On August 18, 2003, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $6,000 was issued for a Severity Level III problem involving the failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of licensed material (121 curies of iridium-192 contained in a radiographic exposure device) that was in an unrestricted area and the failure to lock the radiographic exposure device while it was not under the direct surveillance of a radiographer or a radiographer's assistant.