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{{#Wiki_filter:UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairs,RegionI475AllendaleRoadKingofPrussia,PA19401Phone:610/337-5330Fax:610/337-5241Internet:dps@nrc.govornas@nrc.govI-97-137October20,1997Contact:DianeScrenciFORIMMEDIATERELEASENeilA.SheehanNRC,DEFENSEAGENCYTODISCUSSAPPARENTVIOLATIONATDEPOTTheNuclearRegulatoryCommissionstaffwillmeetwithofficialsoftheU.S.DefenseLogisticsAgencyonWednesday, October22,todiscussanapparentviolationofNRCrequirements attheLetterkennyArmyDepotinChambersburg,Pa.Thepredecisionalenforcementconferencewillbeginat1:30p.m.intheDivisionofNuclearMaterialsSafetyconference roomattheNRCRegion1officeinKingofPrussia,Pa.Itwill beopentothepublicforobservation.DuringaninspectionconductedattheArmydepotinSeptember,NRCstaffidentifiedanapparentfailuretosecure fromunauthorizedremovaloraccess,ormaintainconstant surveillanceof,licensedradioactivematerialsinacontrolled orunrestrictedarea.Theinspectionwasinitiatedafterseven 3-curietritiumsourcesweredeterminedtobemissingfroma storageareaatthedepotinlateAugust.Thesourceswerelater foundattheresidenceofadepotemployee.ThedecisiontoholdapredecisionalenforcementconferencedoesnotmeanthattheNRChasdeterminedaviolation hasoccurredorthatenforcementactionwillbetaken.Rather, thepurposeistodiscussapparentviolations,theircausesand safetysignificance;toprovidethelicenseewithanopportunity topointoutanyerrorsthatmayhavebeenmadeintheNRC inspectionreport;andtoenablethelicenseetooutlineits proposedcorrectiveaction.Nodecisionontheapparentviolationswillbemadeatthisconference.ThatdecisionwillbemadebyNRCofficialsat alatertime.}}

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Press Release-I-97-137, NRC, Defense Agency to Discuss Apparent Violation at Depot
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UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairs,RegionI475AllendaleRoadKingofPrussia,PA19401Phone:610/337-5330Fax:610/337-5241Internet:dps@nrc.govornas@nrc.govI-97-137October20,1997Contact:DianeScrenciFORIMMEDIATERELEASENeilA.SheehanNRC,DEFENSEAGENCYTODISCUSSAPPARENTVIOLATIONATDEPOTTheNuclearRegulatoryCommissionstaffwillmeetwithofficialsoftheU.S.DefenseLogisticsAgencyonWednesday, October22,todiscussanapparentviolationofNRCrequirements attheLetterkennyArmyDepotinChambersburg,Pa.Thepredecisionalenforcementconferencewillbeginat1:30p.m.intheDivisionofNuclearMaterialsSafetyconference roomattheNRCRegion1officeinKingofPrussia,Pa.Itwill beopentothepublicforobservation.DuringaninspectionconductedattheArmydepotinSeptember,NRCstaffidentifiedanapparentfailuretosecure fromunauthorizedremovaloraccess,ormaintainconstant surveillanceof,licensedradioactivematerialsinacontrolled orunrestrictedarea.Theinspectionwasinitiatedafterseven 3-curietritiumsourcesweredeterminedtobemissingfroma storageareaatthedepotinlateAugust.Thesourceswerelater foundattheresidenceofadepotemployee.ThedecisiontoholdapredecisionalenforcementconferencedoesnotmeanthattheNRChasdeterminedaviolation hasoccurredorthatenforcementactionwillbetaken.Rather, thepurposeistodiscussapparentviolations,theircausesand safetysignificance;toprovidethelicenseewithanopportunity topointoutanyerrorsthatmayhavebeenmadeintheNRC inspectionreport;andtoenablethelicenseetooutlineits proposedcorrectiveaction.Nodecisionontheapparentviolationswillbemadeatthisconference.ThatdecisionwillbemadebyNRCofficialsat alatertime.