ML20210M801

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970721-25.Violation Noted: Reactor Was Taken Critical & Operated at Full Power on 961231 W/Following SR for Safety Sys Incomplete

ML20210M801
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Site:	University of Iowa
Issue date:	08/18/1997
From:	NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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ML20210M799	List: IR 05000116/1997201 ML20210M796 ML20210M801
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50-116-97-201, NUDOCS 9708220223
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION lowa State University UTR 10 Argonaut Reactor Docket No. 50116 Ucense No. R 059 During an NRC inspection conducted on July 2125,1997, a violation of NRC requirements was identified, in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violation is listed below:

Technical Specification (T.S.) 4.0, SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS, states that "

Surveillance tests, except those specifically required for safety when the reactor is shut down, may be deferred during reactor shutdown, however, they must be completed prior to reactor startup."

Contrary to the above, the reactor was taken critical and operated at full power on Decernber 31,1996, with the following surveillance requirements for safety systems incomplete:

A. T.S. 4.2.3.B. requires that the drop time and delay time of all applicable control rods and the withdrawal time of each control rod be measured at least annually.

These measurements were last made on December 21,1995 and were not completed until January 8,1997.

B. T.S. 4.2.3.E. requires that the Instrumentation listed in Table 31 be calibrated at least annually. Shim safety rod position indication was last calibrated on

) December 28,1995 and was not completed until January 2,1997.

C. T.S. 4.3.3.A. requires that the coolant instrumentation listed in Table 3 2 be calibrated at least annually. The moderator levelinstrument was last calibrated on December 19,1995 and was not completed until January 3,1997.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, the University of Iowa is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the responsible inspector, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region lil,801 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 00532, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a 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 date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence,if the correspondence adequately addresses the required j response, if an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an l

order or a 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.

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2 Because your response will be placed in the NRC F ublic Document room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, 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 muit specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding l (e.g. explain why the disclosure or information will create an unwarranted Invasion of '

personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financialinformation). If safeguards Information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 18th of August 1997 i

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