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Forwards Insp Rept 50-160/93-02 on 930923-30 & Notice of Violation
ML20059K644
Person / Time
Site: Neely Research Reactor
Issue date: 11/01/1993
From: Peebles T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Karam R
Neely Research Reactor, ATLANTA, GA
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See also: IR 05000160/1993002

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Docket No. 50-160

License No. R-97

Georgia Institute of Technology

ATTN: Dr. Ratib A. Karam, Director

Neely Nuclear Research Center

225 North Avenue

Atlanta, GA 30332

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-160/13-02)

This refers to the inspection conducted by C. Rapp and C. Bassett of this

office on September 23-24, and 27-30, 1993. The inspection included a review

of activities authorized for your Georgia Institute of Technology Research

Reactor. At the conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed

with those members of your staff identified in the enclosed report.

Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within

these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures

and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of

activities in progress.

During this inspection, an issue was identified relating to your methodology

used to determine Shim Safety Blade reactivity worth. This issue remains:

open; therefore, please submit an analysis, and any other pertinent

information, in a separate correspondence within 60 days of receipt of this

letter.

Based on the results of this inspection, certain of your activities appeared

to be in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Notice of

Violation (Notice). One involved failure to follow procedures for performing

radiation level and contamination level surveys and for completing and

maintaining shipping papers for radioactive material shipments.. - Another dealt

with failure to follow 49 CFR Part 172 requirements for listing the chemical.-

form and failure to include a 24-hour monitored emergency telephone number on

the shipping papers of shipments of radioactive materials. Also, the Nuclear

Safety Committee was not auditing the operator training program as required by

Technical Specification 6.2.e(11).

You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions

specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your

response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional

actions you plan to take to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response

to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the rerults of

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future inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of

this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. l

The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject / !

to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required i

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511.

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Should you have any questions concerr.ing this letter, please contact us.

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ORIGINA!. SIGNED BY T. A PEEBLES

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Division of Reactor Safety

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1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report

Dr. G. Poehlein, Vice President

for Interdisciplinary Programs

Georgia Institute of Technology

225 North Avenue

Atlanta, GA 30332

Dr. William Vernetson

Director of Nuclear Facilities

Department of Nuclear Engineering

Sciences

University of Florida

202 Nuclear Scientes Center

Gainesville, FL 32611

Pedro B. Perez, Associate Director

Nuclear Reactor Program

North Carolina State University

P. O. Box 7909

Raleigh, NC 27695-7909

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