ML20046B961
| ML20046B961 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07003074 |
| Issue date: | 07/14/1993 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20046B955 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-3074-93-01, 70-3074-93-1, NUDOCS 9308090067 | |
| Download: ML20046B961 (2) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Columbia University Docket No. 070-03074 New York, New York 10027 License No. SNM-1995 As a result of the inspection conducted on June 10,1993, and in accordance with the
" General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (Enforcement Policy) (1993), the following violations were identified:
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10 CFR 70.3 requires that no person possess or use special nuclear material except as authorized in a license issued by the Commission pursuant to these regulations, j
i Contrary to the above, as of June 10,1993, Columbia University possessed 4 grams of uranium 233, a special nuclear material not autt orized in License No. SNM-1995, without a valid license. This material was stored in a three drawer steel safe located in the Engineering Terrace Floor 2 Waste Storage Room and was identified in an undated inventory possibly conducted during the third or fourth quarter of 1992.
This is a Severity Ixvel IV violation. (Supplement VI) 2.
Condition 16 of License No. SNM-1995 requires that licensed material be possessed and used in accordance with the statements, representations, and procedures contained in an application dated November 6,1991.
Appendix Item 10, Section C, page 16, of this application, requires that the Health Physics Officer conduct radiation level and contamination surveys, and safety audits, on a semiannual schedule. Appendix Item 10, Section D, page 17 - AREA SURVEY, Subsection A, Health Physics Office requires that monthly surveys be conducted, and Subsection B, page 18 Responsible Investigators Laboratories, requires that areas used only for waste storage be surveyed quarterly.
Contrary to the above, on June 10, 1993, records of radiation surveys conducted by the Health Physics Office could not be located and responsible personnel could not verify that the required surveys were conducted.
This is a Severity Ixvel IV violation. (Supplement VI) 3.
10 CFR 19.11(a) and (b) require that current copies of Part 19, Part 20, the license, I
license conditions, documents incorporated into the license, license amendments and operating procedures be posted, or that a notice describing these documents and where they may be examined, be posted.
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4 Appendix A Contrary to the above, on June 10,1993, neither the documents nor the notices were posted.
This is a Severity Ixvel V violation. (Supplement VI)
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, is hereby required to_ submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted 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 violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time.
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