Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Press Release
*Press Release Issued Friday*
No: IV-16-016 July 8, 2016
CONTACT: Victor Dricks, 817-200-1128
NRC Issues $7,000 Civil Penalty to Acuren USA
The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a $7,000 civil penalty to
Acuren USA for violations of NRC regulations related to its industrial
radiographic operations at a facility in Kenai, Alaska. The company is
licensed to use radioactive materials in devices for making images of
pipe welds.
Inspectors walking around the outside of the facility
during an unannounced inspection on April 10, 2014, observed high
readings on their radiation survey meters in an area without boundaries
or physical controls to prevent entry by the public during radiography
operations.
An initial dose estimate performed by the
inspectors indicated that had a member of the public been standing next
to the building during the time the radiography operations were
conducted on that day, they could have been exposed to radiation in
excess of NRC annual limits (100 millirem). In addition, the inspectors
were concerned that over the course of a year, members of the public
employed in a nearby office had the potential to receive a dose in
excess of NRC annual limits. The NRC determined that no members of the
public had received radiation exposures as a result of the company’s
failure to establish required controls. The company has taken numerous
corrective actions designed to ensure safe operations at the Kenai
facility.
NRC staff met with company officials May 12 to
discuss results of the NRC inspection before determining that seven
violations of NRC regulations had occurred, including two that were
willful. The violations were identified in an NRC inspection report
issued March 24.
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