ML20009F013
| ML20009F013 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/20/1981 |
| From: | Wiedeman D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Download: ML20009F013 (2) | |
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I Appendix A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Western Electric Company, Inc.
License No. 12-18536-01 As a result of the inspection conducted on July 14, 1981, and in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7, 1980), the following violations were identified:
1.
Condition 8.B of your license limits the amount of promethium-147 that you may possess at any one time to a total of two sources of 60 microcuries each.
Contrary to this requirement, on the day of the inspection, July 14, 1981, you possessed one source of 600 microcuries, an amount in excess of your possession limit.
This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement VII).
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Condition 13.A of License No. 12-18536-01 requires that you test your sealed sources containing byproduct material for leakage and/or con-tamination at intervals not to exceed six months.
Contrary to this requirement, as of the day of the inspection, July 14, 1931, you had not tested your sealed sources for contamination or leakage since November,1980, an interval of more than six months.
This is a Se. verity Level V violation (Supplement VII).
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10 CFR 19.11(a) and (b) require that current copies of Part 19, Part 20, your license, license conditions, documents incorporated into the license, license amendments and operating procedures be posted, or that a notice describing these documents and where they may be examined, be posted.
10 CFR 19.11(c) requires that Form NRC-3, " Notice to Employees" be posted.
Contrary to this requirement, on the day of the inspection, July 14, 1981, neither the documents nor the notices were posted.
This is a Severity Level VI violation (Supplement VII).
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Appendix A Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, you are required to submit to this office within twenty-five days of the date of this Notice a written statement or explanation in reply, including for each item of noncompliance:
(1) corrective action taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further noncompliance; and (3) the date when full com-pliance will be achieved. Under the authority of Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as auended, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.
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