From Nextgov.com: NRC fines VA for botched radiation therapy procedures

Record penalty reflects "lack of safety culture to ensure patients are treated safely ," official says.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission levied on Wednesday its second-largest fine ever for misuse of nuclear medicine, charging the Veterans Affairs Department for an "unprecedented number of medical errors" involving the use of radioisotopes to treat prostate cancer patients during a six-year period.

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