NRC ORDER – NOVCP (ORDER) $7,000

On May 15, 2012, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) to Texas Gamma Ray, LLC (TGR) to formalize commitments made as a result of an ADR mediation session held on April 23, 2012. The commitments were made as part of a settlement agreement between TGR and the NRC regarding apparent violations of NRC requirements. The agreement resolves the apparent violations involving TGR's failure to: (1) meet two NRC security requirements; and (2) store radioactive material only at a location authorized by its license. Specifically, radioactive material was stored at a facility in Rock Springs, Wyoming, which was not an approved storage location. TGR agreed to a number of corrective actions, including paying a civil penalty of $7,000, retrieving the licensed material from Wyoming and transferring it to a site in Texas authorized for storage, revising internal procedures, requiring the RSO's approval for storing licensed material, and training all radiographers on the new procedures.