ML20091B430

Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in IE Insp Rept.Corrective Actions:Review & Audits by Reactor Operations Committee Accomplished.Items Under D Written Procedures & Records, Completed by 840701

ML20091B430
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Site:	05000433
Issue date:	05/14/1984
From:	Kroes R CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF, SANTA BARBARA, CA
To:	Scarano R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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E. . fliOE!Wb l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA PT BERKELEY

• DAVIS

• IRVINE

• LOS ANCELES

• RIVERSIDE

• SAN DIECO

• SAN FRANCISCO l( kNTA BAMB4RA 4 SA?tTA CRUZ DAVID PIERPONT GARDNER

- Prraident of the Unitvraity OFFICE OF THE CH ANCELIDR WAii)q U '

• SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93106 '

ROBERT A. HUTTENBACK Chancellor at Santa Barbara May 14, 1984 Mr. Ross A. Scarano, Director Division of Radiological Safety and Safeguards Program

'U.S. . Nuclear Regulatory Commission,-

Region V Walnut Creek,'CA 94596

Dear Mr. Scarano:

1 Ref: Docket No. 50-433 l 1

This letter _is in reply to your letter of April 27, 1984, and supplements our response of April 18, 1984, in regard to correc-tive actions taken as a result of the Notice of Violation dated March 23, 1984.

As stated in our April 18 letter, we have attempted to improve the management of the L-77 reactor activities by appointing Professor Henri J. Fenech as Chairman of the Reactor Operations Committee. This will relieve some of the burden on the Reactor Director, Professor A. Edward Profio, and assure more_ timely review of reactor operations and scheduling of Reactor Operations Committee meetings. lThe.L-77 reactor is used'for teaching within the Department of Ch'emical'and Nuclear Engineering, and'is under the general supervision of Professor'Sanjoy Banerjee,' department chairman effective July 1, 1984 and a nuclear engineer. The reactor facility is also under the purview of the campus-Radiation. Safety Committee _with regard to radiation protection and procedures affecting: radiation protection. The, current chair of the-RSC is Professor Virgil Elings of the Physics Department.

The radiation protection activities are aided by the. professional health physicist _Mr. Frarik Gallagher, of the campus Environmental Health.and Safety Office. Considering the number of personnel and committees involved, we think that the reactor is sufficiently monitored at this' time. Please be assured that I and the campus' administration as a'whole are committed to the safe operation of the reactor facility.

Dr.-Profio advises me that the action items referred to in our reply to item C of the inspection-(reviews and audits by'the-Reactor Operations Committee) have been. accomplished'and we are now1in: full compliance.

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Mr. Ross A. Scarano May-14, 1984 Page 2 The-items under "D. Written Procedures and Records," either have been completed or will be completed by July 1, 1984 (most I are ready, but time has to be. allowed for~ review and. approval by )

the Radiation Safety Committee where appropriate). We expect, therefore, to be in full compliance by July 1.

Sincerely, Robert A. Kroes Vice Chancellor Administrative Services cc: Frank Gallagher A. Edward Profio