Notices and Issue Summaries

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) publishes notices to provide information regarding safety, safeguards and environmental issues. The notices bring significant, recently-identified safety, security, or environmental information to the attention of licensees. NRC expects licensees to review the information for applicability to their facilities and consider appropriate actions to avoid similar problems.

Regulatory issue summaries (a new product) are used to (1) document NRC endorsement of the resolution of issues addressed by industry-sponsored initiatives, (2) solicit voluntary licensee participation in staff-sponsored pilot programs, (3) inform licensee of opportunities for regulatory relief, (4) announce staff technical or policy positions not previously communicated to industry or not broadly understood, and (5) address matters previously reserved for administrative letters.

These Notices and Summaries can be accessed at the NRC Generic Communications site. 

Information Notices

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Not​ice Date	Information Notice Number	Title	Affected Licensees	Mail Date
​11/30/2023	​​2023-05	​​Discontinuation of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Recognition of the American Board of Radiology Certification Processes​​	​Medical Licensees	​12/13/2023
​06/26/2023​	​IN-2023-NE-02	​Reporting When a Fixed Gauge Shutter is Stuck in the Open Position​​	​Fixed Gauge Licensees	​06/26/2023
​06/14/2023	​2023-01	​​Notification of Revised Regulations - 180 NAC 5, 7, 14, 18, 19​	​Licensees Subject to 180 NAC 5, 7, 14, 18, 19	​06/14/2023​
​11/2/2022	​2022-05	​Notification of Revised Regulations - 180 NAC 13, 24	​​Licensees Subject to 180 NAC 13 & 24	​11/2/2022
​10/13/2022	​2022-04	​Regulation Promulgation Public Hearing Notice​	​Licensees Subject to 180 NAC 18	​10/14/2022
​10/03/2022	​2022-03	​Regulation Promulgation Public Hearing Notice​	​Licensees Subject to ​180 NAC 5, 7, 14, & 19	​10/06/2022
​07/28/2022	​2022-02	​Regulation Promulgation Public Hearing Notice​	​Licensees Subject to 180 NAC 13 & 24	​08/01/2022
06/09/2022	​2022-01	​​Registrant Notice: FDA Form 2579​	​X-Ray Facilities and Service Providers	​06/09/2022
​01/19/2022	​STC-22-001	​Advance Notification of Fee Change Regarding Submittal of Fingerprint Cards​	​​Licensees Who Submit Criminal History Fingerprint Cards for Processing	​01/28/2022
​08/04/2021​	​2021-02	​Recent Issu​es Associated with Monitoring Occupational Exposure to Radiation from Licensed and Unlicensed Radiation Sources​	​Medical Licensees	​09/08/2021
​01/29/2021	​2021-04	​Situational Awareness - National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin	​Licensees Subject to 180 NAC 24	​02/04/2021
​09/25/2020	​STC-20-067	​Address Change for Fingerprint Card​	​Licensees Who Submit Criminal History Fingerprint Cards for Processing ​	​09/30/2020
​05/14/2020	STC-20-039	Address Change for Fingerprint Card​​	​Licensees Who Submit Criminal History Fingerprint Cards for Processing​	​05/18/2020
​04/03/2020	​IN-2020-NE-01	​Guidance: COVID-19​	​Licensees Subject to 180 NAC	​
​​12/31/2019	​2019-12	​Recent ​Reported Medical  Events Involving the Administration of Yttrium- 90 Microspheres for  Therapeutic Medical Procedures​	Medical Licensees possessing Y-90 microspheres permitted by 180 NAC 7-085	​04/16/2020
