Bozeman Deaconess Hospital in Montana Fined for Violations of Nuclear Safety

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has fined Bozeman (Mont.) Deaconess Hospital $3,500 for two nuclear safety violations, according to a Republic news report.

 



During an unannounced inspection of the hospital earlier this year, department officials discovered the hospital was missing a vial of samarium-153, which is radioactive material used to treat cancer pain in the bones. The hospital never recovered the vial, but NRC officials said the small amount does not pose a threat. The officials also found a technician left a door to the nuclear medicine laboratory propped open, according to the news report.

Read the Republic news report about Bozeman Deaconess Hospital.

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