# NRC CAL – NOV (SL III)
> **EA-09-181** · CAL · Severity SLIII · Issued 2009-09-15 · Materials Licensees
## Action
- **EA Number:** EA-09-181
- **Licensee:** NOV (SL III)
- **Category:** Materials Licensees
- **Action type:** CAL
- **Severity level:** SLIII
- **Date issued:** 2009-09-15
## Description

On September 15, 2009, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Mercy Health Services for a Severity Level III problem involving: (1) the failure to conduct surveys to ensure compliance with the regulations in 10 CFR Part 20 as required by 10 CFR 20.1501 and (2) the discharge of licensed material into the sanitary sewer system that exceeded the concentration limits listed in 10 CFR Part 20 Appendix B Table 3 in violation of 10 CFR 20.2003. Specifically, in May 2008, the licensee disposed of iodine-125 into the sanitary sewer system without evaluating the radioactivity of the iodine waste or evaluating the average monthly volume of water released into the sewer system. The licensee released 2.29E-5 microcurie per milliliter of iodine-125 into the sewer which exceeded the 2E-5 microcurie per milliliter limit.

## Source
- [Full enforcement letter (PDF)](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0925/ML092590742.pdf)
- [NRC Materials Licensees index](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/materials/)
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