IR 05000102/2009005
| ML20151Z148 | |
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| Site: | 05000102, 03018598 |
| Issue date: | 02/10/1986 |
| From: | Wiedeman D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML20151Z143 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8602140069 | |
| Download: ML20151Z148 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Francis Associates License No. 12-24398-01 As a result of the inspection conducted on January 27, 1986,-and in accordance with the " General Policy and Procedures for'NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1985), the following violations.were identified:
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License Condition No. 17 requires that licensed material be possessed and used in accordance with the statements, representations, and procedures contained in certain referenced applications and letters.
The referenced application dated October 17, 1984 states in Item 12 that film badges will be used for personnel monitoring, and will be exchanged monthly.
Contrary to this requirement, the licensee used licensed material from January 2, 1985 to September 5, 1985 without wearing the required personnel monitoring device.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VI).
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License Condition No. 13 requires the licensee to test sealed sources containing byproduct material for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to exceed six months.
Contrary to this requirement, the licensee failed to test sealed sources containing byproduct material for leakage and/or contamination at six month intervals.
Specifically, as of the day of the inspection, January 27, 1986, the licensee had not tested the moisture / density gauge containing 7.6 millicuries of cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of americium-241 since the date of purchase, December 19, 1984.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VI).
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10 CFR 71.5(a) requires that no licensee shall transport any licensed material outside the confines of his plant or other place of use, or delivery any licensed material to a carrier for transport, unless the licensee complies with applicable requirements of the regulations appropriate to the mode of transport of the DOT in 49 CFR Parts 170-189.
49 CFR 172.200 requires that each person who offers a hazardous material for transportation shall describe the hazardous material on the shipping paper.
49 CFR 177.817 requires a carrier to have a shipping paper accompanying each shipment of hazardous material, and the shipping paper be prepared in accordance with 49 CFR 172.201 through 172.203.
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Contrary to this requirement, the licensee transported hazardous material (Radioactive Material, Special Form) to jobsites near Paris, Illinois on numerous occasions from January 2,1985 to September 5,1985, and did not have the proper shipping papers to accompany the shipments.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement V).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, you are required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of this Notice a written statement or explanation in reply, including for each violation:
(1) corrective action taken and.the results achieved; (2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Consideration may be given to extending your response time for good cause shown.
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