5ft(i n(, _,- c 5
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