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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-148/79-02 on 791022-24 & Notice of Violation
ML19253C840
Person / Time
Site: 05000148
Issue date: 11/07/1979
From: Madsen G
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Kroft D
KANSAS, UNIV. OF, LAWRENCE, KS
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In Reply Refer To:

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The University of Kansas

Attn:

Dr. David Kroft

School of Engineering

Lawrence, Kansas

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Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. R. G. Spangler and 16. M. J. Rucker

of this office on October 22-24, 1979, of activities authorized by NRC Oper-

ating License R-78 for the Bendix Pool Reactor at the University of Kansas

and to the discussion of our findings held with Dr. Russell B. Mesler and

other members of the staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas examined during the inspection and our findings are discussed in the

enclosed inspection report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted

of selective examination of procedures and representative records, interviews

with personnel, and observations by the inspectors.

Based on the results of this inspection it appears that certain of your

activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements.

These items and the references to the pertinent requirements are listed in

Appendix A of this letter.

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This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201 of

the NRC's " Rules of Practice." Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this

of fice, within 20 days of your receipt of this notice, a written statement

of explanation in reply, including:

(1) corrective steps which have been

or will be taken by you, and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps

which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full

compliance will be achieved.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosed

inspection report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room. If this

report contains any information that you or your contractors believe to be

proprietary, it is necessary that you make a written application within 20 days

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to this office to withhold such information from public disclosure. Any such

application must include a full statement of the reasons why it is claimed

that the information is proprietary. The application should be prepared so that

the proprietary information identified in this application is contained in a

separate part of the document.

If we do not hear from you in this regard

within the specified period, the report will be placed in the Public Document

Room.

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased

to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

kfdh

G. L. Madsen, Chief,

Reactor Operations and

Nuclear Support Branch

Enclosures:

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Notice of Violation

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IE Inspection Report No. 50-148/79-02

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