ML20065A643

Responds to Re Violations Noted in IE Safeguards Insp Rept 50-142/78-03.Corrective Actions:Alarm Sys Revised & Performance Test of Reactor Room Sys Conducted Weekly.Info Partially Deleted

ML20065A643
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Site:	05000142
Issue date:	01/18/1979
From:	Catton I CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF, LOS ANGELES, CA
To:	Norderhaug L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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FOIA-82-381 NUDOCS 8302220116
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Safegua'rds Branch U.S. f uclear Regolstory Commission Begion V Suite 202, Ualnut - Creek Plas a 1990 tiorth Califor nia Boulevard Valnut Creex, California 94S96

Dear Mr. iiorderhaug:

This letter is in response to your letter and attachments of Dect:. der

. 18, 1978 r egar ding the deviations not ed in the' course of an inspection of our facility. The inspection was conducted by Mr. W. P. Mortensen on~

s October 30-31, 1978. Dean (Acting) Westmann forwarded the let t er to rae for respense. Your verbal approval of a 10 day extension of response time is appreciated.

The at tached response has been prepared by the laboratory staf f and i

nas been reviewed by Dean Westmann. The office of the Vice Chancellor, Facilities Division, concurs with those portions of the response that reflect opinions, or imply actions, by personnel of that Division. We wi]I be happy to discuss these matters with you if further clarificat. ion.

1 is requi- .

Due to the sensitive nature of the contents of this letter and attach-j ments, we request that this document be withheld ,from public disclosure pur-

suant to Section 2.790 of 10 CFR Part 2. '

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1. Alarm Sensitivity Procedure .

t During the past year, the alarm syst em has been subject to several revisions

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The problem is referred to Mr. Phil Arnold of the UCLA Faciliti.es DivisioC ?!r. Arnold is the alarm system specialist for UCLA.

The situation is regarded as unsatisfactory by the laboratory staff and by Mr. Arnold.

agreed that:

In a meeting wit.h Mr. Arnold on January 5, 1979 it was

1. Mr. Arnold would provid,e t raining in the pr ocedures

2. Mr.,. Arnold and the NEL'st a f f will joint ly ex._aine the adequacy of the,

3. Mr. Arnald, with the staif, will'dxplore the use of As a result of a st af f ceet ing with Mr. Arno d on January 18, 1979, it can be ieport ed t hat:

Item I has Leon accor.plished. Two staff re:.hers (?'e s s r s . Ashbaugh and Zane) have been t rained in t he procedure.

During the, training, several areas were iden-tified. !

the syst em r.ppear ed t o be corrpfdt ely ncrcal.

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A per f or m:,nce t est of the reac t or rocm syst e:2 will be made weekly. A specification test of the reactor room will be made quarterly. .

The The staff will conduct performance tests and speci-fication test s of that'irca on a quarterly basis.

The laboratory security of ficer will be responsible for observation of the test schedule.

2. Failure of Mechanisms on Door lia r dwa re L'e no t e that our Security P3an makes no direct reference to the exis-tence of the devices, and that the proposed codification should not require a Security Plan A.endment. The proposed modification can be ec plet ed within 30 days of our notification that Region V has accepted the proposal.

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