ML20028B865
| ML20028B865 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000112 |
| Issue date: | 11/11/1982 |
| From: | Madsen G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Egle D OKLAHOMA, UNIV. OF, NORMAN, OK |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20028B866 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8212070126 | |
| Download: ML20028B865 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000112/1982001
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Docket:
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The University of Oklahoma
ATTN:
Dr. Davis Egle, Director
School of Aerospace, Mechanical
and Nuclear Engineering
1000 Asp Avenue
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
Gentlemen:
This refers to the inspection conducted by Messrs. W. S. Schum, R. T. Redano,
and M. E. Murphy of our staff during the period September 13-15, 1982, of
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activities authorized by NRC Operating License R-53.
The results of this inspection indicate the need for tdditional improvements
in the management of your reactor program.
NRC concerns relating to these
areas were discussed between University of Oklahoma representatives and
Messrs. J. E. Gagliardo and R. T. Redano of our staff at an Enforcement
Conference held at the University of Oklahoma on October 7,1982.
Principal areas examined during the inspection and our findings are discussed
in the enclosed inspection report. Within these areas, the inspection
consisted of selective examination of procedures, drawings, representative
records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the NRC inspectors.
During this inspection, it was found that certain of your activities were in
violation of NRC requirements.
Consequently, you are required to respond to
these violations, in writing, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.201
of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.
Your response should be based on the specifics contained in the Notice of
Violation attached to this letter.
In addition, we are concerned about the implementation of your program for
management control of your licensed activities that permitted these violations
to occur.
Your repeated failure to fully implement your approved operator
requalification program as required by 10 CFR 50.54 becomes more significant
when one considers that it was first identified as an NRC concern during the
1978 inspection of your facility and again identified as a violation of NRC
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staff. The September 13-15, 1982, inspection revealed that the operator
requalification program has not been conducted in accordance with
10 CFR 50.54, nor your facility requalification procedure.
This deficiency
was addressed several times in your audit reports and RSC meetings, yet you
failed to take any corrective action.
Your failure to correct an ongoing
program deficiency which constitutes a repetitive violation evidences a lack
of management controls.
Also, the significance of failure to maintain records
of test procedures or test results dealing with the design change performed on
the safety rod drive motor sprocket as required by 10 CFR 50.59(b) is enhanced
by the fact that a violation was issued to you in 1981 for failure to conduct
a safety review of this design change as required by 10 CFR 50.59(b).
Your
failure to implement a design change program which fully complies with regulatory
requirements mainfests a lack of management controls and awareness.
Lack of
compliance with NRC regulations in areas of repetitive violations and improper
or untimely corrective actions identify a lack of management control and may
constitute the need for escalated enforcement action if not properly corrected.
Consequently, in your reply you should describe, in particular, those actions
taken or planned to improve the effectiveness of your management control of
the requirements of your license.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of
this letter and the enclosed inspection report will be placed in the NRC's
Public Document Room.
If this report contains any information that you
believe to be exempt from disclosure under 10 CFR 9.5(a)(4), it is necessary
that you (a) notify this office by telephone within 10 days from the date of
this letter of your intention to file a request for withholding; and
(b) submit within 25 days from the date of this letter a written application
to this office to withhold such information.
If your receipt of this letter
has been delayed such that less than 7 days are available for your review,
please notify this office promptly so that a new due date may be established.
Consistent with Section 2.790(b)(1), any such info"mation which identifies the
document or part sought to be withheld, and which contains a full statement of
the reasons on the basis which it is claimed that the information should be
withheld from public disclosure.
This section further requires the statement
to address with specificity the considerations listed in 10 CFR 2.790(b)(4).
The information sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible
into a separate part of the affidavit.
If we do not hear from you in this
regard within the specified periods noted above, the report will be placed in
the Public Documert Room.
The response directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice is not
subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Action of 1980, PL 96-511.
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Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased
to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
Orlainal Signod bYi
G. E. MADSEN5
G. L. Madsen, Chief
Reactor Project Branch 1
Enclosures:
1. Appendix A - Notice of Violation
2. Appendix B - NRC Inspection Report 50-112/82-01
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The University of Oklahoma
ATTN:
Dr. E. H. Klehr, Chairman
Reactor Safety Committee
1000 Asp Avenue
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
The University of Oklahoma
ATTN:
Dr. Charles W. Terrell, Professor
Nticlear Engineering School of
Aerospace, Mechanical and Nuclear
Engineering
1000 Asp Avenue
Norman, Okiahoms 73019
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