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Escalated Enforcement Actions Issued to Materials Licensees - T
This table includes a collection of significant enforcement actions (referred to as "escalated") that the NRC has issued to materials licensees.
The types of actions and their abbreviations are as follows:
- Notice of Violation for Severity Level I, II, or III violations (NOV)
- Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (NOVCP)
- Order Imposing Civil Penalty (CPORDER)
- Order Modifying, Suspending, or Revoking License (ORDER)
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Licensee Name and NRC Action Number |
Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any |
Date | Description |
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Tamfelt, Inc., WA |
NOV (SL III) |
08/28/2003 | On August 28, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity level III problem involving the possession and/or use of licensed material in areas of NRC jurisdiction without a specific or general NRC license and the 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. |
Temple University, PA EA-02-148 | NOV
(SL III) |
07/25/2002 | On July 25, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III problem involving the deliberate failure of a senior nuclear medicine technologist to follow procedures involving the use of radiopharmaceuticals for a patient dose and the subsequent falsification of the assayed and delivered dose record. |
Temple University, PA EA-00-156 |
NOVCP (SL II) $ 8,800 |
10/19/2000 | On October 19, 2000, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty for $8,800 for a Severity Level II violation was issued. The action was based on discrimination against a former Nuclear Medicine Technologies for raising safety concerns. |
Temple University, PA EA-97-426 |
NOV (SL III) |
02/20/1998 | Deliberate preparation of inaccurate wipe test record. |
Temple University, PA EA-96-455 |
NOVCP (SL III) $10,000 |
12/31/1996 | Willful failure to perform monthly HDR check. |
Temple University, PA EA-95-243 |
NOV (SL III) |
03/05/1996 | Violations involving a therapeutic misadministration involving a cobalt-60 teletherapy irradiation. |
Terracon Companies, Inc., KS EA-97-425 |
NOV (SL III) |
11/17/1997 | Deliberate violations of license conditions. |
TES Consultants, P.C., MI EA-04-099 |
NOV (SL III) |
09/1/2004 | On September 1, 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 8 millicuries of cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of americium-241 in a moisture density gauge) in an unrestricted area at a temporary jobsite and failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of this licensed material. |
Testco, Inc., NC EA-95-101 |
NOVCP (SL III) $ 5,000 |
10/31/1995 | Deliberate failure to file Form-241. |
CPORDER $ 5,000 Settlement |
03/19/1995 | ||
Testing Engineers & Consultants, Inc.,
MI EA-99-097; EA-99-169 |
NOVCP (SL III) $ 5,500 |
07/08/1999 | Failure to secure and control licensed material and failure to provide the NRC with complete and accurate information regarding the licensed material (moisture density gauge). |
CPORDER $ 5,500 |
09/24/1999 | ||
Testing Laboratories, Inc., NM EA-96-447 |
NOV (SL III) $ 2,500 |
01/06/1997 | Willful failure to file NRC Form 241. |
Testing Technologies, Inc., VA EA-02-166 |
NOVCP
(SL II) $9,600 |
01/22/2003 | On January 22, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $9,600 was issued for a Severity Level II problem involving the willful: (1) performance of radiographic operations at temporary job sites by radiographer's assistants and helpers who were not accompanied by at least one qualified radiographer; (2) performance of radiographic operations by individuals who had not met training requirements; (3) failure to wear a combination of a direct reading pocket dosimeter, an alarming ratemeter, and either a film badge or TLD and (4) failure of the corporate and site Radiation Safety Officer to oversee the radiation safety program. |
Testing Technologies, Inc., VA EA-00-231 |
NOVCP (SL III) $ 5,500 |
11/14/2000 | On November 14, 2000, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $5,500 was issued. The action was based for a Severity Level III problem involving the failure to (1) limit unrestricted area doses to less than two mrem in any one hour, (2) to post each radiation and high radiation area with the appropriate sign, (3) to perform surveys necessary to demonstrate compliance with the regulations and to evaluate the radiological hazards present. |
Testmaster Inspection Co., Inc. EA-03-081 |
NOVCP (SL III) $5,500 |
07/02/2003 | On July 2, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $5,500 was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the deliberate failure to use a radiation survey instrument during radiographic operations |
CPORDER $ 5,500 |
09/05/2003 | ||
Testwell Laboratories, Inc. NY EA-03-036 |
