ML20247B473
| ML20247B473 | |
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| Site: | University of Virginia |
| Issue date: | 08/30/1989 |
| From: | Cline W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML20247B469 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-062-89-01, 50-62-89-1, NUDOCS 8909130045 | |
| Download: ML20247B473 (2) | |
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AUG 30 b89 ENCLOSURE I NOTICE OF VIOLATION University of Virginia Docket No. 50-62 Charlottesville, Virginia License No. R-66 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on July 11-13,1989,.a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2. Appendix C (1989), tie violation is listed below:
10 CFR 20.201(b) requires each licensee to make or cause to be made such surveys as (1) may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in 10 CFR 20 and (2) are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation hazard-that may be present.
10 CFR 20.201(a) defines a survey to mean an evaluation of the radiation protection hazards incident to the production, use, release, disposal, or presence of radioactive material or other sources of radiation under a specific set of conditions.
10 CFR 20.105 requires each licensee to limit the concentrations of radioactive effluent material released to unrestricted areas from exceeding the limits specified in 10 CFR 20, Appendix B, Table II.
Standard Operating Procedure (S0P) 10.4, Facility and Environmental Surveys, dated March 1987, requires particulate air samples to be collected and analyzed on a monthly basis at predetermined locations outside the Facility.
Contrary to the above, for selected environmental airborne particulate I
sample analyses conducted from January 1,1988 to June 30,1989, the licensee failed to conduct adequate surveys to evaluate the extent of radiation hazards present in that the lower limit of detection (LLD),
values ranging from 7.11 E-11 microcuries per milliliter (uCi/ml) to 2.9 E-11 uCi/ml, exceeded the maximum permissible concentration of 2.00 E-14 uC1/ml, allowed for release to unrestricted areas by 10 CFR 20, Appendix B, Note 2.c, Table II, "olumn 1.
This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement IV).
L Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, University of Virginia is hereby i
iequired 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 8909130045 890830 PDR ADOCK 05000062 Q
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Docket No. 50-62 Charlottsv111e, Virginia License No. R-66 Notice of Violation" and should include:
.(1) admission or 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.
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W am E. Cline, Chief Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Branch Division of Radiation Safety and "afeguards ofkuut 89
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