ML20238A175

Ack Receipt of 870525 & 0715 Ltrs in Response to Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-160/87-01 on 870525-0715.Response Meets Requirements of 10CFR2.201.Position on Denied Violations Encl

ML20238A175
Person / Time
Site:	Neely Research Reactor
Issue date:	08/31/1987
From:	Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Karam R GEORGIA STATE UNIV., ATLANTA, GA
References
NUDOCS 8709090170
Download: ML20238A175 (2)

See also: IR 05000160/1987001

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Docket No. 50-160

License No. R-97

Georgia Institute of Technology

vATTN: Dr. Ratib A. Karam, Director

Neely Nuclear Research Center

900 Atlantic Drive, N.W.

Atlanta, GA 30332

Gentlemen:

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SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-160/87-01

This refers to your letters dated May 25, 1987 and July 15, 1987, in response

to the Notice of Violation (NOV) sent to you by our letter dated April 14,

1987. Our letter and NOV described six violations identified during an NRC

inspection at your facility on February 9 - 23, 1987.

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With regard to violations admitted, we have evaluated your response and fornd

that it meets the requirements of 10 CFR 2.201. We will examine the implemen-

tation of your corrective actions during further inspections.

We have completed our review of the violations you deny and our position on

these items is presented in the enclosure to this letter.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rule of Practice," Part 2,

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosure

will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely,

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J. Nelson Grace

Regional Administrator

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EVALUATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

Item A.2.B

We concur with' four. position, provided the handwritten notes were limited to

comments rather than procedural changes. This matter will be examined in

greater detail during future inspections.

l Our records will be adjusted to delete this item as a violation.

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Item B.1

We concur with your use of the Minor Experiment Appraisal Form and thereforc

will delete the violation from our records. However, a clarification on usage

and purpose of the form is needed. We understand that a review of forms is

currently underway and should be completed by October 1, 1987.

Item D'

In your discussion regarding the use of helium in Technical Specification 3.6.e,

you stete that helium is incidental to the requirement. We believe that

a better view is that use of helium or nitrogen is of low safety significance

and that the change to nitrogen gas may be an improvement. However, licensees

are not permitted to implement changes to Technical Specificatiora ~without

prior NRC approval; therefore, the violation stands as written, fj .

We note that you submitted a request to change Technical Specification 3.6.e

by letter dated August 6. 1987. The change request will be processed' separate-

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Item E.

We concur with your position in that records are available on control manipula-

tions and performance can be inferred from these records. Our records will be

adjusted to delete this item.

Item F.

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We agree with your view on the role and function of the Nuclear Safety Commit-

tee (NSC). Compliance with the NSC charter is a subjective matter. Followup

on the NSC's role and function will be the subject cf future inspections. We

will adjust our records accordingly.

We note that a revised charter has been submitted to the NRC by letter dated

August 6, 1987. Therefore, no additional response is required for this matter.

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