​​12/23/2019	​2019-11	​Strontium-82/Rubidium-82 Generator Elution Events and Issues​	​Medical licensees possessing Strontium-82/Rubidium-82 Generators	​04/07/2020
​​11/13/2019	​STC-19-073	​Notification of Issuance of Yttrium-90 Microsphere Brachytherapy Licensing Guidance, Revision 10	​Medical Licensees possessing Yttrium-90 permitted by 180 NAC 7-085	​02/05/2020
​09/1​​6/2019	​	​Public Hearing Notices​​​	​Licensees Subject to 180 NAC	​09/17/2019
​08/26/2019	​2019-07	​Methods to Prevent Medical Events	​Medical Use Licensees	​​08/26/2019
​08/26/2019	​2019-06	​Patient Skin Contamination Events Associated with I-131 Metaiodobenzylguanidine During Neuroblastoma Treatments​	​Medical Use Licensees (I-131)	​08/26/2019
08/26/2019	​2019-05	​Potential Over-Pressurization of high Specific-Activity Alpha-Emitting Radioactivity Sources	​Broad Scope and Academic Licensees	​08/26/2019
08/14/2019	​2019-04	​Effective Cyber Security Practices To Protect Digital Assets of Byproduct Materials Licensees​	​Nebraska Licensees Subject to 180 NAC 24	​08/14/2019
​07/15/2019	​STC-19-043	Guidance for reporting transactions to the National Source Tracking System involving sealed bulk material	​Licensees Required to Report Transfers to the National Source Tracking System	​07/23/2019
​07/08/2019	​STC-19-041	Fingerprint Card Results Process Improvement	​Nebraska Licensees Subject to 180 NAC 24	​07/12/2019
​03/28/2018	STC-18-022	​Notification of Address Change Regarding Submittal of Fingerprint Cards	​Nebraska Licensees Subject to 180 NAC 24	​03/30/2018
​01/22/2018	​2018-01	​NRC Regulatory Issue Summary	​Nebraska Licensees Subject to 180 NAC 24	​01/26/2018
​09/19/2017	​2017-6	​NRC Policy on Use of Combination Dosimetry Devices During Industrial Radiographic Operations	Industrial Radiography Licensees​	​11/15/2017​
​07/12/2017	​STC-17-054​	​Notification of Fee Change Regarding Submittal of Fingerprint Cards	​Nebraska Radioactive Material Licensees	​7/18/2017
​05/17/2017	​2017-2	​Best Practice Concepts for Patient Release	​All medical use licensees and NRC master materials licensees	​6/7/2017
​​05/25/2016	​	​2016 CRCPD - SCATR Disused Source Collection and Disposal Opportunity	​Nebraska Radioactive Material Licensees	​5/26/2016
​04/28/2014	​2014-06	Damage of Industrial Radiographic Equipment Due To Falling Equipment and Improper Mounting​	Industrial Radiography Licensees	05/09/2014
08/12/2013	​2013-16	Importance of Verification of Treatment Parameters For High Dose-Rate Remote Afterloader Administrations	Remote Afterloader Unit (HDR) Licensees	01/08/2014
12/26/2012	​2012-23	Recent Radiography Events Resulting in Exposures Exceeding Regulatory Limits​	Industrial Radiography Licensees	01/14/2013
04/27/2011	​2011-11	Reporting Requirements for Heat and Smoke Detector Failures in 10 CFR Part 36 Irradiators	Irradiator Licensees	05/05/2011
05/18/2011	​2011-09	Fixed Gauge Shutter Failures Due to Operating in Harsh Working Environments	Fixed Gauge Licensees	06/14//2011
04/14/2011	​2011-07	Specific license Required when Exporting to Embargoed Destinations Listed in 10 CFR 110.28	Radioactive Material Licensees	04/27/2011
02/15/2011	​2011-01	NRC Policy on Release of Iodine-131 Therapy Patients Under 10 CFR 35.75 to Locations Other than Private Residences	Radioactive Material Licensees with Iodine 131 Permitted by 180 NAC 7-048	​08/20/2009
