Licensee Name and
NRC Action Number |
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Date |
Description |
C&J Nondestructive Testing, Inc.
EA-03-076 |
NOV
(SL III) |
05/19/2003 |
On May 19, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a Severity Level III violation involving a failure to file NRC Form
241, "Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement States,
Areas of Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction, or Offshore Waters,"
with the NRC prior to conducting licensed activities in NRC jurisdiction.
|
C&W Enterprises, Inc.
EA-07-022 |
NOV
(SL III)
$3,250 |
07/13/2007 |
On July 13, 2007, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued for a Severity
Level III violation. The violation of 10 CFR 30.34(i) involved the
licensee’s failure to use a minimum of two independent physical
controls that formed tangible barriers to secure a portable gauge
from unauthorized removal when the portable gauges was not under
the control and constant surveillance of the licensee. Specifically,
no tangible barrier was used to secure a portable gauge that was
stored in a warehouse, prior to November 27, 2006, and on April 24,
2007, only one physical control that formed a tangible barrier was
used to secure the portable gauge from unauthorized removal. |
Cal Testing Services, Inc., IN
EA-07-191 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/07/2007 |
On September 7, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving a radiographer who, contrary to the
requirements in 10 CFR 34.37(a), did not wear a personnel dosimeter
on the trunk of the body, during radiographic operations. Specifically,
the radiographer placed his personnel dosimeter into his coat pocket
and subsequently removed his coat and left the coat (with dosimeter
in the pocket) in the vicinity of the camera prior to radiographic
operations. |
Capital Engineering Services, Inc., DE
EA-97-202 |
ORDER |
05/15/1997 |
Deliberate use of licensed material following suspension
of license. |
Cardinal Surveys Company, TX
EA-98-347 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/22/1998 |
Failure to file an NRC Form 241. |
Caribe Medical Plaza, PR
EA-03-134 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/09/2003 |
On October 9, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a willful
Severity Level III problem involving: the failure (through its Radiation
Safety Officer (RSO)) to ensure that radiation safety activities
were being performed in accordance with the radiation safety program,
the failure to provide radiation safety training, the failure to
issue film or TLD finger monitors to appropriate individuals, and
the failure of a Caribe representative to provide information to
the Commission that was complete and accurate in all material respects. |
Caribbean Quality Control Services, Inc.,
VI
EA-00-090 |
NOV
(SL III) |
05/31/2000 |
On May 31, 2000, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a Severity Level III violation based on the failure to control and
maintain constant surveillance of licensed materials. Specifically,
the action involve the transfer of a portable moisture-density gauge
containing licensed material to a person not authorized to possess
or use such byproduct material. During the time the person possessed
the gauge, an untrained technician was allowed to operate it . |
Cartier, Inc., CT
EA-97-145 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 7,500 |
06/18/1997 |
Distribution of licensed material without an NRC license.
|
Catenary Coal Company, WV
EA-02-165 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/21/2002 |
On August 21, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III problem involving the removal from service
of a fixed gauge containing 357 millicuries of cesium-137 by licensee
personnel who were not licensed to perform such service and the failure
to assure that the shutter mechanism of the gauge was in a closed
locked closed position. |
CE Nuclear Power LLC, MO
EA-00-200 |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/08/2000 |
On December 8, 2000, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III problem based on the failure to properly
classify, describe, mark, and label packages containing radioactive
material when the licensee shipped uranium/gadolinium pellets and
enriched pellets to Sweden and the failure to promptly complete a
Nuclear Material Transaction Report for the shipment of natural uranium
pellets to Sweden. |
Centennial Engineering &
Research, Inc.
EA-01-219 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,000 |
12/03/2002 |
On December 3, 2001, a Notice of Violation
and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was
issued for a Severity Level III problem involving the willful failure
to (1) submit an amendment request to reflect the designation of a
new radiation safety officer and (2) confine its possession of byproduct
material to the location authorized by the license. |
CPORDER
$3,000 |
04/09/2002 |
Central Michigan Community Hospital, MI
EA-99-005 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/02/2001 |
On April 2, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a willful Severity Level III violation involving the use of byproduct
material (technetium-99m) by an unqualified individual who was not
under the supervision of an authorized user. |
Central Pharmacy Services, Inc., IN
EA-01-283 |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/18/2001 |
On December 18, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III problem involving the willful failure of
an employee to (1) wear a thermoluminescent finger badge when preparing,
assaying, or dispensing millicurie quantities of radioactive material
and (2) use vial shields for preparing and dispensing radiopharmaceuticals.
