ML20204F934

Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-057/83-01 on 830214-17 & Notices of Violation & Deviation

ML20204F934
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Site:	University of Buffalo
Issue date:	04/18/1983
From:	Starostecki R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Henry L NEW YORK, STATE UNIV. OF, BUFFALO, NY
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APR 181983

Docket No. 50-57

State University of New York at Buffalo

Nuclear Science and Technology Facility

ATTN: Mr. L. G. Henry

Acting Director

Rotary Road

Buffalo, New York 14214

Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection No. 50-57/83-01

This refers to the routine inspection conducted by W. W. Kinney of this office

on February 14 - 17, 1983, of activities authorized by NRC License No. R-77 and

to the discussions of our findings held by W. W. Kinney with yourself and

members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the NRC Region I Inspec-

tion Report which is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the

inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative

records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.

Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your

activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set

forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A. These

violations have been categorized by severity level in accordance with the NRC

Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C) published in the Federal Register

Notice (47 FR 9987) dated March 9, 1982. You are required to respond to this

letter; and in preparing your response, you should follow the instructions in

Appendix A. In addition to the need for corrective action regarding these

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specific violations, we are concerned about the implementation of your manage-

ment control systems that permitted the Nuclear Safety Committee to cease

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functioning after September 1981 with violations 1 and 2 resulting. Conse-

quently, in your. reply you should describe in particular those actions taken

or planned to improve the effectiveness of your management control systems.

Our inspector also verified the steps you have taken to correct the violations

brought to your attention in the enclosures to our letters dated April 16,

1979, and June 12, 1979. We have no further questions regarding the steps you

took to correct the item in the April 16, 1979, letter and item B of the June

12, 1979, letter. However, with regard to item A of the June 12, 1979, letter,

you did not complete the corrective action outlined in your September 24, 1979,

letter to Region I. This failure to complete the corrective action appears to

be a deviation involving: (1) failure to document the training of the campus

secur'ity force in radiation; (2) failure to retrain all security forces in

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radiation protection on an annual basis; and (3) failure to document the

retraining. This deviation is set forth in a Notice of Deviation, enclosed

herewith as Appendix B. In your required response to this letter, we request

i that you also follow the instructions in Appendix B.

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State University of New York at 2 APR 181983

Buffalo

The responses directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice are not

subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as

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required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980,.PL 96-511.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(a), a copy of this letter and the enclosures

will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room unless you notify this office,

by telephone, within 10 days of the date of this letter and submit written

application to withhold information contained therein within 30 days of the

date of this letter. Such application must be consistent with the requirements

of 2.790(b)(1). The telephone notification of your intent to request withhold-

ing, or any request for an_ extension of the 10-day period which you believe

necessary, should be made to the Supervisor, Files, Mail and Records, USNRC

Region I, at (215) 337-5223.

I Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.

Sincerely, Ori;;inal signed By:

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Richard W. Starostecki, Director

Division of Project end Resident

Programs

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2. Appendix D, Notice of Deviation

3. NRC Region I Inspection Report Number 50-57/83-01

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