A $2,750 sealed source leak test!

[ptyree@cisusinc.com]

This illustrates how a regulator can let a [or our,or your] licensee get itself
into a whole lot
of differing types of trouble. What do you guess the fine would have been had
the Sr-90 source
source been [finally]found to be leaking [plus, of course, the costs of
decontamination and
decommissioning/disposal].

WARN YOUR CUSTOMERS TO LEAK TEST THEIR SOURCES/DEVICES AS SPECIFIED IN
THEIR LICENSES- IT'S A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION OF THEY DON'T.

Paul Tyree, RSO
CIS-US, Inc.
ptyree@cisusinc.com
www.cisusinc.com


NRC NEWS
      UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY
        COMMISSION
      OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION II
          61 Forsyth Street, Suite 23T85,
          Atlanta, GA 30303
      No. II-00-48

July 18, 2000

CONTACT:
     Ken Clark (404)562-4416/e-mail:
      kmc2@nrc.gov
     Roger D. Hannah (404)562-4417/e-mail:
      rdh1@nrc.gov

   NRC PROPOSES $2,750 CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST
  DOCTOR IN PUERTO RICO FOR VIOLATION OF NRC
          REGULATORY SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has
proposed a $2,750 civil penalty against Dr. Roberto
Buxeda-Dacri, M.D., of Santurce, Puerto Rico for
violation of NRC safety requirements involving failure to
perform required periodic leak tests of the radioactive
source in a device used in the medical treatment of eye
conditions.

NRC officials said Dr. Buxeda-Dacri was cited by the
agency for this same violation during the last three NRC
inspections at his facility demonstrating what they
termed a careless disregard for NRC requirements. The
NRC said the fourth occurrence of the violation indicated
that it was of a willful nature and that the civil penalty
was proposed as a result.

The device, called an eye applicator, is used in the
medical treatment of eye conditions and contains a
radioactive source of approximately 31 millicuries of
Strontium-90. A leak test performed after the NRC's May
2 identification of the violation confirmed the absence of
any leakage and that the violation did not result in any
actual safety consequences.

The licensee has 30 days from receipt of the Notice of
Violation to either pay the civil penalty or to protest its
imposition, in whole or in part.

GEE, I WONDER WHAT DR. GOOF-BALL IS GONNA DO!

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