ML20236S856
| ML20236S856 | |
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| Site: | University of Virginia |
| Issue date: | 11/18/1987 |
| From: | Starke E VIRGINIA, UNIV. OF, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE) |
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L November,18, 1987
' Director L
- Office of Enforcement
- U.S.
Nuclear.'Regula tory Commission
' ATTN: ' Document Control Desk-Washington, D. C.
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SUBJECT:
Docke t - No. 50-62.and License No. R-66 Dean'of Engineering's Response'to NRC Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of. Civil Penalty (NRC Inspection Report No. 50-62/87-03), about Managment ' Control of Reactor Faculty Operations
Dear' Sir:
- Please find enclosed the required responses, prepared by-the l
Reactor Facility's management,. specific to theLNRC, Notice-of
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Violations, which are submitted under oath.
As requested'in the October 26, 1987, NRC cover letter, I am addressing in'this
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- 1etter only- _ the' managment control aspects of ' Reactor Facility.
! operations.
It-was, unfortunately, not possible f or me to person' ally attend the Enforcement Conference of August 13, 1987..
- However, Associate Dean Lowry represented ' the Dean's Office on that occasion,- and therefore I was kept current on the case.
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-Naturally, I share the Commission's concern about the safe q
operation of the Reactor Facil i ty, and have' sought input from other parties who have an insight into the management of the Fa c il i ty.
The evaluation of management made by the Reactor Safety Committee affirms in clear terms that the Reactor Director does have' appropriate authority and control over experiments, and that l
- the Department Chairman has supported the Director's authority and fulfilled his overall responsibilities.
A copy of the Reactor' Safety' Committee report is enclosed.
Furthermore, I
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appreciated byithe Commission.
I am satisfied that.the
= management structure of. the '. Reactor Facility is-appropriateifor its' safe-operation, "and do not - believe that'the-incident is.an
- indication of'a generic-management problem..
As ' statedj 'in' the' detailed. licensee. response, mitigation of:
the civil penalty / to' zero 1is requested.
-This is consistent with-
> the. conclusion that management'promptly investigated the
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circumstances-surrounding' the. event and took - broad correc t ive'.
action: to assure that'a similar problem does not occur in other
-aspects of-operation.:
Sincerely, c['
l Edgar A.:Starke, Jr..
Earnest Oglesby Professor and Dean l
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