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Notice of Violation from Insp on 971117-1205.Violation Noted:As of 971117,licensee Did Not Notify in Writing within 60 Days as Required of Occurrence That No Principal Activities Were Conducted for Period of 24 Months
ML20202B470
Person / Time
Site: 03007609
Issue date: 02/06/1998
From:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20202B469 List:
References
30-07609-97-01, 30-7609-97-1, EA-97-582, NUDOCS 9802120025
Download: ML20202B470 (3)


See also: IR 07100117/2012005

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Mallinckrodt Veterinary, Inc.

Docket No. 030-05798

Terre Haute, Indiana

License No. 13 01264-05

EA 97 582

During an NRC inspection conducted on November 17 and 18,1997, with continuing NRC

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review through December 5,1997, violations of NRC requirements were identified, in

accordance wl;h the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement

Actions, NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:

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Programmatic issues

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10 CFR 30.36(d) requires, in part, that licensees shall provide notification to NRC

in writing within 60 days of the occurrence that no principal activities have been

conducted for a period of 24 months in any separate building or outdoor aren

that contains residual radioactivity such that the building or outdoor area is

unsuitable for release in accordance with NRC requirements.

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Centrary to the above, as of November 17,1997, the licensee did not notify NRC

In writing within 60 days as required. Specifically, no principal activities (activities

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authorized by the license which are essential to achieving the purpose (s) for

which the license was issued or amended) were conducted in buildings 201 and

209 since December 1993. The buildings contained residual radioactivity and

were unsuitable for release in accordance with NRC requirements, in addition,

notification was not made to the NRC of two outdoor burial sites which contain

residual radioactivity and are unsultable for release in accordance with NRC

requirements. (01013)

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B.

10 CFR 30.56(j) requires, in part, that as the final step in decommissioning, the

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licensee shall: (1) certify disposition of all licensed malertal, including

accumulated wastes, by submitting a completed NRC Form 314 or equivalent

information; and (2) conduct a radiation survey of the premises where licensed

activities were carried out and submit a report of the results of this survey unless

the licensee demonstrates that the premises were suitable for release in some

other manner.

Contrary to the above, as of November 17,1997, as a final step in

decommissioning two buildings, the licensee did not: (1) certify disposition of all

licensed material, including accumulated wastes, by submitting a completed

NRC Form 314 or equivalent information to the NRC; and (2) did not submit a

report of the radiation sutvey results or demonstrate in any other manner that the

premises were suitable for release. Specifically, Buildings 3 and 84 located at

1331 S. First Street, Terre Haute, Indiana, were used for licensed activities

before they were demolished in 1995 and 1996 respectivdy. The licensee did

not certify to the NRC that alllicensed material within those buildings had been

disposed of or demonstrate that the premises were suitable for release. (02013)

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Condition 11, of License No.13 01264-05 authorizes a specifically named

individual as the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO),

Contrary to the above, as of April 1995, the Individual specifically named as RSO

left the licensee's nmploy and was not replaced. (03013)

These violations represent a Severity level ill problem (Supplement VI).

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Licensing Issue

10 CFR 30.34(b) requires, in part, that no NRC license nor any right under a license

shall be transferred or assigned through transfel of control of any license to any person,

unless the Commission gives its consent in writing.

Contrary to the above, on June 30,1997, control of NRC License No. 13-01264-05 was

transferred from Matt!nckrodt Veterinary, Inc., to Schering Plough Animal Health

Corporation without prior written consent from the Commission. (01014)

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplera,)t VI).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Mallinckrodt Veterinary Inc., is hereby required to

submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a copy to the Regional

Administrator, Region Ill, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of

Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and

should include for each violation: (1) the reason far the violation, or, if contested, the basis for

disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved,

(3) the corrective steps that will b3 taken to avoid further violations, arid (4) the date when full

compliance will be achieved. Your response rnay reference or include previous docketed

correspondence,if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response, if an

adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for

Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or

revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is

shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time,

if you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the

Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Re0ulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20555-0001.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent

possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so

that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction if personal privacy or proprietary information

is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your

response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your

response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you mum

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specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in

detall the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will

create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by

10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial

information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please

provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois

this 6 day of February 1998