On March 8, 2012, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Humboldt Scientific, Inc. (HSI) for a Severity Level III problem. The violations involved a failure to obtain appropriate license authorization to export byproduct materials to embargoed destinations and a failure to submit annual reports of americium exports in accordance with 10 CFR 110.54(b). Specifically, on May 6, 2005, May 7, 2008, June 26, 2008, and July 31, 2008, HSI exported americium-241 and cesium-137 byproduct materials subject to NRC licensing jurisdiction, to embargoed destinations of Iraq and Sudan respectively, without a specific license as required by 10 CFR 110.5 and HSI failed to make annual reports of americium exports for calendar years 2000-2009, during which years americium exports were performed.