ML20247Q186
| ML20247Q186 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/30/1989 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20247Q178 | List: |
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| REF-QA-99990001-890530 99990001-89-05, 99990001-89-5, NUDOCS 8906060355 | |
| Download: ML20247Q186 (1) | |
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I APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION American Minerals, Inc.
Docket No. 99990001 Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 Non-Licensee As a result of the inspection conducted on February 7,1989, and in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (Enforcement Policy) (1988), the following violation was identified:
10 CFR 40.3 requires that no person receive title to, own, receive, possess, use, transfer, or deliver any source material after removal from its place of deposit in nature, except as authorized in a specific or general license issued by the NRC pursuant to the regulations in 10 CFR Part 40.
Source material is defined [10 CFR 40.4(h)] as (1) uranium or thorium, or any combination thereof, in any physical or chemical form, or (2) ores which contain by weight one-twentieth of one percent (0.05?s) or more of (1) uranium, (ii) thorium, or (iii) any combination thereof.
10 CFR 40.13,
" Unimportant quantities of source material," provides an exemption for any person who receives, possesses, uses, transfers, or delivers source material in any ' chemical mixture compound, solution, or alloy in which the source material is by weight less than one-twentieth of one percent (0.05's) of the mixture, compound, solution, or alloy.
Contrary to this requirement, as of February 7,1989, American Minerals, Inc., possessed and used zircon in which the concentrations of source material were greater than 0.05?; by weight, and was not authorized to do so in a specific or general license issued by the NRC.
This is a Severity Level IV violation.
(Supplement VI)
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, American Minerals, Inc., is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time.
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