ML19282A583
| ML19282A583 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/08/1979 |
| From: | Kerr G NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
| To: | Nelson R MARYLAND, STATE OF |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7903050079 | |
| Download: ML19282A583 (2) | |
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FEB 8 1979 Mr. Ronald Nelson, Director Community Health Programs Environmental Health Administration 201 West Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21203 t
l Dear Mr. Nelson.
This is to confirm the comments made to you by John Vaden on January 26, 1979 regarding the review of the radiation control program.
Based upon the results of the review, the staff believes that the Maryland program for the control of agreement material is adequate to protect the public health and safety and is compatible with the Commission's program.
We were pleased to note the progress made by the program in implementing most of the recommendations made after our last review. The following recommendations for program improvements include two that were made last year which we feel are still valid:
1.
The program staff has been working on the radiation emergency plan in re:.ponse to our recommendation of last year.
It is still incomplete and, among other things, does not establish criteria for various levels of actions and communications.
We recommend the radiation emergency plan be completed and distributed to appropriate persons and agencies in the near future. We will be pleased to review the plan in draft form and provide you with comments.
2.
Field files consisting of a copy of the most recent license and the licensee's cmergency and operating procedures are needed for the inspector's use on site. Regular license files should not be taken in the field as they may be destroyed or lost.
By consteit updating of the field file the volume of the file will remain small requiring a minimum amount of space.
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Generally, license files contained documentation of telephone calls and correspondence relative to support of the license application.
In one significant case, however, telephone and on-site discussions with the applicant concerning the Department requirements that must be met by the applicant to obtsin a license were not documented in the file nor had a letter been written to the licensee setting forth the requirements. We recommend that all verbal communication be documented and that if such includes reqairements on the applicant, an official letter should be dispatched to the applicant.
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the complainant had not been answered even though more than i
one month had elapsed since the investigation of the incident was completed. We recommend that incident investigations be closed out as soon as the investigation is complete by writing a letter to the licensee and/or the complainant giving the results of the investigation, including, in the case of f'
the licensee, citations for any items of noncompliance resulting from the incident.
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I would appreciate your review of our recomendations and receiving your comments on them.
q' Thank you for the courtesies and cooperation extended to Mr. Vaden during l
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