ML20052C455
| ML20052C455 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 04/12/1982 |
| From: | Deyoung R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Overberger C MICHIGAN, UNIV. OF, ANN ARBOR, MI |
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| ML20052C456 | List: |
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| EA-82-051, EA-82-51, NUDOCS 8205050005 | |
| Download: ML20052C455 (3) | |
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This refers to the special inspections on January 20, 1982, and February 2 and 3, 1982, conducted by Mr. R. E. Burgin of our staff, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The results of the inspection were discussed during an enforcement conference on February 18, 1982 in the i
Region III Office between Dr. Alan Price and others of your staff and i
Mr. A. B. Davis and others of the Region III staff.
The inspection showed the licensee failed to adequately evaluate the dis-charge of iodine-131 from a hood in the nuclear pharmacy.
As a result, concentrations of iodine-131 in excess of permissible limits were released to an unrestricted area.
This is of particular concern because this program was started in 1975 and no measurements of the effluent to an unrestricted area were made until February 3,1982.
Offsetting this is the conscientious effort of the University to report and remedy the problem, once recognized.
After balancing these consideraticns, we propose to impose civil penalties in the cumulative amount of Two Thousand Dollars for the violations set forth in the Appendix to this letter in order to emphasize the need for making adequate evaluations and controlling the release of licensed material. These items i
l have been categorized as Severity Level III violations in accordance with I
the NRC Enforcement Policy published in the Federal Register 47 FR 9987 l
(March 9, 1982).
l You are required to respond to the Notice of Violation.
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your response you should follow the instructions in the Appendix.
You should give particular attention to those actions that will be taken to ensure that, in the future potential releases of radioactive material to l
unrestricted areas will be properly evaluated.
Your reply to this letter and the results of future inspections will be considered in determining whether further enforcement action is appropriate.
i CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT R dESTED 8205050005 820412 NMS LIC30 21-00215-04 PDR
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i Unversity of Michigan 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 and the enclosure 4
will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Appendix are not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget, as required j
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
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