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Informs That 861006 Notice of Violation from Insp Repts 50-072/86-01 & 50-407/86-01 Submitted w/ Incorrectly Labeled as Safeguards Info.Safeguards Info Notations Should Be Marked Out
ML20212A806
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Site: 05000072, University of Utah
Issue date: 02/24/1987
From: Gagliardo J
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Brophy J
UTAH, UNIV. OF, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
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See also: IR 05000072/1986001

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In Reply Refer To:

Dockets:

50-72/86-01

50-407/86-01

Dr. James J. Brophy

Vice President of Research

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

Gentlemen:

As observed in your letter of October 29, 1986, this office incorrectly

labeled as Safeguards Information portions of the Notice of Violation dated

October 6, 1986. We also erred similarly in our letter to you dated July 14,

1986.

Please amend your copies by marking out the Safeguards Information

notations.

By copy of this letter, we are requesting other recipients to do the same and

we are providing the subject pages to persons who had not been entitled to

receive them when marked Safeguards Information.

Our apologies for the error.

Sincerely,

ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

J. E. Gagliardo, Chief

Reactor Projects Branch

Enclosures:

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Attachment marked Safeguards from

NRC Inspection Report 50-72/86-01

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50-407/86-01

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Notice of Violation - Appendix B

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The NRC inspectors reviewed the licensee's physical security program to

determine compliance with the requirements of the AGN-201 and TRIGA Operating

License condition 2.C.(3); 10 CFR Part 50.54(p); and the recommendations of

RG 5.59.

The NRC inspectors verified the implementation of the Physical Security

Plan (PSP) by review of logs, observation of equipment, and discussion with

licensee representatives responsible for implementation of the PSP. An

unannounced test of the VofU Police Department's response to an intrusion alarm

was conducted.

License condition 2.C.(3) for the AGN-201 and TRIGA reactors

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Laboratory (rooms 1001 A thru G on the first floor of the Merrill

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Room 1001 and to door 2, and that the third key to the TRIGA and AGN-201

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reactor room (Room 1001-E) was not being kept in a locked box, but was

kept in an unsecured electrical fuse panel within a file cabinet in

Poom 1001-C.

Failure to secure facilities and equipment is an apparent

violation of the PSP, Section 1.1 (50-72/8601-12 and 50-407/8601-12).

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glass windows provide a clear view of the reactor room (1001-E) from the

Director's office (reactor supervisor's office, room 1001-A), and the AGN

and TRIGA control rooms (rooms 1001 and 1001-D respectively). Chapter 2,

Section 2.1 of tne PSP states that violation of the intrusion alarm system

results in the transmission of a signal interrupt over a dedicated

telephone line to the University of Utah Police Dispatcher and to the

University Radiation Safety Office (Radiological Health Department).

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each of the offices a visual and oral alarm signal is located.

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