ML20244C495

Notice of Violation from Insp on 880227-0302.Violation Noted:From Jan 1988 - Feb 1989,licensee Surveys Inadequate to Evaluate Extent of Radiation Hazards Present

ML20244C495
Person / Time
Site:	05000083
Issue date:	04/07/1989
From:	Dan Collins NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML20244C492	List: ML20244C488 ML20244C495 ML20244C499
References
50-083-89-01, 50-83-89-1, NUDOCS 8904200240
Download: ML20244C495 (2)

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l ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION University of Florida- Docket No. 50-83 Florida Training Reactor. License No. R-56 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted ~on February 27-March 2,1989, violations of NRC requirements were identified.

'In accordance' with the " General Statement .of Policy and Procedure' for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1988), the violations are listed below:

A. '10 CFR 20.'201(b)' requires the licensee to make or to cause to be made such

' surveys as (1) may be necessary for the licensee to conply with regulations in,this part and (2) are reasonable under the circumstances to.

evaluate the extent of radiation hazards that may be present.

Contrary to the above, from January 1, 1988 to February 28, 1989, licensee survey's were . inadequate to evaluate the extent of radiation hazards present in that:

1) Routine' quarterly radiation exposure surveys conducted in the reactor cell restricted araa failed to ' adequately evaluate the elevated dose rates and radiaticn fields associated with the center and west vertical reactor beam ports. .For each quarterly survey, records indicated measurements were made only for a single location approximately one meter'above the reactor shield surface over the center vertical beam port.

2) Routine quarterly radiation exposure surveys conducted within and outside of the reactor cell restricted area failed to identify a collimated radiation beam resultinc in radiation dose rates exceeding 10 CFR 20.105(b)(1) limits of two millirem per hour (mR/hr) outside the west wall of the reactor cell restricted area.

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

B. 10 CFR 20.105(b)(1) requires that no licensee shall possess, use, or transfer licensed material in such a manner as to create in any unrestricted area radiation levels which, if an individual were continuously present in the area, could result in his receiving a dose in excess of two millirems in any one hour.

Contrary to the above, from January 20, 1987, to March 2,1989, the licensee failed to prevent radiation dose rates during full power operation from exceeding two millirem per hour (mR/hr) in a 8904200240 890407 PDR ADOCK 05000083 Q PDC

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University of' Florida . Docket No. 50-83 Florida ' Training Reactor 2 License No. R  : limited-access unrestricted. area adjacent to the west wall of the reactor cell.

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

Pursuant to the. provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, the University of Florida' is hereby required to submit'a written statement or explanation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,-ATTN: Document Control Desk,-Washington, DC 20555, with a copy.to-

' the Regional Administrator, Region II, within 30 days of the date.'of the letter transmitting this Notice. This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include (for each violation): (1)admissionor denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will .be taken to avoid- further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance. will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given- to extending the response time. If an adequate reply is not' received within the time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified. suspended, or revoked or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Sufa7/f d6 n Douglas M. Collins, Chief Emergency Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards Dated at Atlanta, Georgia -

this H L day of Aprtl 1989-i l

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