ML19338F334

From kanterella
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violation Noted in IE Insp Repts 50-151/80-02 & 50-356/80-02
ML19338F334
Person / Time
Site: University of Illinois, 05000356
Issue date: 09/29/1980
From: Davis A
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Miley G
ILLINOIS, UNIV. OF, URBANA, IL
Shared Package
ML19338F335 List:
References
NUDOCS 8010200099
Download: ML19338F334 (1)


See also: IR 05000151/1980002

Text

n

.

-

. e -

.

-

-

x.7

. UNITED STATES

2

-

" #'n -

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

$

REGION 111

.-

e

'#

0,

799 ROOSEVELT ROAD

b

GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS 60137 -

- % . . . . ,. o

SEP 2 0 10nD

Docket No. 50-151

-

Docket'No. 50-356'

University of-Ill'inois-

ATTN: Dr. George ".. Miley

. Chairman

Nuclear Engineering

~ Executive Committee

' 216 Nuclear Engineering; Laboratory-

.

Urbana, IL 61801

Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter dated September 9, 1980, informing us of the

steps you have .taken to correct the noncompliance identified in our letter

dated September 2, 1980'

We will examine your corrective action during

.

a future inspection.

~In your response you stated that an error was noted under Item 15 of our

report. We acknowledge this error and it'has been corrected. -Enclo' sed is

a corrected copy of Page 7 of:our Reports No. 50-151/80-02 and 50-356/80-02

.

which incorporates the change.

,

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

Sincerely,

- LW

A. B. Davis,_ Chief

' Fuel Facility and

Materials Safety-Branch

cc w/ltr'.dt'd'9/9/80:

Central Files

Reproduction Unit NRC 20b

PDR

Local; PDR -

NSIC

TIC'

t

i

e

_ '. -

+

-

~

.

. ~

.

.

.

-

.-

,

in

,

.

...

,

~ * ~

waste'has been generated since August 1979. A review of the

licensee's response.to IE Bulletin 79-19 was performed during an

inspection;of the' University broad license in March.1980.

' '

14. Transfer- of Radioactive Material

.

Thellicensee has not submitted a quality assurance program (10 CFR 71.51), because they have not shipped fuel and are not planning to

ship fuel in the near future. The inspector informed.the licensee

that before;any shipment of spent fuel they must submit ,a QA plan.in

accordance'with 10 CFR 71.51.

The inspector reviewed the licensee's records of transfer of licensed

material from September 1979 to date. Material is transferred to

' both'on and off campus users. During the first'six months of 1980

severa1Lshipments of irradiated Type A quantities of normal form

rad.'oactive materials were transferred to Argonne National Laboratory

-

(ANL) in an ANL' shipping container. Although the licensee maintains

shipping papers on each shipment they do not maintain.a complete

certification and safety analyses demonstrating that the container-

meets' specification 7A. This is'in noncompliance with 49 CFR

173.395 (a)(1) .

No shipment of. spent fuel reactor fuel has been made since the last

inspection in August 1979.

IS.

Independent Measurements

Gamma and neutron su'rveys were made by the inspector and reactor

health ~ physicist in the reactor facility.on August 20, 1980, while

.,

the reactor' was: operating at 500 kilowntts.. The highest radiation.fleids

' found were 8 mrems/ hour neutron and 5' mR/hr gamma at the face of the

north beam port. All other areas were less than 3 mrems/ hour, neutron

and gamma combined.

16. Exit Interview

The$hspectormetwith-licenseerepresentatives-(denotedinParagraph

1) at the conclusioh of the' inspection on August 20, 1980.

~

The~following matters were. discussed.

a.

. The purpose and scope of the inspection.

.

{b.

.The item of noncomp1'iance '(Paragraph 14).

.

5

,-

-**/ -

.,

,,

,.

4

-7-

.

A

n

"

s

o

-

.-r-

,

,