IR 05000290/1959001

Safety & Compliance Insp on 980826 of License 50-29059-01. Insp Findings:As of 980826,licensee Did Not Conduct Weekly Surveys for Contamination in Areas Where Radiopharm Routinely Prepared for Use

ML20155D490
Person / Time
Site:	03033011, 05000290
Issue date:	09/28/1998
From:	Garcia E, James Smith NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV), VALLEY HOSP., PALMER, AK
To:
Shared Package
ML20155D478	List: IR 05000290/1959001 ML20155D490
References
30-33011-98-01, 30-33011-98-1, NUDOCS 9811030228
Download: ML20155D490 (1)

Text

. ., _ _ . _ . -

a s NfC f-ORM 691 PART 1 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I D1997)

10 cFR 3201 i SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE INSPECTION i L UGEN5EE 2. REGIONAL OHICE Valley IIospital Imaging Department againg iy 515 E. Dahlia US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i Palmer, Alaska 99645 611 RYAN PLAZA DR STE 400 j ARLINGTON TX 76011-8064 REPORT NUMBER (S) 98-01  ;

3. DNM.T NUWBtH(S} 4 LEENsE NUMBER (s) S oATELS)QF IN$PECilON l 030-33011 50-29059-01 08/26/1998

'

-

LICENSEE: l

'

The inspection was an examination of the activities conducted under your license as they relate to radiation safety and to compliance with the Nuclear :

Regulatory Commission (NRC) rules and regulations and the conditions of your license. The inspection consisted of selective examinations of l procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations by tae inspector. The inspection findings are as follows:

)

] 1,. Based on the inspection findings, no violations were identif.e ] 2. The violation (s), specifically described to you by the inspector as non-cited violations, are not being cited because they were self-identif',ed, norrtepetitive, and corrective action was or is being taken, and the remaining enteria in the NRC Enforcement Polic I NUREG-1600, to exercise discretion, were satisfie l non-cited violation (s) were discussed involving the fol!owing requirernent(s):

3. During this inspection certain of your activities, as described below and/or attached, were in violation of NRC requirements and are t,eing cited. This form is a NOTICE OF VIOLATION, which is required to be posted in accordance with 10 CFR 19.1 CFR 3*i.70(f) requires that a licensee conduct the weekly surveys for removable contamination of ali areas where radiopharmaceuticals are routinely prepared for use, administered, or stored, as required by 10 CFR 35.70(e), so as to be able to detect contamination on each wipe sample of 2,000 disintegrations per minut Contrary to the above, as of August 26,1998, the licensee did not conduct weekly surveys for contamination in j areas where radiopharmaceuticals were routinely prepared for use, administered, or stored in such a manner so as to be able to detect contamination on each wipe sample of 2,000 disintegrations per minute. Specifically, the equipment used to analyze the wipe samples did not properly convert counts per minutes to disintegrations per minut l l

\

l l

l

-

l 9811030228 980928 I PDR ADOCK 03033011 '

C PDR STATEMENT OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS l t hsteoy state that, wrthin 30 days, the actions described by me to the inspector will be taken to correct the violations identified. This statement of correctNe actions is made in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.201 (corrective steps already taken, correctNe steps which will be taken, date when full compliance will be achieved). I understand that no further written response to NRC will be required, unless specifically requeste TITLE PRINTED NAME SIGNATURE DATE LICENSEE I NRC INSPECTOR Emilio M. Garcia 09/28719U NRC f Of04 b91 PART 1 (8 1991)