NOVCP
(SL III) $6,000 |
05/14/2003 | On May 14, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to file for reciprocity with the NRC for storage and use of licensed sources in a location outside an Agreement State. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $6,000 was also issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the willful actions of its Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) who knowingly performed and allowed radiography work by other employees without accompaniment by a certified radiographer, and that work required the supervision of a certified radiographer. |
Testwell Laboratories, Inc., NY EA-01-149 |
NOV (SL III) |
06/14/2001 | On June 14, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation based on Testwell Laboratories, Inc., a licensee of the State of New York, using portable gauges in New Jersey, a non-Agreement State, without a specific license from the NRC and without filing a Form 241, "Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement State," with the NRC. |
The Dial Corporation, OH EA-96-041 |
NOVCP (SL III) $2,500 |
06/18/1996 | Loss of NDE systems gauge. |
CPORDER $ 2,500 |
10/31/1996 | ||
The Duriron Company, Inc., OH EA-95-227 |
NOVCP (SL III) $ 2,500 |
02/05/1996 | Licensee's failure to leak test sealed sources at intervals specified by 10 CFR 34.25(b). |
CPORDER $ 2,500 |
04/12/1996 | ||
The Terracon Companies, Inc., KS EA-98-124 |
NOV (SL III) $ 2,750 |
05/15/1998 | Failure to secure portable gauge resulting in theft. |
CPORDER $ 2,750 |
10/21/1996 | ||
Theilsch Engineering, Inc., RI EA-98-161 |
NOV (SL III) |
04/23/1998 | Failure to file form NRC Form 241. |
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, PA EA-05-237 |
NOV (SL III) |
03/03/2006 | On March 3, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to control the annual occupational shallow dose equivalent to 50 rem, and the failure to conduct adequate surveys. Specifically, a nuclear medicine technologist (NMT) received an exposure to the skin of the right thumb when it became contaminated with sodium iodide (iodine 131), during treatment of a patient. The NMT did not perform adequate surveys necessary for the timely identification of skin contamination and assessment of dose to the skin of her right thumb. As a result, the NMT's skin was contaminated for 26 hours before being detected. (RI, H, SLIII, Sup IV, YY No CP) |
Titan Atlantic Group, NC EA-00-191 |
NOV (SL III) |
10/12/2000 | A Notice of Violation for a Severity Level III violation was issued on October 12, 2000. The action was based on the performance of radiography in an NRC jurisdiction by individuals who were not certified through a radiographer certification program. |
Tome & Ubinas Radio Oncology Center, PR EA-07-103 |
NOV (SL III) |
10/11/2007 | On October 11, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to meet the physical presence requirements in 10 CFR 35.615(f)(2) during High Dose Radiation (HDR) brachytherapy treatments. Specifically, on two occasions the licensee willfully performed HDR brachytherapy treatments without the physical presence of an authorized user and on two additional occasions the licensee willfully performed HDR brachytherapy treatments without the physical presence of an authorized user and continued patient treatments without the authorized user or a physician under the supervision of an authorized user physically present. |
TRC Engineers, Inc. NJ EA-06-286 (Formerly SITE-BLAUVELT Engineering, Inc. |
NOVCP (SLIII) $3,250 |
01/30/2007 | On January 30, 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 of 10 CFR 30.34 (i), involving the reported theft of a portable nuclear density gauge containing licensed material. The licensee failed to use a minimum of two independent physical controls to secure a portable gauge while it was not under the control and surveillance of your staff, as required. Specifically, the licensee provided one independent barrier by securing the gauge in a locked container and placing it in a locked shed for overnight storage at a temporary job site. However, the licensee failed to provide a second independent barrier when it did not secure the gauge to the shed. |
CPORDER $ 3,250 |
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Trap Rock Industries, Inc., NJ |
CPORDER $3,000 |
