# NRC CAL – NOV (SL III) $7,500
> **EA-18-132** · CAL · Severity SLIII · Issued 2019-01-17 · Materials Licensees
## Action
- **EA Number:** EA-18-132
- **Licensee:** NOV (SL III) $7,500
- **Category:** Materials Licensees
- **Action type:** CAL
- **Severity level:** SLIII
- **Date issued:** 2019-01-17
## Description

On January 17, 2019, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Fleis & VandenBrink Engineering, Inc. for two Severity Level III violations for (1) detaching a sealed source from a source rod, without being specifically authorized to do so; and (2) handling of the unshielded cesium-137 source. Specifically, on July 16, 2018, the licensee's office technician detached a sealed source containing 8 millicuries of cesium-137 from the source rod of a Troxler 3400 series portable gauge that had been damaged at a temporary job site in Big Rapids, Michigan. Once the source was detached, the licensee's gauge user touched the unshielded source rod with their bare hands.

## Source
- [Full enforcement letter (PDF)](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1902/ML19023A540.pdf)
- [NRC Materials Licensees index](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/materials/)
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