Licensee Name and
NRC Action Number |
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Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
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Date |
Description |
Lancaster General Hospital, PA
EA-05-124 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/28/2005 |
On October 28, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III problem composed of three violations. The violations involved
(1) a programmatic weakness in the licensee's gamma knife stereotactic
radiosurgery program which resulted in an overexposure to a patient;
(2) the licensee's failure to notify the NRC that the frame of the
gamma knife unit, a basic component designed to prevent movement
of the head during treatment, did not prevent the change of the treatment
site coordinates; and (3) the licensee's failure to report the medical
event within the required period. |
Lankenau Hospital, PA
EA-03-147 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/21/2003 |
On August 21, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the licensee’s failure to secure
from unauthorized removal or limit access to licensed material (763
millicuries of iridium-192) located in an unrestricted area, and
failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of this licensed
material. |
Law Engineering, Inc., VA
EA-96-108 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/13/1996 |
Failure to comply with emergency procedrue and transportation violations.
|
Law Engineering, Inc., OK
EA-97-433 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/17/1997 |
Failure to maintain security over licensed material. |
Law Engineering and Environmental Services Inc., PR
EA 00-302;
EA 00-304 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/24/2001 |
On January 24, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III problem and a Severity Level III violation involving an
event that occurred during a radiography source exchange. The Severity
Level III problem involved: (1) failure to survey, (2) failure to
follow procedures in accordance with manufacturer's instruction, (3)
failure to receive proper training prior to use, and (4) failure to
perform required visual and operability check prior to using the source
changer. The Severity Level III violation involved the radiographer's
and Radiation Safety Officer's failure to stop activities and read
the survey meter upon the sounding of the alarm ratemeter. |
Ledoux & Company, NJ
EA-05-135 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,250 |
11/01/2005 |
On November 01, 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 failures to adequately survey, secure
and dispose of licensed material in accordance with NRC requirements.
Specifically, the licensee received a package containing seven analytical
samples of uranium-235, identified six of the seven samples shipped,
and performed an unsuccessful cursory search for the seventh sample.
After initiating a more thorough search, the licensee concluded that
the seventh sample had been disposed of with the packaging as normal
trash. |
Lee M.D., Philip J. W., HI
EA-97-038 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/16/1997 |
Misadministration relating to a Sr-90 eye applicator |
Lower Bucks Hospital, PA
EA-97-005 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$2,750 |
05/27/1997 |
Explanted pacemaker not returned to manufacturer/disposal as non-radioactive
waste. |
Longview Inspection, Inc., TX
EA-03-101 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$6,000 |
08/18/2003 |
On August 18, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $6,000 was issued for a Severity
Level III problem involving the failure to control and maintain constant
surveillance of licensed material (121 curies of iridium-192 contained
in a radiographic exposure device) that was in an unrestricted area
and the failure to lock the radiographic exposure device while it
was not under the direct surveillance of a radiographer or a radiographer’s
assistant. |
Longview Inspection, Inc., TX
EA-01-267;
EA-01-281 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/18/2002 |
On January 18, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for a (1)
Severity Level III problem involving the failure to secure from unauthorized
removal or limit access to licensed material (133 curies of iridium-192
in a radiography camera) in an unrestricted area, failure to control
and maintain constant surveillance of licensed material, and failure
to lock the camera or its container when at a temporary jobsite, and
(2) a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to have an
additional qualified individual observe radiography operations. |
LTV Steel Company, Inc., OH
EA-01-244 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/09/2001 |
On October 9, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the transfer of a gauge without reporting
the transfer to the NRC and without providing the transferee a copy
of 10 CFR Part 31, per the regulations. |
Lucent Technologies, MO
EA-96-233 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/01/1996 |
Inaccurate information provided to the NRC resulting in termination
of license. |