|
Centre Community Hospital, PA
EA-97-284 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/08/1997 |
Unauthorized use of HDR brachytherapy equipment. |
Cerarc, Inc., WI
EA-97-040 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/04/1997 |
Failure to evaluate solubility released into sewer,
failure to assure stack efflucents do not exceed Part 20 limits. |
Chemetron Corporation, OH
EA-93-271 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$10,000 |
05/11/1994 |
Violation of License Condtion 12. Incomplete
submittal of site remediation plan. |
CPORDER
$10,000 |
08/28/1997 |
Chevron Environmental Management Company, CA
EA-08-054 |
ORDER |
07/08/2008 |
On July 8, 2008, a Confirmatory Order (effective immediately) (“CO”)
was issued to confirm commitments made as result of an Alternative
Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) session, held on June 5, 2008,
between Chevron Environmental Management Company (CEMC) and the NRC.
The parties agreed to engage in ADR following NRC’s February
29, 2008, letter to CEMC wherein an apparent violation of 10 CFR
40.7, “Employee Protection” was identified. As set forth
in the CO, CEMC agreed to complete a number of actions at its Washington,
PA decommissioning site, including, but not limited to: training
supervisory employees regarding employees’ rights to raise
concerns; communicating CEMC’s policy and management expectations
regarding employees’ right to raise concerns; and distributing
a questionnaire to assess employees’ willingness to raise nuclear
safety concerns. In turn, the NRC agreed to not pursue further enforcement
action relating to this matter |
Citizens General Hospital, PA
EA-01-134 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/01/2001 |
On June 1, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to provide required
security and control of two licensed sources, each of which contained
approximately 40 millicuries of gadolinium. |
Citizens Memorial Hospital District, MO
EA-96-445 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/28/1997 |
Deliberate violations of license conditions. |
Clara Maas Medical Center, NJ
EA-96-047 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/25/1996 |
Failure to include in the QMP written policies and procedures
that meet the specific objective that any unintended deviation from
a written directive is identified and evaluated. |
Clara Maas Medical Center, NJ
EA-99-257 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/26/2000 |
On April 26, 2000, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation based on the failure to ensure
that radiation safety activities were being performed in accordance
with the Operating and Calibration Procedures. Specifically, the licensee
treated a patient with the High Dose Rate (HDR) afterloaded after
the source was replaced, without first checking the source to ensure
that the source strength was consistent with the value provided by
the manufacturer. |
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH
EA-96-289 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 5,000 |
12/20/1996 |
This action was based on deliberate violations of license
conditions that require annual radiation safety refresher training
for radiation workers and annual audits of the licensed program. The
violations occurred because resources available to the radiation safety
officer (RSO) were not adequate, and the available resources were
used to address more pressing safety significant issues in the licensed
program. |
Code Service, Inc., AL
EA-99-074 |
NOV
(SL III) |
05/07/1999 |
The radiographer's assistant was not wearing the alarm
meter during the radiographic operations. |
Jose M. Colon, M.D., PR
EA-98-184 |
NOVCP
(SL II)
$ 4,400 |
05/22/1998 |
Programmatic failure in implementing quality management
program. |
Jose M. Colon, M.D., PR
EA-98-183 |
ORDER |
04/21/1998 |
Multiple violations of 10 CFR Part 30 and 10 CFR Part
35; licensee requirements. |
Columbia Curb & Gutter Company, MO
EA-02-263 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/21/2003 |
On January 21, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to secure
from unauthorized removal or limit access to licensed material (7.8
millicuries of cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of americium-241 contained
in a moisture density gauge) in an unrestricted area and the failure
to control and maintain constant surveillance of this licensed material. |
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., AK
EA-00-221 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/13/2000 |
A Notice of Violation for a Severity Level III violation
was issued October 13, 2000, based on the failure of the licensee's
quality management program to include written procedures to ensure
brachytherapy treatments were in accordance with written directives
that resulted in four medical misadministration. |
Columbia Hospital
EA-03-112 |
NOVCP
(SLIII)
$3,000 |
07/30/2003 |
On July 30, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was issued for
a Severity Level III violation involving the willful failure to secure
from unauthorized removal or access licensed materials (4 millicuries
of iodine-131, 219 millicuries of technetium-99m, 20 millicuries of
xenon-133, and 189 microcuries of cesium-137) that were stored in
a controlled area, and the failure to control and maintain constant
surveillance of this licensed material. |
Community Health Center of Branch County,
MI
EA-02-236 |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/11/2002 |
On December 11, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to secure
from unauthorized removal or limit access to licensed material (343
millicuries of molybdenum-99, 465 millicuries of technetium-99m, and
