ML20247B176

Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insps 50-020/89-01 & 70-0938/89-01.Corrective Actions:Snm Stored in Central Radioisotope Storage Facility Reinventoried & Items Added to Inventory List

ML20247B176
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Site:	07000938, MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
Issue date:	05/06/1989
From:	Bernard J, Kwok S MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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O.K. HARLING 138 Albany Street Cambridge, Mass. 02139 J.A. BERNARD, JR.

Director Telefax No. (617)253-7300 Director of Reactor Operations Telex No. 921473-MIT CAM  !

Tel. No. (617)253-4202 May 6, 1989 l U.S.-Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 ATTN Document Control Desk

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Subj ect: Response to Combined Inspection Numbers 50-20/89-01 and 70-938/89-01 .

Gentlemen:

l l The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor (MITR)

I is in receipt of the above inspection report, dated April 6, 1989, and this letter is in response to Appendix A (of Docket 50'-20) in accor-dance with 10 CFR 2.201.

t The MITR acknowledges the Appendix A, Notice of Violation (Docket No. 50-20) and has taken corrective - actions to comply with 10 CFR 70.51(d). Specifically, the following actions were taken:

(a) SNM material stored in MIT's Central Radioisotope Storage Facility was reinventoried and a list of items not on the inventory required by 10 CFR 70.51(d) was prepared. These items have now been added to that inventory.

(b) SNM material stored at the reactor site was reinventoried.

Four fission chambers which were not on the inventory and which were obtained for use in monitoring the neutron beams associated with spectrometers were identified. Also, eight pieces of uranium metal were identified. These will be added to the inventory required by 10 CFR 70.51(d). (Action to be completed by 17 May 1989.)

The above actions fully address the issue raised in Appendix A of the Inspection Report and bring us into full compliance with regula-f5DI 'I 89052}ggy $$o$$omo II cnr -- cec PNV n g,. Ago 0

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