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Licensee Name and NRC Action Number	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any	Date	Description
Tamfelt, Inc., WA EA-03-121	NOV (SL III)	08/28/2003	On August 28, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity level III problem involving the possession and/or use of licensed material in areas of NRC jurisdiction without a specific or general NRC license and the failure to file NRC Form 241, "Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement States, Areas of Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction, or Offshore Waters," with the NRC prior to conducting licensed activities in NRC jurisdiction.
Temple University, PA EA-02-148	NOV (SL III)	07/25/2002	On July 25, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III problem involving the deliberate failure of a senior nuclear medicine technologist to follow procedures involving the use of radiopharmaceuticals for a patient dose and the subsequent falsification of the assayed and delivered dose record.
Temple University, PA EA-00-156	NOVCP (SL II) $ 8,800	10/19/2000	On October 19, 2000, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty for $8,800 for a Severity Level II violation was issued. The action was based on discrimination against a former Nuclear Medicine Technologies for raising safety concerns.
Temple University, PA EA-97-426	NOV (SL III)	02/20/1998	Deliberate preparation of inaccurate wipe test record.
Temple University, PA EA-96-455	NOVCP (SL III) $10,000	12/31/1996	Willful failure to perform monthly HDR check.
Temple University, PA EA-95-243	NOV (SL III)	03/05/1996	Violations involving a therapeutic misadministration involving a cobalt-60 teletherapy irradiation.
Terracon Companies, Inc., KS EA-97-425	NOV (SL III)	11/17/1997	Deliberate violations of license conditions.
TES Consultants, P.C., MI EA-04-099	NOV (SL III)	09/1/2004	On September 1, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to secure from unauthorized removal or limit access to licensed material (approximately 8 millicuries of cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of americium-241 in a moisture density gauge) in an unrestricted area at a temporary jobsite and failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of this licensed material.
Testco, Inc., NC EA-95-101	NOVCP (SL III) $ 5,000	10/31/1995	Deliberate failure to file Form-241.
Testco, Inc., NC EA-95-101	CPORDER $ 5,000 Settlement	03/19/1995	Deliberate failure to file Form-241.
Testing Engineers & Consultants, Inc., MI EA-99-097; EA-99-169	NOVCP (SL III) $ 5,500	07/08/1999	Failure to secure and control licensed material and failure to provide the NRC with complete and accurate information regarding the licensed material (moisture density gauge).
	CPORDER $ 5,500	09/24/1999
Testing Laboratories, Inc., NM EA-96-447	NOV (SL III) $ 2,500	01/06/1997	Willful failure to file NRC Form 241.
Testing Technologies, Inc., VA EA-02-166	NOVCP (SL II) $9,600	01/22/2003	On January 22, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $9,600 was issued for a Severity Level II problem involving the willful: (1) performance of radiographic operations at temporary job sites by radiographer's assistants and helpers who were not accompanied by at least one qualified radiographer; (2) performance of radiographic operations by individuals who had not met training requirements; (3) failure to wear a combination of a direct reading pocket dosimeter, an alarming ratemeter, and either a film badge or TLD and (4) failure of the corporate and site Radiation Safety Officer to oversee the radiation safety program.
Testing Technologies, Inc., VA EA-00-231	NOVCP (SL III) $ 5,500	11/14/2000	On November 14, 2000, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $5,500 was issued. The action was based for a Severity Level III problem involving the failure to (1) limit unrestricted area doses to less than two mrem in any one hour, (2) to post each radiation and high radiation area with the appropriate sign, (3) to perform surveys necessary to demonstrate compliance with the regulations and to evaluate the radiological hazards present.