​03/12/2010	​	​Reporting Requirements for Industrial Radiography	​Industrial Radiography Licensees	​04/02/2010
​10/14/2009	​IN-2009-NE-01	​DHHS Radioactive Materials Program Information Notice: Performance of Required Shutter Checks and Reporting of Gauge Shutter Failures	​All DHHS Radioactive Material Program specific and general fixed gauge materials licensees​	​10/15/2009​
08/28/2009	​2009-17	Reportable Medical Events Involving Treatment Delivery Errors caused by Confusion of Units for the Specification of Brachytherapy Sources	Brachytherapy Radioactive Material Licensees	11/17/2009
​08/19/2009	​	​Exemption from 180 NAC 3 and 180 NAC 7 Requirements on Procurement and Transfer of Technetium-99m, and Calibration of Instrumentation using Technetium-99m	​All medical use licensees under 180 NAC 7 and nuclear pharmacies	​
01/12/2009	​2008-22	Molybdenum-99 Breakthrough in Molybdeum-99M Generators​	Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99M Generators	03/20/2009
03/15/2007	​2007-10	Yttrium-90 Therapsheres® and Sirspheres® Impurities	Licensees Authorized to Use Yttrium-90 Theraspheres® and Sirspheres® Impurities	03/28/07
07/06/2006	​2006-12	Exercising Due Diligence When transferring Radioactive Materials	Radioactive Material Licensees	08/07/06
10/26/2004	​2004-18	Recent Safety-Related Event at Panoramic Wet-Source Storage Irradiator​	Irradiator	11/22/04
12/09/2003	​2003-22	Heightened Awareness for Patients Containing Detectable Amounts of Radiation from Medical Administration	Nuclear Medicine/ Brachytherapy	01/07/04
11/24/2003	​2003-21	High Dose Rate Remote Afterloader Equipment Failure	Nuclear Medicine/HDR's	12/17/03
​03/21/2006	​2002-23, supplement 1	​Unauthorized Administration of Byproduct Material for Medical Use	​Medical  Use Radioactive Material Licensees	​08/07/06
05/01/2002	​2002-16	Intravascular Brachytherapy Misadministration	Nuclear Medicine/ Brachytherapy	6/19/2002
07/13/2001	​2001-11	Thefts of Portable Gauges	Portable Gauge	7/24/2001
10/05/2000	​2000-16	Potential Hazards Due to Volatilization of Radionuclides	Nuclear Pharmacy	11/20/2000
09/29/2000	​2000-15	Recent Events Resulting in Whole Body Exposures Exceeding Regulatory Limits	Radiography	11/20/2000
07/18/2000	​2000-10	Recent Events Resulting in Extremity Exposures Exceeding Regulatory Limits	Nuclear Pharmacy	8/28/2000
03/06/2000	​2000-05	Recent Medical Misadministration Resulting From Inattention to Detail	Nuclear Medicine/ Brachytherapy	6/8/2000
07/06/1999	​99-23	Safety Concerns Related to Repeated Control Unit Failures of the Nucletron Class Model High-Dose-Rate Remote Afterloading Brachytherapy Devices	Nuclear Medicine/ Brachytherapy	8/12/1999
03/24/1999	​99-09	Problems Encountered When Manually Editing Treatment Data on the Nucletron Microslectron-HDR (New) Model 105.999	Nucletron Microslectron-HDR Licensees	4/29/1999
08/12/1998	​98-30	Effect of the Year 2000 Computer Problem on NRC   Licensees and Certificate Holders	Specific Licensee and Reciprocity Licensees	1/29/1999
08/10/1998	​97-91	Recent Failures of Control Cables Used on 660 Posilock Radiography Systems	Industrial Radiography	1/29/1999
11/08/1997	​97-01	Potential For Erroneous Calibration, Dose Rate, or Radiation Exposure Measurements with Certain Victoreen Model 530 and 530SI electrometer/Dosimeters	X-ray accelerator, Broad, Nuclear Medicine/Brachytherapy, Teletherapy	1/29/1999