ML20067C057

Application for Amend to License R-97,modifying Organizational Structure,Per Encl Figure 6.1,to Delete Requirement That Chair of Nuclear Safeguards Committee Hold Title of Radiation Safety Officer

ML20067C057
Person / Time
Site:	Neely Research Reactor
Issue date:	02/05/1991
From:	Karam R Neely Research Reactor, ATLANTA, GA
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 9102110173
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.U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C-. 20555 Re Docket No. 50-160, License No. R-97 Attention: Document Control Desk Gentlemen:

On behalf of the Georgia Institute of Technology, I hereby request that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approve an amendment to modify the organizational s tructure . ( Figure 6.1, Page 39) of Facility Operating License No. R-97.. Currently, the Technical Specifications state that the Chair of the Nuclear Safeguards Committee (NSC) will also hold the title of Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). " We _ request that the RSO title requirement be deleted.- The -old" and the _ proposed organizational charts are attached for your evaluation.

Justification: It should be recognized that the chairman of the NSC -does not function as the RSO for the campus in-the traditional sense of the word. Instead,- radiological safety matters at Georgia Tech- are managed and implemented by the Manager, Office of Radiation Safety (MORS) . The conflicting designations of RSO and MORS have led to considerable confusion in particular with the Georgia Department of Human Resources who regulates the radioactive p materials license on the Georgia Tech campus.

, This- matter was brought before the NSC at its July 19, 1990 y,p meeting.- The organizational structure of the Office of Radiation 33 Safety and the role of its manager were reviewed and it was q recommended that the title, RSO, be, climinated for the Chair of the NSC. Since it is desirable to enhance the understanding of State and. Federal regulations, ya request that the USNRC - revicw - our ,

request and act favorably on discontinuance of- the above title.

We- appreciate the cooperation of the USNRC in the review of this request.

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MINUTES OF THE-NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS COMMITTEE MEETING OF July 19, 1990 Members Present: E. Cobb, P.V. Desai, N. Gordon, L. Gucwa, B.

Kahn (Chair), L. Petherick, J. Vickery Others Present: B. Copcutt, R. A. Karam, G. Poehlein Distributions: (1) Agenda for the current meeting (11) Copy of Letter from the Georgia Dept. of Human Relations.to B. Revsin (iii) Form A approval draft from R. A. Braga Chairman B. Kahn called the meeting to order at 1:07 P.M. The minutes..of the previous committee meeting of June 28th were not ready, and will be available at the next Committee meeting on August 30th.

1. In response to the letter from the Georgia Department of Human _ Resources concerning conflicting roles of the Radiation Safety Of ficer (RSO) and the manager of the

-Office of Radiation-Safety (MORS), the Committee decided

-to do away with the title of RSO for'the chair of the NSC. It.was recommended to ask the MORS to keep the NSC informed on issues- related to radiation safety. The Committee asked R. Karam to send a copy of his response to the Geois DNR to the members of the NSC.

2. The Committee heard from Dr. Poehlein regarding ~ the advisability to limit the period of service on the Committee to three consecutive years. It was agreed to divide the members into those-serving.for three years,

-those'for two years and those for one year. Each year, one-third of the membership will be appointed for.three year terms. B. Kahn-encouraged the members to suggest possible' candidates to serve on the Committee. '

3. The Committee gave Form A approval to Dr. R. A. Braga.

4. The Committee approved a minor change in previously approved Procedure 9155.

The-Secretary of the Committee had to leave the meeting-at this time (3:05 P.M.). .L. Petherick prepared the

! remaining minutes which follow.

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5.- Dr. Karam briefed the Committee on the responsibility and  ;

liability to Committee members. He stated - that the Nuclear. Safeguards Committee Members rendered their decisions based' on the information given them by the Neely Nuclear Research Center personnel with no liability _

forLdecisions-or recommendations made by the-Committee-members. However, Institute faculty.and staff who are members of the Committee are afforded protection through Board _ of Regents ' insurance policies. Non-Institute members of the Committee, of which there are two, may not ~

be - protected-- as - Institute - members are. The . two . non-Institute Committee members - recommended that they ber

_' furnished-a letter from the Institute guaranteeing them l indemnity against any liability chargesLbrought against-them for- eervice --on the Committee they render . free of.

-charge to Georgia Tech, with the exception of their knowingly giving false or misleading information.-

The two non-Institute members stated that they woul'd send to Dr. Karam a. suggested'or recommended wording for a-letter of indemnification.

Dr. Karam also briefed'the Committee on present reactor operations: - Mitsubishi contract; - Department of7 Energy considering - the reactor as.La back upi for_ research and- -

1 developmentt and-tho Savannah River Project is still on

-go awai'ing approval from:the NRC.

Dr. Karam briefed the: Committee on-hot cell operations:

They have a contract with TVA for radiation qualification:

They -would be:

testing of cables and circuito.

irradiating this material with._80- to 100 mega-rads of

radiation.'

There were_two NRC inspections held at the Neely Nur?sar

Research Center.- One ~ incpection- resulted in -0

-violations. ~The other inspection resulted in~ one violation in which _the NRC- inspectors discovered a graphite -stringer with an excess of ' 100 milli-rems of radiation per hour.' that was not locked- in a physical This. violation was abated immediately mpon being

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found and response to the NRC is being prepared.

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Page--3 Reactor has - been in operation up' to a power output of 4.5 megawatts. The reactor has been operating mainly during the night'. -time hours - because of . the high daytime temperatures.  :

Everything. appears satisfactory in'all reactor operations. 3

6. The meeting was-adjourned at 3:15-P.M.

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