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NRC CAL – NOV (SL III)

EA-21-058 · CAL · Severity SLIII · Issued 2021-11-08 · Materials Licensees

Action

EA Number
EA-21-058
Licensee
NOV (SL III)
Category
Materials Licensees
Action type
CAL
Severity level
SLIII
Date issued
2021-11-08

Description

On November 8, 2021, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Empire Paving, Inc. (Licensee) for five violations. The violations consist of a Severity Level (SL) III problem associated with four related violations (A+B+C+D) and a SL III violation (E). The violations involved the licensee’s failure to: (A) maintain a designated individual to serve as the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) as required by a license condition; (B) review the radiation protection program content and implementation as required by 10 CFR 20.1101(c); (C) test sealed sources for leakage and/or contamination at the appropriate intervals as required by a license condition; (D) conduct physical inventories at the appropriate intervals as required by a license condition; and (E) confine possession of licensed material to locations authorized on the NRC license as required by 10 CFR 30.34(c). Specifically, on July 10, 2019, the RSO named on the license left the employment of the licensee, and the licensee did not submit an amendment request to name a new RSO until March 23, 2021. During this period, no one was designated to fulfill the duties of the RSO and that resulted in the failure to perform the required radiation safety program review, leak tests, and physical inventories in a timely manner. Additionally, the licensee stored licensed byproduct material at a storage location not authorized on its NRC license.

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