# NRC CAL – NOV (SLIII)
> **EA-24-087** · CAL · Severity SLIII · Issued 2025-02-26 · Materials Licensees
## Action
- **EA Number:** EA-24-087
- **Licensee:** NOV (SLIII)
- **Category:** Materials Licensees
- **Action type:** CAL
- **Severity level:** SLIII
- **Date issued:** 2025-02-26
## Description

On February 26, 2025, the NRC issued a notice of violation (Notice) to Nelson Engineering (licensee) for a Severity Level (SL) III violation. The SL III violation involved the licensee’s failure to have a qualified radiation safety officer, as required by License Condition 12 of NRC license 49-19036-01. In addition, the Notice included 5 SLIV violations involving the licensee’s failure to (1) perform leak tests on sealed sources, (2) perform physical inventories of sealed sources and/or devices, (3) have safety locks on portable nuclear gauges in storage, (4) maintain utilization logs for the use of portable nuclear gauges, and (5) perform annual audits of the radiation protection program.

## Source
- [Full enforcement letter (PDF)](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2504/ML25042A589.pdf)
- [NRC Materials Licensees index](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/materials/)
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