Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a Confirmatory Order to Patriot Engineering and Environmental, Inc., to memorialize the agreement reached during an alternative dispute resolution mediation session held on February 18, 2025. The Confirmatory Order contains commitments made to resolve three apparent violations of NRC requirements relating to the loss and subsequent recovery of portable moisture density gauge on November 15, 2023. The commitments include actions by Patriot Engineering and Environmental, Inc., to establish roles and responsibilities for site radiation safety officers, develop and implement an inspection program of gauge users, label gauges with licensee contact information, use tracking devices to monitor the location of the gauges, and develop a training program for gauge users and site radiation safety officers. The Confirmatory Order is effective upon issuance.
The Confirmatory Order was issued on April 25, 2025.
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0081 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available information related to this document using any of the following methods:
- Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0081. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
- NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select “Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.” For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The Confirmatory Order Related to NRC Reactive Inspection Report No. 03037878/2023001 (DRSS)—Patriot Engineering and Environmental, Inc., is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25070A278.
- NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.