ML20203B264
| ML20203B264 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/13/1994 |
| From: | Jackie Jones NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Thacker R FORD MOTOR CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20203B270 | List: |
| References | |
| SSD, NUDOCS 9902100267 | |
| Download: ML20203B264 (2) | |
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Dear.Mr. Thacker:
This refers to.the telephone conve'rsat'.on on'. March-2, 1994, between you and Evelyn R._ Matson of my staff, in which you notified the NRC that a polonium-210 static eliminator was apparently1 stolen.
The device, an Amersham Model ' PDM-1002H4, was leased from Amersham. This also refers.
.i to the. telephone conversation on_ March 25, 1994, in which you notified
'us that as a result of your efforts to recover the source, the soruce r4 Lwas recovered on March 25,.1994.
.Although the source 2was recovered, a.. violation of NRC requirements.s identified..;The violation involves the unauthorized transfer of "approximately 10 mil 11 curies. (370 MBq)> of polonium-210,' and is' described,
31n the enclosed Notice of Violation. A writteniresponse is required.
- The'NRC. recognizes that
- the safety significance of this' violation:is minor given the smal11 amount of material. involved? TNonetheless, the violation demonstrates'the?importance of maintaining adequate' control of t all radioactive
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NRC. Enforcement Actions,"710 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, any similar' violation'in
- the future may. result in additional enforcement action,. including. issuance of
.a' civil penalty.
,In accordance=with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of y'
this letter, the enclosed Notice of Violation, and your response to this L
' letter willJbe placed in.the NRC Public~ Document Room.
.The response? directed by this letter and the' accompanying Notice are not v.
i subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and. Budget-
.as required by.the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
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