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2025 Materials Action

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Fort Calhoun Station (EAF-RIV-25-002)

On April 16, 2025, the NRC issued a notice of violation (Notice) to Fort Calhoun Station (licensee) for a Severity Level (SL) III violation. The SL III violation involved the licensee’s failure to design and prepare radioactive materials for shipment so that, under conditions normally incident to transportation, the radiation level did not exceed 200 millirem per hour at any point on the external surface of the package, as required by Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR) 173.441(a) and 10 CFR 71.5.

Saint Louis University (EA-23-121/EAF-RIII-23-015)

On April 3, 2025, the NRC issued a notice of violation and proposed imposition of Civil Penalty - $9000 (Notice) to St. Louis University (licensee) for a Severity Level (SL) III problem. The SL III problem involved the licensee’s failure to secure licensed materials from unauthorized removal or access as required by 10 CFR 20.1801; and the failure to perform radiation surveys before disposing licensed material by transfer to an authorized recipient, as required by 10 CFR 20.1501(a). These failures resulted in a unit dosage of radium-223 being disposed in the normal trash. In addition, the Notice included an SLIV violation of 10 CFR 35.40(a) that was dispositioned as a non-cited violation, consistent with Section 2.3.2.b of the Enforcement Policy.

Nelson Engineering (EA-2024-087/EAF-24-009)

On February 26, 2025, the NRC issued a notice of violation (Notice) to Nelson Engineering (licensee) for a Severity Level (SL) III violation. The SL III violation involved the licensee’s failure to have a qualified radiation safety officer, as required by License Condition 12 of NRC license 49-19036-01. In addition, the Notice included 5 SLIV violations involving the licensee’s failure to (1) perform leak tests on sealed sources, (2) perform physical inventories of sealed sources and/or devices, (3) have safety locks on portable nuclear gauges in storage, (4) maintain utilization logs for the use of portable nuclear gauges, and (5) perform annual audits of the radiation protection program.

Paramount Builders, Inc. (EA-24-058/EA-R4-24-014)

On January 13, 2025, the NRC issued a notice of violation and proposed imposition of civil penalty (Notice) in the amount of $9,000 to Paramount Builders, Inc. (licensee) for a severity level III violation. The violation involved the licensee’s failure to confine the possession and use of byproduct material to the purposes authorized in its license, as required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 30.34(c). The Notice also includes ten SL IV violations associated with the licensee’s radiation safety program.

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