Licensee Name and
NRC Action Number |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any |
Date |
Description |
P & W Excavating, Inc., PA
EA-97-227 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/17/1997 |
Failed to secure licensed material. |
PK Associates, Inc.
dba Briggs Eng. & Testing
EA-07-166 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/02/2007 |
On August 2, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation of 10 CFR 30.34(i). The violation involved the
failure to maintain a minimum of two independent physical controls
that formed a tangible barrier to secure a portable gauge from unauthorized
removal during a period when the gauge was not under direct control
or surveillance. Specifically, a Troxler portable gauge was found
unattended on top of a two foot wall, adjacent to a new road construction
project. The authorized user was out of the direct line of sight
to the gauge, leaving the gauge unattended for approximately ten
minutes. |
PMK Group, Inc.
EA-04-117 |
NOV
(SL III)
$7,500 |
08/23/2004 |
On August 23, 2004, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $7,500 was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to secure from unauthorized
removal or access a portable moisture density gauge (containing approximately
11 millicuries of cesium-137 and 44 millicuries of americium-241)
in a unrestricted area and failure to control and maintain constant
surveillance of this licensed material. |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Humboldt Bay Power
Plant, Unit 3)
EA-05-166 |
NOV
(SL II)
$96,000 |
12/20/2005 |
On December 20, 2005, a Severity Level II Notice of Violation,
with a proposed $96,000 Civil Penalty, was issued to the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company as a result of the licensee’s failure
to: (1) keep adequate records of special nuclear material (SNM) inventory,
transfer or disposal, (2) establish adequate procedures for control
and accounting of SNM, and (3) conduct adequate physical inventories
of SNM at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP). PG&E’s records
failed to account for the whereabouts of three 18-inch fuel rod segments
after they were cut from a single fuel rod in 1968. Likewise, PG&E’s
records failed to account for incore detectors after some were cut
in 1973. |
Pacific Radiopharmacy, Ltd.
EA-02-172
EA-02-246 |
NOVCP
(SL I)
$6,000
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,000
|
03/27/2003 |
On March 27, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $9,000 was issued for
a Severity Level I problem and a Severity Level III violation. The
Severity Level I problem (assessed a $6,000 civil penalty) involved
the failure to limit the occupational dose to an individual adult
to the shallow-dose equivalent of 50 rem to any extremity, and the
failure to make surveys that are necessary to comply with regulations.
The Severity Level III violation (assessed a $3,000 civil penalty)
involved multiple examples (some that were willful) of failures to
comply with the terms and conditions of the license. |
Palmerton & Parrish, Inc., MO
EA-01-218 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 3,000
|
11/01/2001 |
On November 1, 2001, a Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3000 was issued for
a Severity Level III problem involving (1) failure to maintain control
of radioactive material that is in an unrestricted area and that is
not in storage, (2) failure to transport a portable moisture density
gauge in the required container, (3) failure to block and brace the
gauge during transportation, and (4) failure to lock the gauge during
transportation. Although the civil penalty would have been fully mitigated
based on the normal civil penalty assessment process, a base civil
penalty was assessed in accordance with Section VII.A.1.g of the Enforcement
Policy to reflect the significance of maintaining the control of licensed
material. |
Patterson Wireline
EA-03-084 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 3,000
|
09/09/2001 |
On September 9, 2003, 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 failures to: (1) wear personnel
monitoring devices while handling licensed material and (2) placard
the transport vehicle used to transport licensed material. |
Pechiney Rolled Products, LLC, WV
EA-00-232 |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/01/2000 |
A Notice of Violation for a Severity Level III problem
was issued on December 1, 2000 involving: (1) failure to properly
control access to licensed material contained in an Accuray Model
U-6 fixed gauge, (2) failure to ensure workers were properly trained
on the operation and maintenance of the gauging system, and (3) the
removal and relocation of the gauge by individuals not authorized
to do so. |
Pennoni Associates, Inc., PA
EA-06-252 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,250 |
12/21/2006 |
On December 21, 2006, a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued for
a Severity Level III problem composed of three violations. The violations
involved (1) the failure to use a minimum of two independent physical
controls to secure a portable gauge from unauthorized removal when
the gauge was not under the control and constant surveillance of
the licensee, (2) the failure to control and maintain constant surveillance
of licensed material in an unrestricted area, and (3) the failure
to immediately report the loss of licensed material. Specifically,
an authorized user loaned a vehicle containing NRC licensed material
in a portable gauge to an unauthorized individual. Although the gauge
was secured to the vehicle in its locked transport container in the
rear seat of the vehicle (one barrier), the second barrier (locked
door) was compromised when the authorized user gave the vehicle keys
to the unauthorized individual who drove off with the vehicle. As
a result, only one independent physical barrier to secure the portable
gauge and prevent its unauthorized removal remained. The gauge was
then left unsupervised in the public domain for approximately four
days. Additionally, the NRC was not notified of the missing gauge
as required. |
Pennsylvania State University (The), PA
EA-96-499 |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/30/1996 |
Security violations. |
Pennsylvania Testing Laboratories, PA
EA-97-126 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/13/1997 |
Storage of licensed material at unauthorized location,
failure to provide complete and accurate information, and various
health physics violations. |
Pensacola Testing Laboratories, Inc., FL
EA-96-315 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/23/1996 |
Failure to file for reciprocity for work in exclusive
federal jurisdiction. |
Pepperidge Farm, Inc., CT
EA-04-074 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$7,500
|
06/21/2004 |
On June 21, 2004, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $7,500 was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the inappropriate transfer of a generally-licensed
device containing approximately 36 millicuries of cesium-137 to a
person (a salvage yard and then to a metal recycling center) not
authorized to receive the device. Although the civil penalty would
have been fully mitigated based on the normal civil penalty assessment
process, a base civil penalty was assessed in accordance with Section
VII.A.1.g of the Enforcement Policy to reflect the significance of
maintaining control of licensed material. |
Perf-O-Log, Inc., LA
EA-01-060 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/10/2001 |
On April 10, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III violation based on Perf-O-Log, Inc., a State
of Louisiana Licensee, conducting well logging operations using americium-241/beryllium
sealed sources in offshore waters without filing a Form 241, "Report
of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement State," with the NRC. |
Philadelphia Health and Education Corp.,
PA
EA-99-096 |
NOV
(SL III) |
05/11/1999 |
Unauthorized use of licensed material. |
PK Associates, Inc.
