ML20059H140

Requests Addl Info Re Review of Reactor Operator Requalification Program for Univ of Maryland Training Reactor

ML20059H140
Person / Time
Site:	University of Maryland
Issue date:	11/02/1993
From:	Alexander Adams Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Chappas W MARYLAND, UNIV. OF, COLLEGE PARK, MD
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Novemler 2, 1993 Docket No. 50-166 Dr. Walter Chappas Director University of Maryland Reactor Facility University of Maryland at College Park Department of Materials and Nuclear Engineering Building 090 College Park, Maryland 20742-2115

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION We are continuing our review of your Reactor Operator Requalification Program for the University of Maryland Training Reactor which you submitted on July 7, 1993. During our review of your program, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed Request for Additional Information within 30 days of the date of this letter. Following receipt of the additional information, we will j continue our evaluation of your program. If you have any questions regarding i this review, please contact me at (301) 504-1127. '

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.30(b), your response must be executed in a signed original under oath or affirmation.

This requirement affects nine or fewer respondents and, therefore, is not '

subject to Office of Management and Budget review under P. L.96-511.

Sincerely, Origina.1 signed by:

Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager  ;

Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Operating Reactor Support ,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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Dear Dr. Chappas:

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION We are continuing our review of your Reactor Operator Requalification Program '

for the University of Maryland Training Reactor which you submitted on July 7, 1993. During our review of your program, questions have arisen for which we ,

require additional information and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed Request for Additional Information_ within 30 days of the date of this letter. Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your program. If you have any questions regarding -

this review, please contact me at (301) 504-1127.

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.30(b), your response must be executed in a signed  !

original under oath or affirmation.

.This requirement affects nine or fewer respondents and, therefore, is not  !

subject to Office of Management and Budget review under P. L.96-511.

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. Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Operating Reactor Support l Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l

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Director, Dept. of Natural Resources Power Plant Siting Program Energy & Coastal Zone Administration Tawes State Office Building Aniapolis, Maryland 21401 Mr. Roland Fletcher, Director Center for Radiological Health Maryland Department of Environment 201 West Preston Street 7th Floor Mail Room Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Dr. Walter Chappas Reactor Director Department of Materials and Nuclear Engineering University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742 Mr. Vincent G. Adams Associate Director-Reactor Facility Department of Materials and Nuclear Engineering University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742 l

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. i REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TRAINING REACTOR OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM  ;

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a 1. 10 CFR 55.53(e) requires operators to perform licensed functions for at  !

least four hours per calendar quarter to maintain an active license. If  !

this requirement is not met and the license becomes inactive, before being activated,10 CFR 55.53(f) requires certification that qualifications are j current and that the operator has performed a minimum of six hours of  !

shift functions under the direction of a licensed operator or senior operator and in the position to which the individual will be assigned.

Neither the requirements for maintaining an active license, nor the

! requirements for returning to an active status following a period of ,

inactive status are described in the Maryland University Training Reactor i

, (MUTR) operator requalification program. How are the 10 CFR 55.53(f) 1 requirements being met at MUTR? i

2.Section IX. Administration of the Reactor Operator Requalification i Program, states "The Reactor Director will be exempt from taking the  !

annual written examination, oral facility examination, and the console performance evaluation." In accordance with 10 CFR 55.53(h), completion of the requalification program is a license condition. Completion of the requalification program includes passing a comprehensive requalification examination and an annual operating test. How do you intend to comply  :

with the requirements of 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2) to maintain the Reactor Director current with the requalification program?  ?

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