Testmaster Inspection Co., Inc. EA-03-081	NOVCP (SL III) $5,500	07/02/2003	On July 2, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $5,500 was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the deliberate failure to use a radiation survey instrument during radiographic operations
Testmaster Inspection Co., Inc. EA-03-081	CPORDER $ 5,500	09/05/2003
Testwell Laboratories, Inc. NY EA-03-036	NOVCP (SL III) $6,000	05/14/2003	On May 14, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to file for reciprocity with the NRC for storage and use of licensed sources in a location outside an Agreement State. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $6,000 was also issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the willful actions of its Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) who knowingly performed and allowed radiography work by other employees without accompaniment by a certified radiographer, and that work required the supervision of a certified radiographer.
Testwell Laboratories, Inc., NY EA-01-149	NOV (SL III)	06/14/2001	On June 14, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation based on Testwell Laboratories, Inc., a licensee of the State of New York, using portable gauges in New Jersey, a non-Agreement State, without a specific license from the NRC and without filing a Form 241, "Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement State," with the NRC.
The Dial Corporation, OH EA-96-041	NOVCP (SL III) $2,500	06/18/1996	Loss of NDE systems gauge.
The Dial Corporation, OH EA-96-041	CPORDER $ 2,500	10/31/1996	Loss of NDE systems gauge.
The Duriron Company, Inc., OH EA-95-227	NOVCP (SL III) $ 2,500	02/05/1996	Licensee's failure to leak test sealed sources at intervals specified by 10 CFR 34.25(b).
The Duriron Company, Inc., OH EA-95-227	CPORDER $ 2,500	04/12/1996
The Terracon Companies, Inc., KS EA-98-124	NOV (SL III) $ 2,750	05/15/1998	Failure to secure portable gauge resulting in theft.
The Terracon Companies, Inc., KS EA-98-124	CPORDER $ 2,750	10/21/1996	Failure to secure portable gauge resulting in theft.
Theilsch Engineering, Inc., RI EA-98-161	NOV (SL III)	04/23/1998	Failure to file form NRC Form 241.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, PA EA-05-237	NOV (SL III)	03/03/2006	On March 3, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to control the annual occupational shallow dose equivalent to 50 rem, and the failure to conduct adequate surveys. Specifically, a nuclear medicine technologist (NMT) received an exposure to the skin of the right thumb when it became contaminated with sodium iodide (iodine 131), during treatment of a patient. The NMT did not perform adequate surveys necessary for the timely identification of skin contamination and assessment of dose to the skin of her right thumb. As a result, the NMT's skin was contaminated for 26 hours before being detected. (RI, H, SLIII, Sup IV, YY No CP)
Titan Atlantic Group, NC EA-00-191	NOV (SL III)	10/12/2000	A Notice of Violation for a Severity Level III violation was issued on October 12, 2000. The action was based on the performance of radiography in an NRC jurisdiction by individuals who were not certified through a radiographer certification program.
Tome & Ubinas Radio Oncology Center, PR EA-07-103	NOV (SL III)	10/11/2007	On October 11, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to meet the physical presence requirements in 10 CFR 35.615(f)(2) during High Dose Radiation (HDR) brachytherapy treatments. Specifically, on two occasions the licensee willfully performed HDR brachytherapy treatments without the physical presence of an authorized user and on two additional occasions the licensee willfully performed HDR brachytherapy treatments without the physical presence of an authorized user and continued patient treatments without the authorized user or a physician under the supervision of an authorized user physically present.
TRC Engineers, Inc. NJ EA-06-286 (Formerly SITE-BLAUVELT Engineering, Inc.	NOVCP (SLIII) $3,250	01/30/2007	On January 30, 2007, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250, was issued for a Severity Level III violation of 10 CFR 30.34 (i), involving the reported theft of a portable nuclear density gauge containing licensed material. The licensee failed to use a minimum of two independent physical controls to secure a portable gauge while it was not under the control and surveillance of your staff, as required. Specifically, the licensee provided one independent barrier by securing the gauge in a locked container and placing it in a locked shed for overnight storage at a temporary job site. However, the licensee failed to provide a second independent barrier when it did not secure the gauge to the shed.
