Licensee Name and
NRC Action Number |
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Action Type
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Civil Penalty
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Date |
Description |
Danbury Hospital
EA-02-150 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/05/2002 |
On August 5, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving a misadministration stemming
from the failure of the licensee's quality management program to include
a written procedure to ensure that the appropriate sources are implanted
as specified in the written directive. |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, MA
EA-97-067 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/28/1997 |
Failure to secure licensed material located in laboratory
areas against unauthorized removal and failure to control access.
|
Danville Regional Medical Center, VA
EA-05-201 |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/13/2005 |
On December 13, 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,
a High Dose Rate Remote Afterloader (HDR) unit was left unsecured
and unattended in the HDR treatment room. |
DAS Consult, Inc., OH
EA-98-492 |
NOV
(SL II) |
03/31/1999 |
Violation involves the unauthorized transfer of byproduct
material. |
David Blackmore & Associates, PA
EA-05-092 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/27/2005 |
On June 27, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to control and maintain
constant surveillance of licensed material in a portable gauge containing
approximately 10 millicuries of cesium-137 and 50 millicuries of
americium-241, that was damaged when it was run over by a bulldozer
after an authorized gauge operator left it unattended for approximately
10 minutes at a job site. |
David Blackmore & Associates, PA
EA-00-124 |
NOV
(SL III) |
05/17/2000 |
On May 17, 2000, a Notice of Violation for a Severity
Level III was issued. The action was based on the failure to control
and maintain constant surveillance of licensed materials. Specifically,
a portable nuclear density gauge containing 10 millicuries of cesium-137
and 50 millicuries of americium-241 was left unattended for a short
period of time. During that time the gauge was run over by a construction
vehicle and was crushed. |
Dayton X-Ray Company, OH
EA-02-201 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/29/2002 |
On November 29, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to have two
qualified individuals observe radiographic operations at a temporary
job site. |
Deaconess Hospital, IN
EA-03-092 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/29/2003 |
On August 29, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to have a written directive
and follow the direction of an authorized user and the failure to
administer I-131 sodium iodide within the prescribed dosage range. |
Decisive Testing, Inc., CA
EA-01-271 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$6,000 |
02/27/2002 |
On February 27, 2002, a Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $6,000 was issued for
a Severity Level III violation involving the willful failure of Decisive
Testing, Inc., a holder of an Agreement State license issued by the
state of California, to file NRC Form 241, "Report of Proposed
Activities in Non-Agreement State, Areas of Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction,
or Offshore Waters," prior to conducting radiography activities
in an area of exclusive federal jurisdiction (i.e., U.S. Naval vessels). |
CPORDER
$6,000 |
06/11/2002 |
Defense Logistics Agency, PA
EA-97-465 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/31/1997 |
Employee stole sources containing licensed material.
|
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, SD
EA-02-057 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/26/2002 |
On June 26, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to appoint a
radiation safety officer (RSO) and a willful failure to amend the
NRC license to reflect the appointment of a new RSO. |
DeLeo, Alfonso Jr. PA
EA-99-057 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 5,500
Withdrawal |
06/02/1999 |
Possession of NRC-licensed material without a valid
NRC license. |
De Leon, Jose N., M.D. , PR
EA-97-627 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 5,000 |
04/28/1998 |
Inadequate QMP for Sr-90 eye treatment. |
| Delta Consulting Engineers, Inc. EA-03-002 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/13/2003 |
On January 13, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to control
and maintain constant surveillance of licensed material (approximately
9 millicuries of cesium-137 and 44 millicuries americium-241 in a
portable moisture density gauge) that is in a controlled or unrestricted
area and that is not in storage. |
Department of Interior, NM
EA-98-471 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/28/1999 |
Failure to secure licensed material. |
Design Fuel Corporation, PA
EA-01-245 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/09/2001 |
On October 9, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving the improper transfer
of a gauge regulated by the NRC under a general license. |
Diagnostic Reasgents, Inc., MI
EA-96-140 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 1,000 |
08/05/1996 |
Deliberate failure to amend NRC license following a
change of address. |
Diamond H Testing Company, ID
EA-95-148 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 8,000 |
10/25/1995
|
An apparent willful failure to lock the
sealed source in the shielded position following a radiographic exposure,
failure to conduct an adequate survey of the source guide and failure
to wear an alarm ratemeter. |
CPORDER
$ 5,000 |
03/05/1996 |
| Settlement |
04/04/1996 |
Dickinson County Memorial Hospital, MI
EA-08-048 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 3,250 |
05/07/2008 |
On May 7, 2008, 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 involved the failure to control and
maintain constant surveillance of licensed material that was stored
in a controlled area. Specifically, on January 25, 2008, the doors
to a room which contained licensed material being packaged for shipment
were left unsecured and unattended, resulting in licensed radioactive
material being accessible to unauthorized individuals via an adjacent,
unrestricted hallway. |
Dickinson County Road Commission, MI
EA-05-226 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/24/2005 |
On January 24, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to secure or maintain constant
surveillance of NRC-licensed material contained in a portable moisture/density
gauge. Specifically, during a routine safety inspection, an NRC inspector
entered the licensee’s offices in an unlocked public building
and found the gauge unsecured. |
Digirad Imaging Solutions, Inc., NY
EA-05-136 |
NOV
(SL III)
and
ORDER |
01/27/2006 |
On January 27, 2006, a Notice of Violation (NOV) for a Severity
Level III violation with no civil penalty and an immediately effective
Confirmatory Order was issued to confirm commitments made as part
of a settlement agreement concerning submission of inaccurate information
to the NRC. The settlement agreement was reached as a result of an
Alternative Dispute Resolution session, held at the request of the
licensee. In addition to the NOV, the licensee has changed its procedures
to ensure that any information it submits to NRC will be complete
and accurate, and the Radiation Safety Officer will submit articles
to various medical and health physics journals describing the incident
to provide an opportunity for other licensees in the industry to
learn from the incident. |
District Health Partners, L.P., DC
EA-01-020 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/22/2001 |
A Notice of Violation was issued on March 22, 2001,
for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure of the licensee's
quality management program to include a written procedure to ensure
that brachytherapy applicators were adequately secured during treatment
so that the intended treatment site received the prescribed exposure
treatment and other sites received the planned dose. |
DMS Imaging, Inc., MN
EA-97-189 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 2,500 |
02/24/1999 |
Deliberate misconduct by a supervisor. |
Dominion Geotechnical Services, Inc.
EA-04-165 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/14/2004 |
On October 14, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to control and maintain
constant surveillance of licensed material (9 millicuries of cesium-137
and 44 millicuries of americium-241 contained in a moisture density
gauge) that was in an unrestricted area that was not in storage. |
Doylestown Hospital
EA-03-125 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/26/2003 |
On June 26, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a Severity Level III violation involving the licensee's failure to
complete required manufacturer's training prior to using an intravascular
brachytherapy system. |
Draper Aden Associates, VA
EA-01-107 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/04/2001 |
On June 4, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to properly block
and brace a portable gauge prior to and during transport that resulted
in the loss of control of the gauge. |
Dressler Constulting Engineers, Inc., KS
EA-04-088 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/16/2004 |
On July 16, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
III violation involving the use of licensed material in the state
of Missouri, a Non-Agreement State, without filing NRC Form 241, “Report
of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement States,” with the NRC. |
