IR 05000223/2012201

IR 05000223/12-201 on July 16-19, 2012 at the University of Massachusetts Lowell - NRC Announced Routine Inspection Report No. 50-223/2012-201

ML12222A167
Person / Time
Site:	University of Lowell
Issue date:	08/13/2012
From:	Gregory Bowman Research and Test Reactors Branch B
To:	Prosanta Chowdhury Univ of Massachusetts - Lowell
Morlang G
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IR-12-201
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ust 13, 2012

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL - NRC ANNOUNCED ROUTINE INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-223/2012-201

Dear Dr. Chowdhury:

A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection was conducted from July 16 to 19, 2012, at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Reactor Facility. The inspection included a review of activities authorized for your facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection. Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the enclosed report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations of activities in progress.

Based on the results of this inspection, no safety concerns or noncompliances with NRC requirements were identified. No response to this letter is required.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390 Public inspections, exemptions and requests for withholding, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, please contact Mike Morlang at 301-415-4092 or email at Gary.Morlang@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gregory T. Bowman, Chief Research and Test Reactors Oversight Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-223 License No. R-125 Enclosure: As stated cc: w/encl: See next page

University of Massachusetts - Lowell Docket No. 50-223 cc:

Mayor of Lowell City Hall Lowell, MA 01852 Mr. Leo Bobek Reactor Supervisor University of Massachusetts - Lowell One University Avenue Lowell, MA 01854 Department of Environmental Protection One Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 Director Radiation Control Program Department of Public Health 90 Washington Street Dorchester, MA 02121 ust 13, 2012

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