ML20197B796
| ML20197B796 | |
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| Site: | University of Virginia |
| Issue date: | 03/04/1998 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| 50-062-98-201, 50-62-98-201, NUDOCS 9803120047 | |
| Download: ML20197B796 (1) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION University of Virginia Docket No.: 50-62 University of Virginia Reactor License No.: R 66 During an NRC inspection conducted on January 26 28, 1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, 'So violation is listed below:
10 CFR 50.54(q) requires that a licensee authorized to possess and/or operate a research reactor shall follow and maintain in effect emergency plans which meet the requirements in Appendix E of Part 50. Section 8.4(2) of the licensee's Emergency Plan requires that the evacuation alarm will be tested once every six months.
Contrary to the above,in 1997, the evacuation alarm was tested on January 22 anJ again on April 11 but was not tested again in 1997 as required. Also, the alarm was not tested during the most recent emergency exercise on January 13,1998.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement Vill).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, the University of Virginia is hereby required to r.ubmit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document L<ntrol Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a t.opy to the responsible inspector, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region ll,61 Forsyth St. S. W., Suite 23T85. Atlanta, GA 30303, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply te. Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the cate when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence,if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal prisacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction, if personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure or informatiun w'.ll create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to sur ut a request for withholding confidential commercial or financialinformation). If sa-mrds information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the inol of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this March 4,1998 9803120047 980304 PDR ADOCK 05000062 O
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