ML20248M258

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980512-14.Violation Noted: on 971201 to 980514,Word Industries Possessed & Used x-ray Fluorescence Probe Containing 10 Mci of Cadmium-109 & 44 Curies of iron-55 W/O Valid NRC License

ML20248M258
Person / Time
Issue date:	06/08/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20248M254	List: ML20248M253 ML20248M258
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REF-QA-99990004-980608 99990004-98-02, 99990004-98-2, NUDOCS 9806150211
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Word Industries Docket No.: 999-90004 Tulsa, Oklahoma License No.: General License During an NRC inspection completed on June 3,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

10 CFR 30.3 requires, in part, that except for persons exempted, no person shall possess or use byproduct material except as authorized by a specific or general license issued pursuant to Title 10, Chapter 1, Code of Federal Regulations.

Contrary to the above, on December 1,1997, to May 14,1998, Word Industries possessed and used an x-ray fluorescence probe containing 10 millicuries of cadmium-109 and 44 curies of iron-55 without a valid NRC license, and was not exempt from the requirements for a license.

. This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VI).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Word Industries 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 IV, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, within 30 days of the date of the letter -

, transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).l This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for 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 be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) j the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may 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, I 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.

l If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United Statec Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC L 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_must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in 990M50211 990609 M RE94 8A999 EPMdDRD i f 99990004 PDR i i e , 1

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L detail 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 supoort 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 Arlington, Texas this 8th day of June 1998 i

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