Re: Neutron Products Corp. news

["Gary Damschen" <garyd@pageturners.com>]

I am also curious about the requirement by one government authority to fence
off an area on the company's grounds and the refusal of another government
authority to allow a zoning variance so that the fence could be constructed,
then the citing of the company by a third government authority for failure
to comply with the first authority's requirements. Seems to me that the
company should not be held liable here, rather the zoning commission that
refused to allow the construction of the fence.

Gary Damschen
gary@pageturners.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Les Slaback <lester.slaback@nist.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 11:09 AM
Subject: Neutron Products Corp. news


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> Interestingly, the state of Maryland determines that the company does not
have
> adequate resources to shutdown so they issue an order to shutdown.
Curious.
>
> The regulatory requirement to demonstrate this financial reserve was added
long
> after many companies were licensed.  It appears that the inability to
comply
> creates the no-win situation of putting a presumably viable company into
> eventual receivership, and hence probably into the lap of the state. [note
that
> there is a long regulatory history here which opens the possibility of
other
> motives for this action.]
>
> Question:  Is anyone aware of any difficulties with other companies when
NRC
> created this financial requirement.
> Disclaimer:  the above are the personal musings of the author, and do not
> represent any past, present, or future position of NIST, the U.S.
government,
> or anyone else who might think that they are in a position of authority.
> Lester Slaback, Jr.  [Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV]
> NBSR Health Physics
> Center for Neutron Research
> NIST
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