ML19340C423
| ML19340C423 | |
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| Site: | 07000882 |
| Issue date: | 07/18/1980 |
| From: | Carter P COLUMBIA UNIV., NEW YORK, NY |
| To: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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Columbia University in the City of New York New York, N.Y.
10027 CaCCUTIVE VIOC PRC$10CNT BOW MMONOI L OT FOR ADMINISTR ATION July 18, 1980 Mr. Boyce H. Grier Director United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region 1 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Inspection 70-882/78-01
Dear Mr. Grier:
Columbia University's Health Physics Officer, Mr. Philip M. Lorio, has already responded by letter dated June 27, 1980 to the particular items raised in your letter to Dr. William J. McGill, who recently retired as the University's President.
In addition, the University's Associate General Counsel, Mr. Howard A. Jacobson, has recently spoken by telephone to Mr. Walter G. Martin of your office about this matter.
On behalf of the University, I wish to express o.ur concern and embarrassment, and to apologize, about the University's delay in responding to the NRC's communications concerning Inspection 70-882/78-01 and about our apparent failure to re-spond adequately to the matters originally raised in those communications.
Columbia believes that communications from the NRC and similar agencies that call for a response, particularly communi-cations like those involved in this matter, should be given the highest priority and be answered in a timely and responsive fashion.
I have issued direct instructions to Mr. Lorio that that must be the practice of his office in the future and have reprimanded him for his failure to respond in a timely and adequate fashion to the NRC's communications about this matter.
This entire matter, including the University's current practices and procedures to deal with the specific matters raised by the NRC, is being reviewed by the University's Radiation Safety Committee, chaired by Dr. Harald H. Rossi, Professor of Radiology.
Any Committee recommendations for modifications in these practices and procedures will be imple-mented.
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Inspection 70-882/78-01 Page 2 In the interest of expediting responses from the University, we have already suggested that communications from the NRC should be addressed to Mr. Lorio, with copies to Mr. John Mason Harding, the University's General Counsel and to me.
Despite that, please feel free to communicate directly with me, or Mr. Harding or Mr. Jacobson in the future about this or any similar NRC matter concerning the University.
S incerely, J
. dum Paul D. Carter r
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Mr. J. Mason Harding Mr. Howard Jacobson Dr. Harald H. Rossi
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