ML20195B590

From kanterella
Jump to navigation Jump to search
EN-88-092:on 881028,notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $2,500 Issued to Licensee on 881028. Action Based on Violation Re Failure to Recover & Return Nuclear Pacemaker to Mfg Upon Death of Individual
ML20195B590
Person / Time
Site: 07001718
Issue date: 10/28/1988
From: Flack E, Lieberman J
NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE)
To:
References
EA-88-188, EN-88-092, EN-88-92, NUDOCS 8811020082
Download: ML20195B590 (1)


Text

__

TCS October 28, 1988 EN 88-92 0FFICE OF ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION Licensee: Shadyside Hospital (EA 88-188)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania License No. SNM-1538

Subject:

PROPOSEDIMPOSITIONOFCIVILPEN/LTY-$2,500 This is to inform the Connission that a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

($2,500) will be issued on or about October 28, 1988 to Shadyside Hospital.

The Consission approved issuance of this action on October 20, 1968. This action is based on a violation involving the failure to recover and return a nuclear paceraker to the manufacturer upon the death of an individual. As a result of the failure to recover and return the nuclear pacemaker to the manufacturer, the paceraker was dis posed of by the funeral home in the normal trash, a method of disposal not autiorized by the licensee or NRC regulations.

The escalation and mitigation factors in the Enforcement Policy were considered and no adjustments were deemed appropriate.

It should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcement action. The schedule of issuance and notification is:

Mailing of Notice October 28, 1988 Telephone Notification of Licensee October 28, 1988 The State of Pennsylvania will be notified.

The licensee has thirty days from the date of the Notice in which to respond.

Following NRC evaluation of the response, the civil penalty may be remitted, mitigated, or it' posed by Order.

Contact:

E. Flack, OE, 23282 J. Lieberman, OE, 20741 Distribution

\\

OWFN Q:sb OWFNl3.*QD MNBB (D O D Chairman Zech EDO RM Comm. Roberts DEDRO AEOD Cose Carr NRR Conn. Rogers OE Cosa. Curtiss NMSS SECY OGC ACRS O!

CA SP GPA OSP l

F.eg @ional OfficesRII g g RY @ Q MAIL RI RIV QQ ADH: Doc. Hgt. Br.

L PDR RIII o'.26 RES OIA PRELIMINARY INF0RMATION - NOT FOR PUB'.IC DISCl0SURE UNTIL PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED

\\

$107,ja2esto2s g$

EN-88-op2 p