So, Dr. Stungun, tell us again why you're not going to the US NRC Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes on October 25 through 26 in Rockville, MD, or the IAEA International Symposium on Trends in Radiopharmaceuticals on November 14 through 18 in Vienna, Austria?

More details for these meetings are at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2005/05-138.html and http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/Announcements.asp?ConfID=130.

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NRC CITES PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL FOR VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENTS

Based on an investigation conducted by the NRC’s Office of Investigations, the agency determined that in three instances former Hershey nuclear medicine technicians used NRC-licensed radioactive material to perform unauthorized nuclear medicine tests on themselves in the 1996-1997 time-frame, in October 2002 and April 2004. NRC regulations require that a technician use byproduct material for medical uses only under the supervision of an authorized user physician.

The enforcement decision was reached through a process called Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR). Once the NRC identified the apparent violation, it offered Hershey the opportunity to attend a pre-decisional enforcement conference to discuss the apparent violations or exercise ADR. When choosing ADR, a company meets with the NRC and a mediator to resolve any disagreement on whether a violation occurred, to discuss the appropriate enforcement action and to gain alignment on the appropriate corrective actions. The ADR session between the Hershey Medical Center and the NRC was held on Aug. 23 in King of Prussia, Pa.

NRC and Hershey Medical Center have agreed that these medical administrations were not done in accordance with NRC regulations and that two of the administrations were deliberate. The facility has taken numerous corrective actions to ensure the events do not recur and has agreed to take additional actions, including providing orientation for new students and employees that describes this enforcement action, and both discussing this issue at professional conferences and communicating it via industry trade journals. Those commitments were confirmed in an order issued by the NRC.

Hershey Medical Center has waived its right to request a hearing on all or any part of the Confirmatory Order. Anyone other than the Medical Center that is adversely affected by this Order may request a hearing within 20 days.

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