Press Release-IV-04-020, NRC Proposes $6,000 Fine Against All Tech Corp., of Pocatello, Idaho

Press Release-IV-04-020: NRC Proposes $6,000 Fine Against All Tech Corp., of Pocatello, Idaho

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Issue date:	04/28/2004
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NRC NEWS U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive - Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4005 No. IV-04-020 April 28, 2004

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Victor Dricks E-Mail: opa4@nrc.gov Phone: 817-860-8128 NRC PROPOSES $6,000 FINE AGAINST ALL TECH CORP., OF POCATELLO, IDAHO The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has proposed a $6,000 fine against All Tech Corporation of Pocatello, Idaho, for a willful violation of NRC requirements.

In a letter to the company, Bruce S. Mallett, Administrator of the NRCs Region IV office in Arlington, Texas, said the companys General Manager deliberately failed to provide complete and accurate information to an NRC inspector in February 2002 when asked to account for the gauges containing radioactive material in the companys possession.

The NRC must be able to rely on licensees and their employees to conduct their activities in accordance with NRC requirements, and to provide complete and accurate information to the NRC during its inspections, Mr. Mallett said. In this case, the actions of your employee prevented the NRC from carrying out its responsibility to ensure that All Tech was storing and securing radioactive material in accordance with NRC requirements.

All Tech officials met with NRC officials in Pocatello on September 15 to discuss the violation. At the conference, All Tech officials described corrective actions taken to ensure its inventory of gauges and record keeping would be accurate.

The NRC has proposed a $6,000 fine against All Tech for the proposed violation, which it characterized as a Severity III violation. The agency uses a four-level severity scale on which Severity Level I is the most serious. Because the violation was committed willfully, the base penalty of $3,000 was doubled.

The NRC letter, its enclosures, and the companys response will be made available to interested members of the public through the agencys electronic reading room at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html .

Help in accessing these documents is available from the NRC Public Document Room at (301) 415-4737 or at 1-800-397-4209. The company has 30 days from receipt of the letter to either pay the civil penalty or to protest its imposition.