Information Notice 2002-33, Notification of Permanent Injunction Against Neutron Products Incorporated of Dickerson, Maryland

Notification of Permanent Injunction Against Neutron Products Incorporated of Dickerson, Maryland

ML023370530
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Issue date:	11/22/2002
From:	Cool D NRC/NMSS/IMNS
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IN-02-033
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 November 22, 2002 NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 2002-33: NOTIFICATION OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION

AGAINST NEUTRON PRODUCTS

INCORPORATED OF DICKERSON, MARYLAND

Addressees

All teletherapy and radiation processing licensees.

Purpose

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this information notice (IN) to inform

licensees that the State of Maryland has placed a permanent injunction upon the company:

Neutron Products, Inc. (NPI), 22301 Mount Ephraim Road, Dickerson, Maryland 20842, radioactive materials license number, MD-31-025-01. The State has requested that NRC

licensees be informed of this action because of potential impact on those using NPI sources.

It is expected that recipients will review this information for applicability to their licensed

activities. However, suggestions contained in this IN are not new NRC requirements; therefore, no specific action nor written response is required.

Discussion:

The radioactive materials source manufacturing license of the Maryland company Neutron

Products, Inc. (NPI) is under permanent injunction and is required to decommission its source

manufacturing facility. The injunction specifically prohibits the companys source manufacturing

facility from receiving, manufacturing or shipping cobalt-60 (except waste).

As a result of the permanent injunction, NPI will no longer be a supplier of cobalt-60 sealed

sources for teletherapy and radiation processing licensees from their source manufacturing

facility. If NPI was your provider of cobalt-60, you may need to procure another supplier. At

this time, under another license, NPI may still conduct periodic maintenance of sources and

may remove cobalt-60 sources and deleted uranium shielding from teletherapy facilities (tear

outs).

This IN notice requires no specific action nor written response. If you have any questions about

the information in this notice, please contact the technical contact listed below or the

appropriate regional office.

/RA/

Donald A. Cool, Director

Division of Industrial and

Medical Nuclear Safety

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Attachments:

1. List of Recently Issued NMSS Information Notices

2. List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices

Raymond Manley, Supervisor

Radioactive Material Licensing Section

State of Maryland Radiological Health Program

Maryland Department of the Environment

1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 705 Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1720

Telephone: 410-537-3301 Email: rmanley@mde.state.md.us

Attachment 1 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED

NMSS INFORMATION NOTICES

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Information Date of

Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2002-31 Potentially Defective UF6 10/31/2002 All licensees authorized to

Cylinder Valves (1-inch) possess and use source material

and/or special nuclear material for

the heating, emptying, filling, or

shipping of uranium hexafluoride

(UF6) in 30- and 48-inch

cylinders.

2002-30 Control and Surveillance of 10/30/2002 All NRC licensees authorized to

Portable Gauges During Field possess, use, transport, and store

Operations portable gauges.

2002-28 Appointment of Radiation 09/27/2002 All medical licensees.

Safety Officers and Authorized

Users Under 10 CFR Part 35

2002-23 Unauthorized Administration of 07/16/2002 All medical licensees.

Byproduct Material for Medical

Use

2002-19 Medical Misadministrations 06/14/2002 All nuclear pharmacies and

Caused By Failure to Properly medical licensees.

Perform Tests on Dose

Calibrators for Beta- and Low- Energy Photon-Emitting

Radionuclides

Note: NRC generic communications may be received in electronic format shortly after they are issued by

subscribing to the NRC listserver as follows:

To subscribe send an e-mail to <listproc@nrc.gov >, no subject, and the following command in the

message portion:

subscribe gc-nrr firstname lastname

______________________________________________________________________________________

OL = Operating License

CP = Construction Permit

Attachment 2 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED

NRC INFORMATION NOTICES

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Information Date of

Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2002-29 Recent Design Problems in 11/06/2002 All holders of operating licenses

(Errata) Safety Functions of Pneumatic or construction permits for

Systems nuclear power reactors.

2002-32 Electromigration on 10/31/2002 All holders of operating licenses

Semiconductor Integrated for nuclear power reactors except

Circuits those who have ceased

operations and have certified that

fuel has been permanently

removed from the reactor vessel.

2002-31 Potentially Defective UF6 10/31/2002 All licensees authorized to

Cylinder Valves (1-inch) possess and use source material

and/or special nuclear material for

the heating, emptying, filling, or

shipping of uranium hexafluoride

(UF6) in 30- and 48-inch

cylinders.

2002-30 Control and Surveillance of 10/30/2002 All NRC licensees authorized to

Portable Gauges During Field possess, use, transport, and store

Operations portable gauges.

2002-29 Recent Design Problems in 10/15/2002 All holders of operating licenses

Safety Functions of Pneumatic or construction permits for

Systems nuclear power reactors.

2002-28 Appointment of Radiation 09/27/2002 All medical licensees.

Safety Officers and Authorized

Users Under 10 CFR Part 35 Note: NRC generic communications may be received in electronic format shortly after they are

issued by subscribing to the NRC listserver as follows:

To subscribe send an e-mail to <listproc@nrc.gov >, no subject, and the following

command in the message portion:

subscribe gc-nrr firstname lastname

______________________________________________________________________________________

OL = Operating License

CP = Construction Permit This IN notice requires no specific action nor written response. If you have any questions about

the information in this notice, please contact the technical contact listed below or the

appropriate regional office.

/RA/

Donald A. Cool, Director

Division of Industrial and

Medical Nuclear Safety

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Attachments:

1. List of Recently Issued NMSS Information Notices

2. List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices

Raymond Manley, Supervisor

Radioactive Material Licensing Section

State of Maryland Radiological Health Program

Maryland Department of the Environment

1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 705 Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1720

Telephone: 410-537-3301 Email: rmanley@mde.state.md.us

ADAMS Accession: ML023370530

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