ML20217C050

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980120-23.Violation Noted: Licensee Developed Various Health Physics Instructions That Were Reviewed & Approved by Reactor Health Physicist,But Not by Radiation Protection Committee

ML20217C050
Person / Time
Site:	North Carolina State University
Issue date:	03/18/1998
From:	NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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ML20217C038	List: ML20217C035 ML20217C050 ML20217C072
References
50-297-98-201, NUDOCS 9803260268
Download: ML20217C050 (2)

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i North'Cerolina State University Docket No.: 50-297 l

- PULSTAR Reactor Facility J License No.: R-120  !

1 During an NRC inspection conducted on January 20-23,1998, a violation of NRC

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requirements was identified. in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and  !

Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below- i

+ TS Section 6.3.a.8 (dated December 27,1984) required that procedures be written, I updated periodically,'and followed for radiation control.- TS Section 6.3.b required.that l substantive changes to procedures be made only with the approval of the Radiation  !

Protection Council (Committee).

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,Special Procedure 2.1, " Review and Approval of Proposed Design and Procedure - l Changes," Revision 4, dated August 1,1994, Section 4.5 defined a procedure change  ;

(PC) as a change'of intent to a written instruction that defined the policies and .

practices used to complete work, such as a change of purpose, method, or acceptance  !

criteria (i.e., not editorial or temporary changes). - Section 5.3 of the procedure required -

that a'PC (e.g., a substantive change to a TS required procedure) be reviewed by the-  :

Associate Director of the facility and by the Reactor Safety and Auditing Council-

- (Committee) and be approved by the Radiation Protection Committee;

~ Contrary to the above, during the first part of 1996, the licensee developed various .

' Health Physics instructions (which were essentially procedures) that were reviewed and  ;

. approved by the Reactor Health Physicist. However, the instructions were not - ,

. reviewed by the Associated Director of the' facility and the Reactor Safety and Auditing' l

' Committee nor were they approved by the Radiation Protection Committee.  !

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

Pursuant to the provisions of.10 CFR 2.201, the North Carolina University 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 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 s'" 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 ENCLOSURE 1 i9903260268 980318

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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, if you contest this enforcement action, you thould also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public 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 POR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietery 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 of 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 financial information). 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 day of March 1998 c

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