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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION I
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I-96-63 September 16, 1996
Contact: Diane Screnci FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Roger Hannah
NRC STAFF ISSUES ORDER SUSPENDING LICENSE OF
GRD STEEL CORPORATION IN MONONGAHELA, PENNSYLVANIA
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued an order,
effective immediately, suspending the license of GRD Steel
Corporation of Monongahela, Pennsylvania. The order also
requires the company to transfer all NRC-licensed materials to
an authorized recipient.
NRC also has issued a demand for information to GRD,
requiring that it provide, within 20 days, information to
assist NRC in determining whether GRD's license should be
revoked, or whether the agency can have confidence that future
activities will be carried out in compliance with all NRC
requirements.
GRD Steel, which manufactured carbon steel at its
Monongahela facility, holds an NRC licensee to possess and use
cobalt-60 in sealed sources for use in nuclear gauges.
NRC inspections and investigations have determined that
the Monongahela Industrial Development Association (MIDA) has
foreclosed on the mortgage it held on the GRD facility that
houses the gauges. As a result, MIDA now possesses licensed
material without an NRC license.
The order requires that GRD suspend all licensed
activities with the exception of transferring its two gauges to
an authorized recipient in cooperation with MIDA. The transfer
must take place within 60 days of receipt of the order.
GRD has 20 days to respond to the order, or to request a
hearing. Any such hearing request would not stay the immediate
effectiveness of the order.
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