ML19352A799
| ML19352A799 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07001342 |
| Issue date: | 03/04/1981 |
| From: | Kinneman J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML19352A792 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-1342-81-01, 70-1342-81-1, NUDOCS 8106020131 | |
| Download: ML19352A799 (1) | |
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(f APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Docket No. 70-1342
.Coratomic, - Incorporated License No. SNM-1319 Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701 As a result of the inspection conducted on January 28, 1981, and in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7,1980), the following violations were identified:
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10CFR20.402(b): " Reports of theft or loss of licensed material", requires that each licensee make a report in' writing of the loss or theft of licensed material, within thirty (30) days after he learns of the loss or theft, to the appropriate NRC Regional Office with copies to the Director of Inspection and Enforcement.
Contrary to this requirement, as of the date of the inspection, Jcnuary 28, 1981, you failed to make a report in writing of the loss in July,1978 of 4.22 curies of plutonium-238.
We note that you reported the loss by telephone at the time, but you failed to file the written report.
This is a Severity Level V Violation.
(Supplement IV) 8.
10 CFR 70.42(c), " Transfer of special nuclear material," requires that prior to transferring licensed material, you verify that the transferee's license authorizes the receipt of the type, fonn, and quantity of special nuclear material to be transferred.
10 CFR 70.42(d) specifies the requirements far verifying authorization.
Contrary to this requirement, in 1980, you transferred special nuclear material without utilizing one of the specified verification procedures.
Specifically, you transfered a plutonium-238 source in a pacemaker to a hospital without verifying that their license authorization was current.
This is a Severity Level VI Violation.
(Supplement VII)
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Coratomic, Incorporated is hereby required to submit to this office within twenty-five days of the date of this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including:
(1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance t
t will be achieved. Under the authority of Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, this response shall be, submit nder o th or affirmation.
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Dated J n D. Kinneman, Chief erials Radiological Protection Section 8106 0 20lJ /
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