ML20205N989

Notice of Violation from Insp on 870209-11.Violations Noted: Licensee Transported Two 55-gallon Drums Containing Licensed Matl Outside Confines of Plant Over Road Accessible to Public & Did Not Comply W/Dot Requirements

ML20205N989
Person / Time
Site:	05000083
Issue date:	03/26/1987
From:	Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20205N898	List: ML20205N894 ML20205N989
References
50-083-87-01-01, 50-83-87-1-1, EA-87-032, EA-87-32, NUDOCS 8704030150
Download: ML20205N989 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION University of Florida Docket No. 50-83 Training Reactor License No. R-56 EA 87-32 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on February 9-11, 1987, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1986), the violation is listed below:

10 CFR 71.5 requires that each licensee who transports licensed material outside the confines of its plant or other place of use to comply with the applicable requirements of the regulations appropriate to the mode of transport of the D0T in 49 CFR Parts 170 through 189.

49 CFR 172.200 requires that each person who offers a hazardous material for transportation shall describe the hazardous material on shipping papers as required by 49 CFR 172, Subpart C.

49 CFR 172.504 requires that vehicles transporting Yellow-Label III radioactive material be placarded on each end and each side and meet other placarding requirerents of 49 CFR 172, Subpart F, including the specifications for the placards.

49 CFR 173.441(a) states that except as provided in 49 CFR 173.441(b),

each package of radioactive materials offered for transportation shall be designed and prepared for shipment so that under conditions normally incident to transportation, the radiation level does not exceed 200 millirem per hour at any point on the external surface of the package.

Contrary to the above, on December 9, 1985, the licensee transported two 55-gallon drums containing licensed material outside the confines of its plant over roads accessible to the public and did not comply with DOT requirements in that:

1. A radioactive materials shipping manifest containing the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN number, and quantity of material was not prepared.

2. The vehicle transporting the Yellow-Label III radioactive material across campus from the reactor cell to the Radiation Control Building was not placarded.

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Notice of Violation 3. The two 55-gallon drums arrived at their destination with dose rates in excess of 200 millirem per hour (i.e., 210 millirem per hour and greater than 1000 millirem per hour) on the external surface of the drums. The exemptions provided by 49 CFR 173.441(b) did not apply.

This is a Severity Level III violation (Supplement V).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, the University of Florida is hereby required to submit to this Office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice a written statement or explanation in reply including:

(1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if .

admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original signed by M. Ernst J. Nelson Grace Regional Administrator Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this d(o day of March 1987 l

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