On December 12, 2017, the NRC issued an NOV/CP in the amount of $22,400 to Qal-Tek Associates, LLC, for a Severity Level II problem. The violations involved the failure to comply with 10 CFR 71.5(a), which requires licensees that deliver licensed material to a carrier for transport to comply with the applicable U.S. Department of Transportation requirements in 49 CFR Parts 171 to 180. Specifically, Qal-Tek shipped five radioactive sources in a single 10‑gallon steel drum shipping container. Three of these sources were also located in an inner lead container (commonly referred to as a "pig"). The shipment went through several airports without incident from Idaho Falls to a temporary jobsite in New York City. For the return transport of the sources to Idaho Falls on April 11, 2017, a licensee radiation safety officer prepared the package in the same manner as the initial shipment, but the lid of the pig opened during transport. As a result, three of the sources moved from the pig into the surrounding sealed steel drum. Dose rates measured at 1 meter and on contact exceeded NRC regulatory limits; however, the NRC's analysis concluded that a member of the public was unlikely to have received a dose in excess of regulatory limits.