ML20245A519

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-148/89-01

ML20245A519
Person / Time
Site:	05000148
Issue date:	04/13/1989
From:	Murray B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Ramaley J KANSAS, UNIV. OF, LAWRENCE, KS
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NUDOCS 8904250245
Download: ML20245A519 (2)

See also: IR 05000148/1989001

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APR 131989

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In' Reply Refer To:

Docket: 50-188/89-01

The University of Kansas

ATTN: Dr. Judith A. Ramaley

Executive Vice Chancellor

231 Strong Hall

Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2223

Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of March 23, 1989, in response to our letter and

Notice of Violation dated March 10, 1989. We have reviewed your reply and find

it responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice of Violation. We will

review the implementation of your corrective actions during a future inspection

to determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintained.

Sincerely,

Blaine Murray, Chief

Reactor Programs Branch

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The University of Kansas

ATTN: Dr. Carl E. Locke, Dean

School of Engineering

4006 Learned

Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2223 l

The University of Kansas i

ATTN: Dr. H. Rosson

Reactor Director

Burt Hall

Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2223

Kansas Radiation Control Program Director

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Blaine Murray, Chief

Reactor Programs Branch

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Region IV

611 Ryan Plaza Drive Suite 1000

Arlington, TX 76011

Docket # 50-148/89-01

Dear Mr. Purray:

I am responding to your letter dated March 10, 1989, in which the

transfer to Kansas State University, seemingly without appropriate

documentation, of 2 grams of encapsulated special nuclear material is

addressed as a violation.

Although the University of Kansas Radiation Safety Service was not able

to locate documentation of the appropriate KSU license in its records, it is

the recollection of the Radiation Safety Officer, Ben Friesen, that the

documentation was exchanged at the time of the transfer. It has always been

I the practice of the Service to obtain documentation before shipping or a

releasing radioactive materials, including special nuclear materials. This i

responsibility is taken seriously, and the Service has in its files the

documentation for all other transfers.

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The KU Service responded immediately to the discovery that the i

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documentation for that particular transfer could not be located, and it now

possesses the required documentation that KSU has and did have the license to

possess and use radioactive and special nuclear materials. A copy of the

applicable portions of the KSU license is encbsed, as is a copy of the ,

assurance from the KSV Radiation Officer that possession limits were not '

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documentation before the shipment or transfer of licensed materials, including i

special nuclear materials. The Service has, in addition, created a checklist

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any special nuclear materials. This checklist will remind those involved of "

the requirements and will specify where the documentation will be filed.

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We believe this procedure will prevent the recurrence of a lack of

documentation. And we are, to the extent of our knowledge, now in ful' l

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Executive Vice Chancellor

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cc: Robert Bearse

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Dr. Hun Friesen

Radiation Safety Service

217 Nuclear Science Bldg.

University of Kansan

Lawrence, Kansas 660'*4

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Enclosed are pertinent pages of our Radioactive I

Materials License for your files. The license.shows on

page 3 that we are authorized to use and possess 20

grams of 235U. Our current inventory doeu not exceed  ;

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Page 1 of 9 Pages

j \Yg\ i STATE OF KANSAS

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f6 3 RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LICENSE

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Regulatiord/1.4tM,'y,Nuc' n in reliance tear

on Development and Radiation

statements and representations Control

heretofore Act

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a license is fierchp-isnie@d authorizing such licensee to transfer, receive, possess and use the radioactive

nated below; and to use such radioactive materials for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below. This license

is subject to n!1 applicable rules, regulations, and orders now or hereafter in effect of the State Department of Health and

to any conditions specified below.

Amendme.it No. 51

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Lic nsee 3. License number

38-C011-01 amended in its entirety

1. Name Kansas State University of 4. Erpiration date

Agriculture and Applied Sciences June 30, 1985 (F 85)

2. Addsess Manhattan, Kansas 66502 5. Reference number

0. Radioactive materials 7. Chemical and/or physical form 8. Maximum quantity licensee may

(element and mass number) possess at any one time

See Page # 2 See Page W 2 See Page # 2

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9. Authorized use. (Unless otherwl e speelSed, the authorized place of use is the licensee's address stated in Item 2 above.) j

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, W, and X. Research and development as defined in

Section 28-35-135 (GG) of-the Kansas Radiation

Protection Regulations dated May 1, 1976.

J. To be possessed as internal contamination in the "lon-getter" pump of the

, Texas Nuclear Neutron generator.

K. To be used for calibration purposes. ,

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L. To be used as components of Nuclear-Chicago Model P-19 soil moisture gauges.

H. To be used as components of Troxler Electronics and Campbell Pacific Nuclear

soll moisture gauges.

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H. To be used as components of Troxler Electronics Model 1379 and 1376 density

gauges. ,

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STATE OF KANSAS

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LICENSE

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Supplementary Sheet LJenue Number 3A-c011-01

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6. Radioactive materials 7. Chemical and/or physical form 8. Maximum quantity licensee

(element and mass number) may possess at any one tLme j

Tech / Ops Model 53901-1. Two (2) sources:

125 curies and 11 curies.

U.S. Nuclear Corp. Type Two (2) sources:

339 Capsule Model No. 5 curies and 450

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J.L. Shepard, No. Three (3) sources:

A-0355-1. 5000 curies, 250

curies and 10 curies.

G. Any radioactive G. Scaled sources (various G. 100 millicuries total,

material with manufacturers and model no single source to

atomic numbers numbers). exceed 20 millicuries.

84 through 97,

inclusive (ex- *

cept Special

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H. Any radioactive H. Any. H. Total not to exceed

material with 20 millicuries.

atomic numbers

84 through 97,

inclusive (ex-

cept Special

Nuclear Material).

I. Special Nuclear I. Any. I. No single isotope to

Material: Uranium exceed 20 grams.

235 and Plutonium

239.

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J. Hydrogen-3. J. To be possessdd as internal J. 100 curies,

contamination in the "lon-

getter" pump of Texas

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Supplementary Sheet. License Number 38-C011-01

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Amendment No. 55

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Kansas State University of Agriculture

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License number 38-C011-01 is hereby amended as follows:

TO READ:

! TEM 3: 38-C011-01- (F 89)'

ITEM 4: June 30,1989

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Checklist for Shipments or Transfers

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Spcial Nuclear Materials

Date:

1. License documentation in our files from all " recipients".

(Pile name: License Documentation, Other Pacilities; Location: Filing cabinet

1. 2905 0150 134762 unless otherwise specified.)

License No's:

Name and address of Licensee

2. Type and class of ship;nent determined.

3. _ Material packaged according to DOT and 10 CPR requirements

Description

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4. Surface and 3 ft surveys performed and recorded

5. Wipes performed, analyzed and recorded.

6. Shipping papers completed and copies filed

7. Manifest returned and in our files. Date

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