Issued to UT-Battelle, LLC related to Unplanned Radiation Exposures at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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May 31, 2002
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May 31, 2002
Issued to UT-Battelle, LLC related to Unplanned Radiation Exposures at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
On May 31, 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a nuclear safety Enforcement Letter to Oak Ridge National Laboratory related to multiple deficiencies that resulted in several personnel being exposed to unanticipated radiation fields during the startup testing of an electron cyclotron resonance source at the laboratory.