ML20135A450
| ML20135A450 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000472 |
| Issue date: | 01/21/1965 |
| From: | Moretti E US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | Page R US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| FOIA-96-529 NUDOCS 9702270179 | |
| Download: ML20135A450 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Diemorandum To R. G. Page, Chief, Enforcement Branch DATE:
January 21, 1965 i
Division of State Licensee Relations j
Headquarters l
FROM : Eugene J. Morett' adiat on Specialist (Review) l Region III, Divi ion of Compliance, Chicago
SUBJECT:
INSPECTION REPORT - HARSHAW CHEMICAL COMPANY, CLEVEIAND, OHIO - LICENSES NO. 34-6558-1 (EXPIRED),
-3, AND SNM-427 CO:III:GWR Licenses No. 34-6558-4 and SMC-606 were also inspected at this time.
How-ever, no items of noncompliance were noted with respect to these licenses, j
and Forms AEC-591 were issued accordingly. Copies of the forms were i
transmitted to Headquarters on December 31, 1964.
License No. 34-6558-1 expired on June 30, 1964, and the licensee filed j
no timely application for renewal. However, the licensee's program under this license has continued, resulting in noncompliance with 10 CFR 30.3.
The inspection report also sets forth violations noted which would be items of noncompliance had the license not expired prior to the inspec-tion.
Most of the items noted during the inspection are attributable, at lee'.<
in part, to a change in organizational structure.
The previous Radio-l logical Safety Officer is no longer with the company, and apparently had established no system of administrative control before he left. The current RSO, Mr. Jay Menefee " inherited" the program with its insufficient i
records and lack of attention to administrative detail. However, fol-icwing the first part of this inspection, Mr. Menefee demonstrated extreme willingness to cooperate and was indeed anxious to learn how to bring the program back into compliance.
Prior to the second part of this inspection, Menefee had already submitted a teletype request to DML for relicensing of the program previously covered by the -1 license, had conducted a complete physical inventory and had established a good record system to maintain inventory data and to keep track of other source data such as dates of receipt and transfer, leak test due dates, etc.
The items of noncompliance noted with respect to the -3 license art. typical of initially-inspected gauge programs - the licensee"didn't understano" that the installation was to be by persons specifically licensed, etc.
However, it is worthy to note that the licensee claims that it was led to believe by the supplier, Industrial Nucleonics, that no license was required for the first gauge obtained in 1961 (containing 50 millicuries of Cesium 137). Also, apparently the other two gauges were sold to the
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l licensee in 1964 without the supplier clearly informing the customer that such units would have to be installed by the supplier or other l
persons specifically licensed to do so.
These matters will be reviewed i
during the next inspection of Industrial Nucleonics.
Also worthy of note, and to be considered in the evaluation of the licensee's request for re-licensing of the program previously under the
-1 license, is the fact that Harshaw is now installing Americium 241 sources into detectors for distribution. According to Menefee,.this procedure is expected to continue, and hopefully, increase in the future.
The previous license application indicated only that byproduct materials (to be procured under the -1 license) were to be used "for testing and study." Accordingly, Item 9 of the license'was so worded.
In addition, Menefee explained that Harshaw is considering the' brow-ing in" of alpha emitters directly into the crystal; i.e. the alpha emitter, in unsealed form, would be added to the crystal-material while the crystal is being grown.
The only isotopes previously author-ized in forms other than sealed or plated sources on the -1 license were radioiodine.
No health or safety problems were noted during this inspection.
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radioactive materials currently on hand are sealed or deposited sources.
It is suggested that correspondence concerning the inspection of Licenses No. 34-6558-1 and SNM-427 be directed to Mr. E. C. Stewart, Vice Presi-dent (at the 97th Street address) with a copy to Menefee. Correspondence concerning License No. 34-6558-3 should be addressed to Mr.. C. H. Hoskin, Plant Manager, Harshaw Chemical Company, 113 John Street, Elyria, Ohio.
No follow-up inspection of this licensee is anticipated; rather these items of noncompliance will be reviewed during the r. ext regularly scheduled reinspection.
Enclosure:
Inspection Report (1 cy) l cc: Division of Compliance, HQ - w/ encl. (orig.)
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