ML20040D831
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| Issue date: | 01/26/1982 |
| From: | Pang J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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Appendix A_
fl3TICE OF VIOLATIO!!
Department of the Air Force License 'to. 04-09951-04 1155th Technical Operations Squadron licClelland Central Laboratory f:cClelland Air Force Base, CA 95652 As a result of the inspection conducted December 15, 1981, and in accordance with the Interia Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7,1980), the following violations were identified:
A.
10 CFR 20.201(b) states,- in part, that each license shall nake or cause to be made such evaluations as may be necessary for the licensee to assure compliance with 10 CFR 20.101(a).
Contrary to the above requirement, an evaluation was not made by the licensee for an individual who lost his badge for the month of July, 1931. The standard practice procedure for the USAF Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory to assign a dose of 417 millirem (1/12 of yearly limit of 5 ren) to an individual who has lost a film badge, with no further investigation or evaluation, is not an
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acceptable procedure.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement VII).
B.
License Condition 14 states, in part, that except as specifically provided, the licensee shall possess and use licensed material in accordance with statements, representations, and procedures contained in application dated November 25, 1976.
Item 14, Section 4.a. of the attachment to the application states that surveys are required at a mininun of twice a month of the areas where radioactive material is stored and onenly processed.
Contrary to this requirement, surveys had not been conducted at Bldg. 646, where radioactive materials are stored and openly processed, between flarch,1930 and January,1981.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement VII).
C.
10 CFR 20.205(b) requires that each licensee, unon receipt of a package of radioactive material in the liquid forn, shall monitor the external surfaces of the package for radioactive contamination caused by leakage of the radioactive contents.
Contrary to the above requirement, a contanination survey was not conducted on December 10, 1901 upon the receipt of a package kontaining g 2 g g 6 820126 04-09951-04 ppg m
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Appendix A 2 nil 11 curie each of manganese-54, cobalt-60, and cesium-137 in the liquid fom.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement VII).
D.
10 CFR 19.11(a) requires that each licensee shall post current copies of the following documents:
(1) 10 CFR 19 and 20; (2) the license, license conditions, or documents incorporated into a license by reference, and anendnents thereto; and (3) the operating procedures applicable to the licensed activities.
10CFR19.11(b) states that if posting a document specified in 10 CFR 19.11(a) is not practical, the licensee may post a notice which describes the document and states where it may be examined.
Contrary to the above requirements, at the time of the inspection, neither the posting of the documents required by 10 CFR 19.11(a) nor the notice authorized by 10 CFR 19.11(b) to indicate where the documents are available for examination were being maintained in Buildings 628 and 646, or any other area frequented by individuals working in these buildings.
This is a Severity Level VI Violation (Supplement VII).
E.
10 CFR 19.11(c),(d) requires that Form NRC-3, " Notice to Employees",
shall be posted by each licensee in sufficient number of places to pemit individuals engaged in licensed activities to observe them on the way to or fron any particularly licensed activity location.
Contrary to the above requirements, at the time of the inspection, a Form NRC-3 was not posted in Bldg. 646, or any other area frequented by individuals working in this building.
This is a Severity Level VI Violation (Supplenent VII).
F.
10CFR30.51(a)requiresthateachpersonwhoreceivesbyproduct naterial pursuant to a license issued pursuant to the regulations in this part and parts 31-35 shall keep records showing the receipt..
transfer, and disposal of such naterial.
Contrary to the above requirement, 54 records of receipt in 1931 were incomplete in that the information recorded did not include 4
the quantities (activities) of the radionuclides received.
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This is a Severity Level VI Violation (Supplement VII).
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Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Department of the Air Force, McClelland Air Force Base, CA is hereby required to subnf t to this office within thirty days of the date of this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including:
(1)thecorrectivestepswhichhave
i Appen' dix A JAN 2 61982 heen taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further itens of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Consideration may be given to extending your resnonse tine for good cause shown.
Under the authority of Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as anended, this response shall be subnitted under oath or affimation.
dated JAN 2 6 1982 I F ro "h '6$m ")
J. Frank Pang, Radiation decialist Radiological Safety,3 pinch