ML20052C874
| ML20052C874 | |
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| Issue date: | 04/13/1982 |
| From: | Jay Collins NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Purce T IDAHO, STATE OF |
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| SA-LAB, NUDOCS 8205060044 | |
| Download: ML20052C874 (3) | |
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Dear Dr. Durce:
This is to confirm the discussion L. A. Bolling and R. S. Heyer held with you, Dr. L. Stokes, and Messrs. R. Olson and R. Funderburg on February 19, 1982, following the review and evaluation of the Idaho radiation control program. The review covered the principal administra-tive and technical aspects of the program. This included an examination of the program's legislation and regulations, organization, management and administration, personnel, and licensing and compliance activities.
We found that the state's radiation control regulations were revised in 1981. We have requested Mr. Funderburg to provide us a copy for review and coment. After we complete this task, the staff will be prepared to offer findings on the adequacy and compatibility of the program.
Enclosed are our coments on the technical aspects of the program which, if you wish, Mr. Robert Funderburg is welcome to respond to directly.
Enclosed is an extra copy of this letter for placement in your State Public Document Room or otherwise be made available for public review.
I appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to Messrs. Bolling and Heyer during the meeting with your staff.
Sincerely, John T. Collins Regional Administrator cc: Dr. L. Stokes Distribution:
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Technical Coments and Recomendations on the Idaho Radiation Control Program I.
Licensing Licensing procedures is a Category II Indicator.
The following deficiencies were noted.
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Coment A review of selected license files indicates that in at least two cases applicants for license renewal did not provide adequate procedures for the control of Xenon-133 gas.
Recommendation We recomend that all medical applicants (new licenses and renewals) desiring to use Xenon-133 be required to submit detailed procedures for the control of this material, for example, the use of a collection trap, room diagrams and actual room-air measurements of Xenon-133.
To assist in this effort we are enclosing some guidance for the evaluation of applications for Xenon-133 use.
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Coment A review of selected license files indicates that in at least four cases applicants for license renewal and new licenses ~
were issued licenses without the submission of adequate operating and emergency procedures.
Recommendation We recomend that applicants for new licenses and license renewals be required to submit operating and emergency procedures which reflect the scope of the applicant's activities.
This is especially important in the case of Measurements, Inc., a finn which acquired the equipment, personnel and patents of Idaho Industrial Instruments, Inc.
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Compliance Inspection reports is a Category II Indicator. The following deficiencies were noted.
A.
Coment A review of selected compliance files indicates a lack of adequate documentation of inspection findings in the inspection reports. This deficiency was noted in half of the inspection reports reviewed.
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2 Recomendations We recommend that inspectors document all essential inspection findings, as outlined in the Radiation Control Section's inspection report form, for each compliance inspection. The inspector should also indicate whether the inspection was announced versus unannounced and the rationale for conducting a partial inspection as opposed to a complete inspection.
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Comment A review of selected compliance files indicates the confirmatory measurements obtained during compliance inspections were not always documented in the inspection reports.
Recomendations We recommend that confirmatory measurements be perfonned during each compliance inspection and that the findings be documented in the inspection reports.
Confinnatory measurements should include wipe tests, area surveys and air flow readings, where. applicable.
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