Information Notice 2002-33, Notification of Permanent Injunction Against Neutron Products Incorporated of Dickerson, Maryland
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Issue date: | 11/22/2002 |
From: | Cool D NRC/NMSS/IMNS |
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 November 22, 2002 NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 2002-33: NOTIFICATION OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION
AGAINST NEUTRON PRODUCTS
INCORPORATED OF DICKERSON, MARYLAND
Addressees
All teletherapy and radiation processing licensees.
Purpose
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this information notice (IN) to inform
licensees that the State of Maryland has placed a permanent injunction upon the company:
Neutron Products, Inc. (NPI), 22301 Mount Ephraim Road, Dickerson, Maryland 20842, radioactive materials license number, MD-31-025-01. The State has requested that NRC
licensees be informed of this action because of potential impact on those using NPI sources.
It is expected that recipients will review this information for applicability to their licensed
activities. However, suggestions contained in this IN are not new NRC requirements; therefore, no specific action nor written response is required.
Discussion:
The radioactive materials source manufacturing license of the Maryland company Neutron
Products, Inc. (NPI) is under permanent injunction and is required to decommission its source
manufacturing facility. The injunction specifically prohibits the companys source manufacturing
facility from receiving, manufacturing or shipping cobalt-60 (except waste).
As a result of the permanent injunction, NPI will no longer be a supplier of cobalt-60 sealed
sources for teletherapy and radiation processing licensees from their source manufacturing
facility. If NPI was your provider of cobalt-60, you may need to procure another supplier. At
this time, under another license, NPI may still conduct periodic maintenance of sources and
may remove cobalt-60 sources and deleted uranium shielding from teletherapy facilities (tear
outs).
This IN notice requires no specific action nor written response. If you have any questions about
the information in this notice, please contact the technical contact listed below or the
appropriate regional office.
/RA/
Donald A. Cool, Director
Division of Industrial and
Medical Nuclear Safety
Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards
Attachments:
1. List of Recently Issued NMSS Information Notices
2. List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices
Technical Contact:
Raymond Manley, Supervisor
Radioactive Material Licensing Section
State of Maryland Radiological Health Program
Maryland Department of the Environment
1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 705 Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1720
Telephone: 410-537-3301 Email: rmanley@mde.state.md.us
Attachment 1 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED
NMSS INFORMATION NOTICES
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Information Date of
Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to
_____________________________________________________________________________________
2002-31 Potentially Defective UF6 10/31/2002 All licensees authorized to
Cylinder Valves (1-inch) possess and use source material
and/or special nuclear material for
the heating, emptying, filling, or
shipping of uranium hexafluoride
(UF6) in 30- and 48-inch
cylinders.
2002-30 Control and Surveillance of 10/30/2002 All NRC licensees authorized to
Portable Gauges During Field possess, use, transport, and store
Operations portable gauges.
2002-28 Appointment of Radiation 09/27/2002 All medical licensees.
Safety Officers and Authorized
Users Under 10 CFR Part 35
2002-23 Unauthorized Administration of 07/16/2002 All medical licensees.
Byproduct Material for Medical
Use
2002-19 Medical Misadministrations 06/14/2002 All nuclear pharmacies and
Caused By Failure to Properly medical licensees.
Perform Tests on Dose
Calibrators for Beta- and Low- Energy Photon-Emitting
Radionuclides
Note: NRC generic communications may be received in electronic format shortly after they are issued by
subscribing to the NRC listserver as follows:
To subscribe send an e-mail to <listproc@nrc.gov >, no subject, and the following command in the
message portion:
subscribe gc-nrr firstname lastname
______________________________________________________________________________________
OL = Operating License
CP = Construction Permit
Attachment 2 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED
NRC INFORMATION NOTICES
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Information Date of
Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to
_____________________________________________________________________________________
2002-29 Recent Design Problems in 11/06/2002 All holders of operating licenses
(Errata) Safety Functions of Pneumatic or construction permits for
Systems nuclear power reactors.
2002-32 Electromigration on 10/31/2002 All holders of operating licenses
Semiconductor Integrated for nuclear power reactors except
Circuits those who have ceased
operations and have certified that
fuel has been permanently
removed from the reactor vessel.
2002-31 Potentially Defective UF6 10/31/2002 All licensees authorized to
Cylinder Valves (1-inch) possess and use source material
and/or special nuclear material for
the heating, emptying, filling, or
shipping of uranium hexafluoride
(UF6) in 30- and 48-inch
cylinders.
2002-30 Control and Surveillance of 10/30/2002 All NRC licensees authorized to
Portable Gauges During Field possess, use, transport, and store
Operations portable gauges.
2002-29 Recent Design Problems in 10/15/2002 All holders of operating licenses
Safety Functions of Pneumatic or construction permits for
Systems nuclear power reactors.
2002-28 Appointment of Radiation 09/27/2002 All medical licensees.
Safety Officers and Authorized
Users Under 10 CFR Part 35 Note: NRC generic communications may be received in electronic format shortly after they are
issued by subscribing to the NRC listserver as follows:
To subscribe send an e-mail to <listproc@nrc.gov >, no subject, and the following
command in the message portion:
subscribe gc-nrr firstname lastname
______________________________________________________________________________________
OL = Operating License
CP = Construction Permit This IN notice requires no specific action nor written response. If you have any questions about
the information in this notice, please contact the technical contact listed below or the
appropriate regional office.
/RA/
Donald A. Cool, Director
Division of Industrial and
Medical Nuclear Safety
Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards
Attachments:
1. List of Recently Issued NMSS Information Notices
2. List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices
Technical Contact:
Raymond Manley, Supervisor
Radioactive Material Licensing Section
State of Maryland Radiological Health Program
Maryland Department of the Environment
1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 705 Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1720
Telephone: 410-537-3301 Email: rmanley@mde.state.md.us
ADAMS Accession: ML023370530
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