ML20125B861

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Order Suspending License for Handling of Nuclear Matl Due to Violations Noted in 760309 Insp
ML20125B861
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Site: 02700010
Issue date: 03/11/1976
From: Jennifer Davis
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
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EMVNECO
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Bucle.ar Engineering Co=pany, Incohorsted ("the licensee") is the holder 3

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,naar Beatty, Nevada, in accordance with the conditiena specified therein.

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materials had been re=cved fem the lice:see's, site at 3eatty, Nevada, and V

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outside the restricted area. 'Iro: this, it is apparent that the licensee's

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Enforcement finds that the public health.. safety or interest requires that ::

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' prior notite is necessary and ths:, pursus.: to 10 CTR 2.202(!) the use, pr:-

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No. 04-03766-01 should be suspended effective i=sdiately. Notwithstanding the above, the licensee =sy precess a:d bury any radiesetive vaste er.cerials which are n:V on site or in transit to tha sit: as of.the ti=a this order is received by the licensee.

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In view of the foregoing and pursuant to the Ate =ic Energy Act of 1954, as

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All activities under the license involving the use, processing, handling j

~ and burial of special nuclear :sterials, except those =aterials now at tha' site or in, transit to the site, are suspended effective i=ediately pending further crder.

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The licassea =ay, within eventy (20) days of the date of receipt of this Order, file a vritten answer to this crdet under Oath or Affir=ation and =sy also request a hearing, within said tvanty (20) day period. If a hearing is requestad, the Co=nission vill issue an Order designating the tice and place of hearing.

Any request for a hearing shall not stay this order.

VI In the event the licensee files a request for hearing withis tha ti=a specified, the issues to be considered at such hearing shall he:

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1. Whether the potentially hazard:us conditions de' scribed in Section II above exists; and
2. Whether, on the basis of such eceditions, this order should be l.

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