59 microcuries of cesium-137) and the failure to control and maintain
constant surveillance of licensed material. |
Community Hospital, WY
EA-96-056 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 2,500 |
06/12/1996 |
Technologist deliberately falsified records for the
administration of two Sodium iodine doses. |
Community Hospitals of Indiana, Inc, IN
EA-06-101 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/10/2006 |
On July 10, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III problem involving the failure to develop written procedures
to provide high confidence that each administration was in accordance
with a written directive. Specifically, the licensee's written procedure
for high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy did not describe that the
HDR metal interface connector was to be attached during treatment
simulation to determine appropriate location of the sources within
the patient. In addition the licensee did not notify the NRC Operations
Center by the next calendar day following discovery of the medical
event. |
Conam Inspection, Inc., IL
EA-01-225 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/09/2001 |
On November 9, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving the performance of radiography
at a location other than a permanent radiographic installation with
only one qualified individual present. |
Conam Inspection, Inc., IL
EA-98-404 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/14/1998 |
The violation involved a failure to secure from unauthorized
removal, access, or tampering and maintain constant surveillance of
licensed material in accordance with 10 CFR 20.1801, 10 CFR 20.1802
and 10 CFR 34.35. |
Conam Inspection, Inc., IL
EA-97-207 |
NOVCP
(SL II)
$16,000 |
06/09/1997 |
Overexposure of radiographer. |
CPORDER
$16,000 |
11/05/1997 |
Connecticut Health Center, University of
Connecticut, CT
EA-96-454 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/29/1996 |
The action was based on a Severity Level III violation
involving a failure to secure from unauthorized removal or access
licensed materials that are stored in controlled or unrestricted areas.
10 CFR 20.1802 requires that the licensee control and maintain constant
surveillance of licensed material that is in a controlled or unrestricted
area and that is not in storage. |
Connell Limited Partnership , OK
EA-96-536 |
NOVCP
(SL II)
$ 8,800 |
03/06/1997 |
The action was based on three violations of radiography
safety requirements that resulted in a radiation exposure in excess
of NRC's limits. The exposure occurred to a radiographer employed
by another licensee, Tulsa Gamma Ray, Inc., who conducted radiography
in Connell's facility. The exposure associated with the incident was
6.465 rems total effective dose equivalent, resulting in an exposure
to the radiographer of 8.3 rems exceeding the annual limit of 5 rems.
|
Construction Engineering Labs, Inc., HI
EA-01-181 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 3,000 |
09/27/2001 |
On September 27, 2001, a Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was issued for
a Severity Level III problem involving willfulness. The problem consisted
of two violations involving the failure to secure and maintain constant
surveillance over a gauge and failure to assure that gauges were routinely
secured in vehicles according to procedures. |
Construction Testing & Engineering,
Inc., CA
EA-97-037 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/17/1997 |
The action was based on possession and use of byproduct
material in areas under exclusive federal jurisdiction within an Agreement
State without a valid NRC license and was not exempted from the requirement
for a license. |
Cooper Health System, NJ
EA-07-102;
EA-07-126 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/08/2007 |
On June 8, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for two Severity
Level III violations. The first violation involved a failure to verify
that a high dose rate remote afterloader brachytherapy treatment
was administered in accordance with the treatment plan and written
directive. The second violation involved a failure to report a medical
event. Specifically, a high dose rate remote afterloader treatment
fraction was delivered in which the source was positioned outside
of the patient’s body for a portion of the treatment. The dose
delivered to the treatment site differed from the prescribed dose
by more than 50 rem to an organ or tissue and the fractionated dose
differed from the prescribed dose, for a single fraction, by 50 percent
or more. |
Cooperheat-MQS, Inc. TX
EA-03-151 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$6,000 |
12/30/2003 |
On December 30, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $6,000 was issued for a Severity
Level III willful problem involving the failure to conduct required
radiographer refresher training and the failure to provide complete
and accurate information to the NRC involving radiographer training
records. |
Cooperheat-MQS, Inc. TX
EA-02-189 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$6,000 |
02/19/2003 |
On February 19, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $6,000 was issued for
a willful Severity Level III problem involving: (1) a failure to amend
license to reflect a change in the RSO, and (2) a failure to amend
license to add two new field stations and to use a permanent radiographic
installation prior to receiving NRC authorization. |
Cooperheat-MQS, Inc., TX
EA-01-166 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/18/2001 |
On September 18, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving multiple failures to
use certified radiographers while performing radiography operations.
