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Name and
NRC Action Number		 Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any)		 Date Issued Description
NAC International
(EA-20-066)		 NOV
(SL III, SL IV)		 12/21/2020 On December 21, 2020, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to NAC International (Certificate Holder) for a Severity Level III and a Severity Level IV violation.  NAC failed to comply with the requirements of 10 CFR 72.48(c)(2)(viii), “Changes, tests, and experiments,” and 10 CFR 72.146(c), “Design control.”  The violations involved a design change for NAC’s MAGNASTOR dry cask storage system.  The certificate holder failed to utilize a methodology as specified in the MAGNASTOR Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR); and, failed to obtain an amendment to use a different methodology.  In response, NAC re-performed the spent fuel cask tip-over analysis using the appropriate methodology and obtained satisfactory results.  NAC also implemented corrective actions to enhance its design control and 72.48 screening processes.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, AL     
EAO-RI-2024-0004		 NOV
(SL III)		 01/21/2025 On January 21, 2025, the NRC issued a notice of violation to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (licensee) for a Severity Level III violation. The violation involved the licensee’s failure to secure from unauthorized removal or access licensed materials that were stored in a controlled or unrestricted area, as required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 20.1801. Specifically, the licensee stored licensed materials in a locked laboratory into which unauthorized personnel had keycard access and routinely worked in the room while the materials were unsecured.
Numanco, L.L.C.
Tulsa, OK
EA-99-314		 NOV
(SL III)		 09/06/2000 On September 6, 2000, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation based on discrimination against a radiation protection technician for engaging in protected activities.

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