# NRC NOV – NOVCP (SL III) $16,000
> **EA-22-053** · NOV · Severity SLIII · Issued 2023-01-11 · Materials Licensees
## Action
- **EA Number:** EA-22-053
- **Licensee:** NOVCP (SL III) $16,000
- **Category:** Materials Licensees
- **Action type:** NOV
- **Severity level:** SLIII
- **Date issued:** 2023-01-11
## Description

(Public) On January 11, 2023, the NRC issued a notice of violation (Notice) and proposed imposition of civil penalty (CP) in the amount of $16,000 to Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (licensee) for a Severity Level (SL) III problem and a SL III violation. The SL III problem consisted of three violations involving the licensee’s: (1) failure to perform an inventory of the radioactive material possessed under its license as required by license condition 15, (2) possession of material not authorized under its license contrary to 10 CFR 30.3(a) and license condition 6.D, and (3) improper storage of unsealed radioactive material and radioactively contaminated waste items contrary to license condition 15. The SL III violation involved the licensee’s failure to develop and implement a radiation protection program commensurate with the scope and extent of NRC licensed activities as required by 10 CFR 20.1101(a) and license condition 9. The Notice also included three SL IV violations that were not assessed a CP.

## Source
- [Full enforcement letter (PDF)](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2236/ML22363A566.pdf)
- [NRC Materials Licensees index](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/materials/)
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