ML19347B111

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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-186/80-04 & 30-02278/80-02 on 800715-17 & Notice of Violation
ML19347B111
Person / Time
Site: 03002278, University of Missouri-Columbia
Issue date: 08/22/1980
From: Davis A
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: George M
MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, COLUMBIA, MO
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Download: ML19347B111 (2)


See also: IR 05000186/1980004

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Docket No. 50-186

Docket No. 30-2278

The Curators of the University

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ATTN:

Dr. Melvin D. George

Vice President for

Academic Affairs

Columbia, MO 65201

Gentlemen:

This refers to the routine inspection conducted by Messrs. R. A. Paul and

P. C. Lovendale of this office on July 15-17, 1980, of activities at the

University of Missouri; Research Reactor Facility authorized by Licenses No.

R-103 and 24-00513-32 and to the discussion of our findings with Dr. Brugger

and members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

The enclosed copy of our inspection report identifies areas examined during the

inspection. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of a selective examina-

tion of procedures and representative records, observations, and interviews with

personnel.

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In addition to a review of activities under the reactor license, the inspectors

also included a review of selected activities conducted under the broad license

within the Research Reactor Facility. We are con'erned that these activities

may have escaped the purview of both the Campus Radiation Safety Organization

normally concerned with them and the Reactor Health Physics Organization that

services the reactor facility.

The inspection also included a review of the actions described in your letter

dated October 23, 1979 regarding the item of noncompliance found during our

September 11-13, 1979 inspection. We have no further questions on this matter.

Daring this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to be in non-

compliance with hRC requirements, as described in the enclosed Appendix A.

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

the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office within twenty days of your

receipt of this notice a written statement or explanation in reply, including

for each item of noncompliance:

(1) corrective action taken and the results

achieved; (2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further noncompliance;

and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Also, in your reply,

please indicate the steps you will take to assign responsibility for health

physics overview of the activities conducted under the broad license at the

Research Reactor Facility.

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Based on discussions with your representatives at the site and subsequent phone

conversations, we understand that an evaluation will be conducted, by September 30,

1980, of the exposure received by a health physi s technician on November 8,

1979, to determine what reasonable dose should se assigned to this individual's

record. We also understand that a detailed procedure will be written and train-

ing completed as required by IE Bulletin 79-19 prior to the next radioactive

waste shipment from your facility, and that your activities associated with the

transfer, packaging and transport of radioactive waste will be included in your

annual health physics audit.

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, the enclosures, and your

response to this letter will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room, except

as follows.

If the enclosures contain information that you or your contractors

believe to be proprietary, you must apply in writing to this office, within

twenty days of your receipt of this letter, to withhold such information from

public disclosure. The application must include a full statement of the reasons

for which the information is considered proprietary, and should be prepared so

that proprietary information identified in the application is contained in an

enclosure to the application.

We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.

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Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice

of Violation

2.

IE Inspection Report

No. 50-186/80-04 and

No. 30-2278/80-02

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