dba Briggs Engineering & Testing
EA-07-166 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/02/2007 |
On August 2, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation of 10 CFR 30.34(i). The violation involved the
failure to maintain a minimum of two independent physical controls
that formed a tangible barrier to secure a portable gauge from unauthorized
removal during a period when the gauge was not under direct control
or surveillance. Specifically, a Troxler portable gauge was found
unattended on top of a two foot wall, adjacent to a new road construction
project. The authorized user was out of the direct line of sight
to the gauge, leaving the gauge unattended for approximately ten
minutes. |
Plaza Nuclear Imaging
EA-02-131 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,000 |
09/11/2002 |
On September 11, 2002, 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 detect
radioactive contamination, the failure to survey for removable contamination,
the failure to test sealed sources for leakage, and the failure to
monitor the external surfaces of incoming labeled packages for radioactive
contamination. |
Pocatello Regional Medical Center, ID
EA-99-332 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/03/2000 |
On March 3, 2000, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a Severity Level III problem involving (1) failure to secure a generator
from unauthorized removal as it was stored in an unrestricted area,
(2) failure to limit the external dose from a generator temporarily
stored in an unrestricted area to 2 millirem in any one hour, (3)
failure to provide the NRC with a written report within 30 days of
an incident involving radiation levels in an unrestricted areas exceeding
10 times the limit contained in 10 CFR 20.1301 in the hallway, and
(4) failure to conduct adequate surveys to monitor for personnel exposures
and to evaluate potential contamination on facilities and equipment
and any associated radiological hazards caused by the incident . |
Portland General Electric Company, OR
(Trojan Nuclear Plant)
EA-01-278 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/06/2002 |
On August 6, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III problem involving the submittal of inaccurate
information to the NRC in support of an application for a specific
license under 10 CFR 72 and the failure to establish measures to control
a multi-assembly sealed basket that did not conform to the licensee's
design basis. |
Power Inspection, Inc., PA
EA-95-025 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$40,000
|
02/18/1997 |
The Severity Level I violation, which involves
vendor-related issues, is being issued for four examples of a deliberate
failure to provide to two NRC licensees complete and accurate information.
The Severity Level I problem, which involves radiography-related issues,
is being issued for deliberate failures to provide the NRC complete
and accurate information and for numerous safety violations. |
CPORDER
$40,000 |
02/03/1998 |
Power Inspection, Inc., WY
EA-97-218 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/29/1997 |
Multiple violations involving engineering controls,
surveys, license condition regarding operating procedures, information
accuracy and reports. |
Precision Testing and Inspection, VA
EA-03-220 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,000 |
02/25/2004 |
On February 25, 2004, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,000 was issued for a Severity
Level III willful problem involving the failure to post radiation
areas during radiography operations and failure to provide accurate
information to the NRC. |
Professional Service Industries, Inc., MI
EA-96-490 |
NOV
(SL III) |
02/28/1997 |
The action was based on a violation where the licensee
did not secure from unauthorized removal or limit access to a Campbell
Pacific Nuclear moisture/density gauge containing NRC-licensed material
(nominally 10 millicuries (370 Mbq) of cesium-137 and nominally 50
millicuries (1850 Mbq) of americium-241 in sealed sources) at a construction
site in Detroit, Michigan, an unrestricted area, nor did the licensee
control and maintain constant surveillance of this licensed material.
|
Professional Service Industries, Inc., VA
EA-97-093 |
NOV
(SL III) |
05/22/1997 |
Allowed technicians to use moisture density gauges without
proper training. |
Professional Service Industries, Inc., IL
EA-99-194 |
NOVCP
(SL II)
$ 8,800
|
10/22/1999 |
Violations involving failures to 1) conduct radiography
with at least two qualified individuals to observe operations; 2)
supervise a radiographic assistant while performing radiographic operations;
and 3) maintain control and constant surveillance of licensed material
that was in an unrestricted area. |
Professional Service Industries, Inc., IL
EA-97-373 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/05/1997 |
Numerous radiography violations. |
Providence Hospital,
DC
EA-01-157 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/27/2002 |
On March 22, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued
for a Severity Level III problem based on multiple failures involving
the licensee's quality management program for the strontium-90 eye
applicator program that resulted in 14 misadministrations. |
