| The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
has issued a Confirmatory Action Letter to a Jenkins Township, Pa., medical
company that provides nuclear medicine services. The letter confirms the company's
agreement to halt all NRC-licensed activities until it takes several actions
to conform to agency regulations.
Advanced Medical Imaging, Inc., has an NRC license that allows it to use
certain types of nuclear material to perform diagnostic tests, such as radioactive
imaging.
During a telephone conversation on March 13, the NRC confirmed the company
is conducting NRC-licensed activities without a radiation safety officer as
required by its NRC license. The agency found that the radiation safety officer
listed on the company's license was not serving in that capacity.
Advanced Medical Imaging has agreed to take the following actions prior
to resuming licensed activities: immediately place all NRC-licensed nuclear
materials in its possession in secure storage and cease all licensed activities
until it has obtained an NRC-approved authorized radiation safety officer;
and provide to the NRC a written statement that the RSO has read and understands
the duties of an RSO and is willing and able to carry them out.
The company must notify the agency in writing when it has completed these
actions.
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