04/30/2002 | On April 30, 2002, an Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was issued. The action was based on a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 that was issued on February 27, 2002, for a Severity Level III violation involving failure to control a nuclear gauge that was subsequently stolen from a temporary job site. The licensee's March 26, 2002, response did not deny that the violation occurred as stated in the Notice, but requested withdrawal of the penalty. The licensee argued that the penalty should be withdrawn because the gauge contained minuscule quantities of material, was clearly and properly labeled, and was lost due to a criminal act of an unknown third party. Upon discovery that the gauge was missing, the licensee immediately notified the NRC of the theft and attempted to find the stolen gauge. The licensee disciplined the employee who left the gauge unattended, and also took corrective actions that included re-instructing and re-training its employees; and the licensee has had no prior violations of NRC regulations. After considering the licensee's response, the NRC concluded that an adequate basis was not provided for withdrawal of the civil penalty. |
Triad Engineering, Inc., WV EA-06-150 |
NOVCP (SL III) $3,250 |
09/12/2006 | On September 12, 2006, a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued. The NOV cites two violations of NRC requirements. The first violation involved the failure of the authorized gauge user (AU) to properly block and brace the gauge in the open bed of his pick-up truck, to secure the gauge with two independent physical controls, and to close the tailgate prior to leaving the field office parking lot. The case containing the gauge fell off the truck onto a public street resulting in the second violation, i.e., the failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of licensed material in an unrestricted area. After bystanders notified the AU that his gauge had fallen off his truck, the AU driver retraced his route and retrieved the gauge. The container and the gauge were not damaged and there was no radiation dose to members of the public as a result of this event. |
Triad Engineering, Inc., WV EA-04-235 |
NOV (SL III) |
02/24/2005 | On February 24, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to verify that the receiver of a transferred portable gauge was authorized to receive it before shipping it to them. |
Triad Engineering, Inc., WV EA-04-014 |
NOVCP (SL III) $3,000 |
04/20/2004 | On April 20, 2004, 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) control and maintain constant surveillance of licensed material (approximately 50 millicuries of americium-241 contained in a portable moisture density gauge) located in an unrestricted area and (2) lock the portable gauge or its container when not in under the direct surveillance of an authorized user. |
Triad Engineering, Inc., WV EA-99-134 |
NOV (SL III) |
07/08/1999 | Failure to secure and control licensed material (moisture density gauge). |
Tri-State Area Nuclear Pharmacy, WV EA-97-595 |
NOV (SL III) |
01/08/1998 | Failure to secure licensed material and transfer of radioactive material to an unauthorized recipient. |
Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc., NC EA-09-082 |
NOV (SL III) |
03/09/2010 | On March 9, 2010, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to implement 10 CFR 110.20(a)(2) and 10 CFR 110.41(a)(9). Specifically, on November 21, 2008, Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc., failed to apply for a specific license and exported byproduct material listed in Appendix L (a moisture density gauge containing Am-241) to an embargoed country listed in 10 CFR 110.28 (Iraq). Further, this failure to apply for a specific export license prevented an Executive Branch review of the export activity as required by 10 CFR 110.41(a)(9). |
Tulsa Gamma Ray, Inc., OK EA-98-475 |
NOV (SL III) |
02/25/1999 | Two radiation exposures in excess of NRC limits. |
Turabo Corporation, PR EA-01-126 |
NOVCP (SL III) $ 3,000 |
06/20/2001 | 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 secure from unauthorized removal or limit access to two gauges containing approximately eight millicuries (mCi) of cesium-137 and 50 mCi of americium-241 and failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of this licensed material. |
Turabo Corporation, PR EA-00-088 |
NOV (SL III) |
06/12/2000 | A Notice of Violation for a Severity Level III violation was issued June 12, 2000. The action was based on the failure to secure the portable moisture density gauge from unauthorized removal and failure to limit the dose in an unrestricted area. |
Tyme Engineering, Inc., MI EA-07-276 |
NOVCP (SL III) $3,250 |
01/07/2008 | On January 7, 2008, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued to Tyme Engineering,
Inc. This action is based on a Severity Level III violation of 10
CFR 30.34(i) involving the licensee's failure to maintain a minimum
of two independent physical controls that formed tangible barriers
to secure a portable gauge from unauthorized removal during a period
when the portable gauge was not under the control and constant surveillance
of the licensee. Specifically, the licensee had only a single tangible
barrier in place when a gauge was stolen from an unattended licensee
vehicle parked at the licensee’s business parking lot. |
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