ML20070K806

Forwards Rept of Violation Discovered During NRC 940720 Insp of Facility.Corrective Actions:Reactor Administrator & Reactor Supervisor Will Both Perform Separate & Independent Reviews of Tracking Chart on Monthly Basis

ML20070K806
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Site:	Idaho State University
Issue date:	07/22/1994
From:	Clovis R IDAHO STATE UNIV., POCATELLO, ID
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 9407270195
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4 July 22,1994 USNRC Document Control Desk Washington, D.C 20555 Syl,Kl,h, UNIVERSITY

Dear Sirs:

Idaho State University AGN-201 Reactor Facility (Docket #50-284, License

1. R-110) is officially informing the USNRC of a violation discovered during the July 1994 USNRC inspection. A detailed report of the violation is enclosed. The report includes the history of the violation, the cause of the conege of violation, and the corrective actions to be taken to prevent the violation from 4, re-occurring.

Pocatello, Idaho 83 m 8060 Should you have any questions with regards to this report of violation, feel free to contact me at (208) 236-3637 or Dr. Alan Stephens (Reactor Administrator) at (208) 526-4907.

Sincerely, bU R. David Clovis Reactor Supervisor cc: w/ attachments USNRC Attn: Mr. Marvin Mendonca, ISU AGN-201 Project Manager Washington, D.C. 20555 USNRC, Region IV Attn: Regional Administrator 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, Texas 76011 l

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cc: w/ attachments idaho State University Dr. Alan Stephens, Reactor Administrator P.O. Box 8060 Pocatello, Idaho 83209 1

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Mr. Frank Just, Reactor Safety Committee Chair 620 Adell Ave. j Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 Idaho State University Dr. Richard Wabrek, Dean of College of Engineering P.O. Box 8060 Pocatello, Idaho Idaho State University Dr. Thomas Gesell, Radiation Safety Officer P.O. Box 8106 Pocatello, Idaho 83209 i

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REPORT OF VIOLATION DISCOVERED DURING THE USNRC JULY 1994 INSPECTION Hjstory of the Violation On July 20,1994, during an inspection of the Idaho State University (ISU) AGN-201 Reactor Facility by the USNRC, a violation of Technical Specification 4.2.d was discovered. Technical Specification 4.2.d requires that a channel test of the seismic displacement interlock be performed semiannually. However, it was discovered that more than six months had passed between the last two times that this test had been performed. The test had been successfully completed on October 29,1993 and June 16,1994.

While the Reactor Supervisor was reviewing the ISU AGN-201/SNM Tracking Chart with the USNRC inspector, the violation was identified. The seismic displacement interlock channel test performed on October 29,1993 was crossed out as completed on the tracking chart, but not scheduled for the next occurrence when this test was to be performed. The channel test was performed again during the seismic displacement interlock channel calibration conducted on June 16,1994.

Cause of the Violation The Reactor Supervisor was the only person on the reactor facility staff required to track periodic facility requirements. (There are approximately seventy-seven separate periodic facility requirements tracked.) The Reactor Supervisor failed to schedule the seismic displacement channel test for its next occurrence. The root cause of this violation is human error.

Corrective Actions to be taken to orevent a violation of this nature from re-occurring The Reactor Administrator and the Reactor Supervisor will both perform separate and independent reviews of the tracking chart on a monthly basis. The review will generally occur near the beginning of the third week of each month. Upon verifying that the tracking chart is up-to-date, the Reactor Administrator and the Reactor Supervisor will both independently sign and date the tracking chart thus indicating that their review is complete for the month.

The Reactor Administrator will be trained on how the tracking system functions by the Reactor Supervisor. Monthly reviews of the tracking chart by Reactor Administrator and the Reactor Supervisor will begin starting July of 1994.