	CPORDER $ 3,250	01/30/2007
Trap Rock Industries, Inc., NJ EA-01-314	CPORDER $3,000	04/30/2002	On April 30, 2002, an Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was issued. The action was based on a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 that was issued on February 27, 2002, for a Severity Level III violation involving failure to control a nuclear gauge that was subsequently stolen from a temporary job site. The licensee's March 26, 2002, response did not deny that the violation occurred as stated in the Notice, but requested withdrawal of the penalty. The licensee argued that the penalty should be withdrawn because the gauge contained minuscule quantities of material, was clearly and properly labeled, and was lost due to a criminal act of an unknown third party. Upon discovery that the gauge was missing, the licensee immediately notified the NRC of the theft and attempted to find the stolen gauge. The licensee disciplined the employee who left the gauge unattended, and also took corrective actions that included re-instructing and re-training its employees; and the licensee has had no prior violations of NRC regulations. After considering the licensee's response, the NRC concluded that an adequate basis was not provided for withdrawal of the civil penalty.
Triad Engineering, Inc., WV EA-06-150	NOVCP (SL III) $3,250	09/12/2006	On September 12, 2006, a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued. The NOV cites two violations of NRC requirements. The first violation involved the failure of the authorized gauge user (AU) to properly block and brace the gauge in the open bed of his pick-up truck, to secure the gauge with two independent physical controls, and to close the tailgate prior to leaving the field office parking lot. The case containing the gauge fell off the truck onto a public street resulting in the second violation, i.e., the failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of licensed material in an unrestricted area. After bystanders notified the AU that his gauge had fallen off his truck, the AU driver retraced his route and retrieved the gauge. The container and the gauge were not damaged and there was no radiation dose to members of the public as a result of this event.
Triad Engineering, Inc., WV EA-04-235	NOV (SL III)	02/24/2005	On February 24, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to verify that the receiver of a transferred portable gauge was authorized to receive it before shipping it to them.
Triad Engineering, Inc., WV EA-04-014	NOVCP (SL III) $3,000	04/20/2004	On April 20, 2004, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was issued for a Severity Level III problem involving the willful failure to (1) control and maintain constant surveillance of licensed material (approximately 50 millicuries of americium-241 contained in a portable moisture density gauge) located in an unrestricted area and (2) lock the portable gauge or its container when not in under the direct surveillance of an authorized user.
Triad Engineering, Inc., WV EA-99-134	NOV (SL III)	07/08/1999	Failure to secure and control licensed material (moisture density gauge).
Tri-State Area Nuclear Pharmacy, WV EA-97-595	NOV (SL III)	01/08/1998	Failure to secure licensed material and transfer of radioactive material to an unauthorized recipient.
Tulsa Gamma Ray, Inc., OK EA-98-475	NOV (SL III)	02/25/1999	Two radiation exposures in excess of NRC limits.
Turabo Corporation, PR EA-01-126	NOVCP (SL III) $ 3,000	06/20/2001	A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to secure from unauthorized removal or limit access to two gauges containing approximately eight millicuries (mCi) of cesium-137 and 50 mCi of americium-241 and failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of this licensed material.
Turabo Corporation, PR EA-00-088	NOV (SL III)	06/12/2000	A Notice of Violation for a Severity Level III violation was issued June 12, 2000. The action was based on the failure to secure the portable moisture density gauge from unauthorized removal and failure to limit the dose in an unrestricted area.
Tyme Engineering, Inc., MI EA-07-276	NOVCP (SL III) $3,250	01/07/2008	On January 7, 2008, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued to Tyme Engineering, Inc. This action is based on a Severity Level III violation of 10 CFR 30.34(i) involving the licensee's failure to maintain a minimum of two independent physical controls that formed tangible barriers to secure a portable gauge from unauthorized removal during a period when the portable gauge was not under the control and constant surveillance of the licensee. Specifically, the licensee had only a single tangible barrier in place when a gauge was stolen from an unattended licensee vehicle parked at the licensee’s business parking lot.