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Lockheed Martin

Radioactive Work Control Deficiencies (Sandia National Laboratories)

Date: 08/14/1997 (Date of PNOV)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: Energy

Contracting Party: Energy

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $56,250

Disposition: Fine

Synopsis: Incidents in August and December 1996 at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico led to a Department of Energy investigation that concluded “that violations of the Occupational Radiation Protection Rule (10 CFR 835) occurred.” A Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) was issued to the Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, on August 14, 1997 and the department assessed a $56,250 civil penalty for the August violation, during which three workers were exposed to radiation.