|
Cooperheat-MQS, Inc., TX
EA-99-206 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/27/2000 |
On September 18, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving multiple failures to
use certified radiographers while performing radiography operations.
|
Coriell Institute for Medical Research,
NJ
EA-99-060 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 4,400 |
06/02/1999 |
Discrimination against an employee for raising safety
concern. |
Corning Clinical Laboratories, PA
EA-96-008 |
NOV
(SL III)
|
03/12/1996 |
Failure to maintain records, to dispose of radioactive
materials by required procedures, to perform personnel surveys, to
perform radioactive waste. |
Craig Testing Laboratories, Inc., NJ
EA-05-109 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,250 |
08/05/2005 |
On August 5, 2005, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued for a Severity
Level III problem involving the (1) failure to control and maintain
constant surveillance of a portable gauge, (2) failure to lock the
portable gauge and its transportation case during transport, and
(3) failure to comply with the applicable requirements of the Department
of Transportation regulations. |
Craig Testing Laboratories, Inc., NJ
EA-02-177 |
NOV
(SL III)
|
09/30/2002 |
On September 30, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving the licensee's failure
to limit access to a density gauge (containing a 9-millicurie cesium-137
and a 44 millicurie americium-241 source) located at a temporary job
site (an unrestricted area), and failure to control and maintain constant
surveillance of this licensed material. |
Crozer-Chester Medical Center, PA
EA-05-164 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/28/2005 |
On October 28, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to secure from unauthorized
removal or access and or maintain constant surveillance of licensed
material that was stored in a controlled or unrestricted area. Specifically,
an HDR unit was left unsecured and unattended in the HDR treatment
room. |
CTI and Associates, Inc.,
MI
EA-07-300 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/15/2008 |
On January 15, 2008, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure by the authorized gauge
operator to control and maintain constant surveillance of a portable
nuclear gauge. Specifically, the gauge, which contained NRC-licensed
radioactive material, was damaged when it was run over by a bulldozer
after the authorized gauge operator had left it unattended while
he was preparing for another test at a temporary job site. |
CTI Consultants,
VA
EA-03-226 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,000 |
03/03/2004 |
On March 3, 2004, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to control and maintain
constant surveillance of licensed material (11 millicuries of cesium-137
and 40 millicuries of americium-241 in a portable gauge) in a controlled
or restricted area, resulting in the loss of the gauge during transport.
Although the civil penalty would have been fully mitigated based
on the normal civil penalty assessment process, a base civil penalty
was assessed in accordance with Section VII.A.1.g of the Enforcement
Policy to reflect the significance of maintaining control of licensed
material. |
CTI Consultants,
VA
EA-02-080 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,000 |
07/23/2002 |
On July 23, 2002, a Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was issued for
a Severity Level III problem involving the failure to secure and control
licensed material contained in a gauge. |
CTI Core Drilling Services, Inc., VA
EA-02-081 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/23/2002 |
On July 23, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a Severity Level III violation involving the deliberate unauthorized
possession of 40 millicuries of americium-241 and 8 millicuries of
cesium-137 contained in a damaged portable nuclear gauge. |
CTI, Inc., AK
EA-97-539 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 5,500 |
01/20/1998 |
Overexposure and involved survey with inoperable meter.
|
CTI, Inc., AK
EA-96-232 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$13,000 |
10/31/1996 |
Programmatic breakdown. |
