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Section Statistics

Radioactive Materials

The following table gives some recent annual totals for the Radioactive Materials Section:

Activity\Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Routine Inspections 298 303 277 283 268 247 254 319 273 229
Incidents and Investigations 31 28 23 14 23 6 8 11 16 16
Licensing Actions 321 326 326 326 342 370 369 538 575 471

Licensing actions can be further characterized as follows:

Activity\Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
New Licenses 24 16 16 27 24 25 28 27 28 10
General Licenses -- -- -- -- -- -- 49 23 55 5
Renewals* 66 74 61 72 54 61 48 113 98 89
Amendments** 209 216 233 206 244 269 229 359 377 353
SS&D Evaluation 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Licenses Terminated 22 20 16 21 20 15 14 16 17 14

As of May 22, 2008, we have 440 Specific licensees. (This does not include the Low level Waste site at Hanford, one remaining uranium mill site in northeastern Washington, and a major waste processor in Richland which are regulated by the Waste Management Section.) There are also 7 in vitro registrants and about 474 General Industrial users (with limited quantities).

*   Renewals include GL renewals

** Includes administrative amendments for all PG licensees to include possession limits
 

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