ML20238A175
| 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
Enclosure:
Evaluations and Conclusions
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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.
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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
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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-
ly). and we consider the request letter as an adequate response to questions (3)
(4 and (5) in our NOV dated April 14, 1987.
Thus, no additional response is
requested.
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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