ML20009C328
| ML20009C328 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/02/1981 |
| From: | Pang J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| NUDOCS 8107200465 | |
| Download: ML20009C328 (2) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICEOFVIOL,$ ION Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Warm Springs Agency Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 License No. 36-15080-01 As a result of the inspect!an conducted on May 20, 1981, and in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7,1980), the j
following violations were identified:
A.
10 CFR 19.11(a) requires that each licensee shall post current copies of the following documents:
(1) 10 CFR 19 and 10 CFR 20; (2) the license, license conditions, or documents incorporated into a license by reference, and amendments thereto; (3) the operating procedures applicable to licensed activities.
10 CFR 19.11(b) states that if posting of a document specified in paragraph (a)(1), (2) or (3) of this section is not practicable, the licensee may post a notice which describes the document and states where it may be examined.
Contrary to the above requirements, the above documents were neither posted nor was there a notice which describes the documents and states where they may be examined.
This is a Severity Level VI violation (Supplement VII).
B.
License Condition 17 states that the licensee shall possess and use licensed material in accordance with statements, representations and procedures i
contained in applications received March 29, 1977 and July 5, 1977 and letter dated July 3,1980.
Section 10 of the application received July 5,1977 states that the licensee has in his possession radiation detection instruments for use in conducting radiation surveys.
Section 1 of the
" Safety standard for Gamma-Ray Sources Surface Moisture and Density Gauges" contained in the same application specifies that radiation surveys will be conducted "when changes have been'made in shielding, operation, equipment, storage or occupancy of adjacent areas, and these changes may have adversely affected radiation protection".
(1) Contrary to the above requirements, at the time of the inspection the licensee did not have any radiation detection instruments in his possession. The licensee's representative stated that he did not have instruments for about two years, and that a moisture-density gue had been used during June, July and August of 1980.
(2) Contrary to the above requirements, radiation surveys were not conducted when a moisture-density gauge was used during June, July and August of 1980.
These items constitute a Severity Level V violation (Supplement VII).
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License Condition 14 A(1) states that each source containing licensed material other than Hydrogen 3, with a half-life greater than thirty days and in any other form other than gas shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to exceed six months.
Also, License Condition 14.B. states that records of leak test results shall be kept in units of microcuries and maintained for inspection by the Commission.
Contrary to the above requirements, at the time of the inspection, the leak test record for a leak test conducted between August 3,1977 and October 24, 1978 was not maintained.
This is a Severity Level V Violation (Supplement VII).
D.
10 CFR 20.401(a) states that each licensee shall maintain records showing the radiation exposures of all individuals for whom personnel monitoring is required by 20.202, and that the doses entered on the forms or records shall be for periods of time not exceeding one calendar quarter.
Contrary to the.bove requirement, at the time of the inspection, personnel monitoring records for the period between November 1,1977 and October 31, 1978 were not maintained.
This is a Severity Level V Violation (Supplement VII).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Warm Springs Agency is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including:
(1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further items of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Consideration may be given to extending your response time for good cause shown.
dated July 2. 1981 I F. ?~1,
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J. F. Pan), Radiation Specialist Radiological Safety Branch