ML20247E581

Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-148/89-01.Corrective Actions:Checklist Created That Must Be Completed Before Transfer of Any Snms.Receipt of Documentation Before Shipment of Transfer Already Required

ML20247E581
Person / Time
Site:	05000148
Issue date:	03/23/1989
From:	Ramaley J KANSAS, UNIV. OF, LAWRENCE, KS
To:	Murray B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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NUDOCS 8904030165
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Executive Vice ChanceMor Lawrence Campus March 23, 1989 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. Murray:

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 Radiasion Safety Service was not able to locate documentation of the appropriate KSU'11 cense 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 the practice of the Service to obtain documentation before shipping or releasing radioactive materials, including special nuclear materials. This responsibility is taken seriously, and the Service has in its files the documentation for. all other transfers.

The KU Service responded immediately to the discovery that the 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 enclosed, as is a copy of the assurance from the KSU Radiation Officer that possession limits were not exceeded.

The KU Radiation Safety Service already requires- the receipt of ,

documentation.before the shipment or transfer of licensed materials, including i special nuclear materials. The Service has, in addition, created a checklist (a copy of _which is enclosed) that must be completed before the transfer of '

any special nuclear materials. This checklist will remind those involved of the requirements a,,c will specify where the documentation will be filed.

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

I documentation. And we are, to the extent of our knowledge, now in full compliance in this area.

Sincerely,

K . d . 6 l Judith A. Ramaley Executive Vice Chancellor Enclosures (3) cc

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University of Kansas 4 Lawrence, Kansan 66044

Dear Hen:

Enclosed are pertinent pages of our Radioactive 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 does not. exceed 10 grams.

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. \Yg\ L STATE OF KANSAS f6 x[ RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LICENSE

. E. l Pt sGot, o the Regulatiodf /Ij4t'3,':y,Nue't$ar' Development n4in' reliance on statements and Radiation and representations heretoforeControl made by the Act (L.1963, licensee designated ch. 290) below,and t a license is Tierrby-isstfed authorizing such licensee to transfer, receive, possess and use the radioactive material (s) desig-nat<:d below; and to use such radioactive materials for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below. This license is subject to all applicable rules, regulations, and orders now or hereafter in effect of the State Department of IIcalth and to any conditions specified below.

Amendment No. 51 Licensee 3. License number 38-C011-01 amended in its entirety

1. Name Kansas State University of 4. . Empiration date Agriculture and Applied Sciences June 30, 1985 (F 85)

2. Address Manhattan, . Kansas 66502 5. Reference number

0. Radioactive materials 7. Chemical and/or physical form 8. Maximum quantity licensee rnay (element and mass number) possess at any one time See Page # 2 See Page # 2 See Page # 2

, CONDITIONS

0. Authorized use. (Unless otherwise specified, the authorized place of use is the licensee's address stated in Item 2 above.)

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, W, and X. Research and development as defined in Section 28-35-13 5 (GG) of the Kanses Radiation Protection Itegulat.lons dated May 1, 1976.

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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.

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

M. To be its.ed as components cf Troxler Electronic.3 and Campbell Pacific Huclsar soil moisture gauges.

N. To be used as components of Troxler Electronics Model 1379 and 1376 density gauges. ,

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..o".s.. P38a 3 nf 9 Pages STATE OF KANSAS RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LICENSE Supplementary Sheet Ucense Number 3R-c011-01 Amendment,No. 51

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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 tice

. 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' CO-5. millicuries.

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

, A-0355-1. 5000 curies, 250 curies and 10 curies.

G. Any radioactive G. Sealed sources (various G. 100 millicuries total, material with manufacturers and model no single source to atomic numbers numbers), exceed 20 mil 11 curies.

84 through 97, inclusive (ex-

• cept Spec ial

• ' Nuclear Material).

H. Any radioactive H. Any. H. Total not to exceed material with 20 mi}licuries.

atomic numbers 84 through 97, inclusive (ex-cept Special Nuclear Material).

7. Special Nuclear I. Any. I. No single isotope to Material: Uranium' exceed 20 grams, 235 and plutonium 239. j J. Hydrogen 3.

J. To be possessdd as internal J. 100 curies. \<

contamination in the "lon- 1 getter" pump of Texas '

. , Nuclear Neutron Generator.

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RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LICENSE Supplementary Sheet License Number 38-C011-01 Amendment No. 55 Kansas State University of Agriculture And Applied Sciences Manhattan, Kansas 66502 License number 38-C011-01 is hereby amended as follows:

TO READ:

ITEM 3: 38-C011-01 (F 89) l ITEM 4: June 30,1989 t

F9R TIIE STATE DEPART 5 TENT OF IIEALTil W 7 $iC, 4 , & ENVIRONMENT Dw gylbull A f: ', $, ~

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. o' chkship.389 Checklist for Shipments or Transfers of Special Nuclear Materials l

Date:

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

(File name: License Documentation, other Facilities; Location: Filing cabinet

1. 2905 0150 134762 unless otherwise specified.)

License No's:

Name and address of Licensee

2. Type and class of shipment determined.

3. Material packaged according to DOT and 10 CPR requirements Description 4

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 Additional Comments: