Licensee Name and
NRC Action Number |
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Action Type
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Civil Penalty
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Date |
Description |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
EA 05-125 |
ORDER |
02/10/2006 |
On February 10, 2006, an immediately effective Confirmatory Order
was issued to confirm commitments made as part of a settlement agreement
involving the failure by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
to report missing licensed material and to provide complete and
accurate information to the NRC as required. The settlement agreement
was reached as a result of an Alternative Dispute Resolution session,
held at the request of the applicant. |
National Insitutute of Health, MD
EA-01-001 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/17/2001 |
On January 17, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving the licensee's failure
to make surveys that were necessary to assure compliance with the
regulations that limit radiation exposure to the skin of a minor to
5 rem. |
Nationwide Testing Services, IL
EA-96-129 |
NOV
(SL III) |
05/16/1996 |
Use of licensed material in NRC jurisdiction not covered
by NRC Form-241. |
Navy, Department of The, VA
EA-07-091
EA-07-093 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/29/2007 |
On June 29, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for two Severity
Level III violations in accordance with the Enforcement Policy. The
first violation involved a radiography device containing a quantity
of Iridium-92 that was mistakenly shipped and stored for a period
of 12 days before it was discovered and recovered during a routine
survey. Although the source was properly shielded, and it was unlikely
that a member of the general public could gain access to it, significant
radiation exposures could have occurred if the source had been improperly
handled, transferred or removed from the facility, or if the source
was removed from its shielding. The second violation involved a radiographer
who exposed a Cobalt-60 source before ensuring that the high radiation
area was cleared. This failure resulted in radiation doses to the
crew that exceeded expected exposures. The failure to clear the high
radiation area before conducting operations created a potential for
the exposures to have been in excess of regulatory limits. |
Navy, Department of The, DC
EA-04-075 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/23/2004 |
On April 23, 2004, 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 (approximately 27 millicuries
total activity included in iridium-192 seeds) in a controlled area
and the failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of
this licensed material. |
Navy, Department of The, DC
EA-97-143 |
NOV
(SL III) |
05/07/1997 |
Mispackaging numerous shipments of radioactive material.
|
NDC Systems, CA
EA-96-342;
EA-96-539 |
NOV
(SL III &
ORDER) |
01/31/1997 |
Mispackaging numerous shipments of radioactive material. |
NDT Services, Inc, PR
EA-00-031 |
NOV
(SL I) |
10/17/2000 |
A Notice of Violation for a Severity Level I violation
was issued on October 17, 2000, based on multiple failures of two
former Radiation Safety Officers (RSOs) to ensure that radiation safety
activities were performed in accordance with approved procedures and
regulatory requirements. |
NDT Services, Inc, PR
EA-99-014 |
ORDER |
01/15/1999 |
Failure to maintain adequate security of licensed material.
|
NDT Services, Inc, PR
EA-98-108 |
ORDER |
03/27/1998 |
Immediately effective order suspending license based
on multiple violations involving radiographic operations. |
NDT Services, Inc. PR
EA-94-029 |
NOVCP
(SL I)
$15,000
|
07/16/1996 |
Failure to retract source to the safety position during
radiographic operations. |
NTH Consultants, LTD., PA
EA-98-060 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/16/1998 |
Gauge destroyed when operator walked away. |
NTH Consultants, LTD., MI
EA-08-002 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/31/2008 |
On March 31, 2008, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to use a minimum of two
independent physical controls that form tangible barriers to secure
portable gauges from unauthorized removal, when portable gauge was
not under the control and constant surveillance of the licensee.
Specifically, licensee personnel secured the transport case containing
a gauge to a vehicle with two independent cables and padlocks, but
the gauge case lid was secured with only a padlock and the gauge
was stolen from the vehicle. |
Nelson Excavating, WV
EA-96-308 |
NOVCP
(SL I)
$ 5,000 |
01/27/1997 |
Deliberate violation of Order Suspending License; deliberate
inaccurate/ incomplete information provided to the NRC. |
New Britain General Hospitals, CT
EA-96-396 |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/20/1996 |
Falsification of a dose calibrator constancy record.
|
New England Medical Center Hospitals, MA
EA-96-398 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/13/1996 |
Transportation violations - exceeded exposure limits.
|
New Jersey Department of Transportation, NJ
EA-06-287 |
NOV (SL
III) |
12/14/2006 |
On December 14, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to use two independent
physical controls that formed tangible barriers to secure a portable
gauge, containing NRC licensed material, from unauthorized removal
when the portable gauge was not under the control and constant surveillance
of the licensee. Specifically, the licensee stored the gauge in a
locked transportation case inside a locked wooden box located inside
an unoccupied, unlocked building. The wooden box was not under the
licensee’s control, was not secured, and could be accessed
by unauthorized individuals. |
NIBLOCK Excavating, Inc., IN
EA-96-298 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/25/1996 |
Unauthorized user of a moisture density gauge. |
NJS Engineering, SD
EA-96-450 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/08/1997 |
Failure to control licensed material. |
Nondestructive & Visual Inspection,
Inc., LA EA-03-031 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$6,000 |
06/16/2003 |
On June 16, 2003, 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 failure to secure from
unauthorized removal or limit access to licensed material (about 52
curies of Iridium-192 in an industrial radiographic exposure device)
located on a platform in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, which
is an unrestricted area, and the failure to control and maintain constant
surveillance of this licensed material. |
Nondestructive & Visual Inspection,
Inc., LA
EA-01-216 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/28/2001 |
On September 28, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure of Nondestructive
& Visual Inspection, Inc., a licensee of the State of Louisiana,
to file NRC Form 241, " Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement
State," prior to conducting radiographic operations using curie quantities
of iridium-192 on off-shore platforms in waters off of the Gulf of
Mexico in areas of Federal jurisdiction. |
Norcon, Inc., AK
EA-97-538 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/23/1998 |
Breakdown in control of licensed activities. |
Nordion International, Inc., Canada
EA-97-541 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/23/1998 |
Licensee failed to notify NRC of modification to sealed
sources and devices. |
Northern Engraving Corporation,
WI
EA-02-098 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,000 |
07/22/2002 |
On July 22, 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: (1) failure to transfer generally
licensed devices only to authorized recipients; and (2) failure to
provide complete and accurate information to the NRC. |
Northern Michigan Hospital, MI
EA-03-122 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/11/2003 |
On August 11, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to secure from unauthorized
removal or access licensed material (1210 millicuries of molybdenum-99
in a Tc-99m/Mo-99 generator, 351 millicuries of technetium-99m in
unit dose form, 400 microcuries of iodine-131, 22 millicuries of
xenon-133 and several check sources of microcurie activity) that
were stored in a controlled area, and the failure to maintain constant
surveillance of this licensed material. |
North Country Hospital and Health Center,
Inc., VT
EA-99-153 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/20/1999 |
Multiple violations involving a misadministration,
including the failure to notify the NRC. |
Nuclear Imaging, LTD., SD
EA-97-263 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/31/1997 |
Failure to secure licensed material. |
Nuclear Pharmacy of Idaho, Inc., ID
EA-98-363 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/19/1998 |
Violation include failure to: (1) perform an evaluation
to determine the dose to the skin of the right forearm of the individual
involved in the contamination event. |