In addition to the fines, NRC officials outlined a set of questions to which the university must respond to maintain its current federal licenses to use radioactive materials. Among those are an explanation for why the radiation safety program did not prevent the violations in question and how the institution has corrected or will correct those problems. The NRC has also asked for assurances that Ohio State will continue its current pattern of improvements in radiation safety. Smith said that his office and the campus Radiation Safety Committee will begin work immediately on the university s responses. Ohio State has 60 days in which to reply.
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