Commitments and Contingencies	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	(8) Commitments and Contingencies Dependence on Third Parties The production of High Specific Activity Cobalt is dependent upon the DOE, and its prime operating contractor, which controls the ATR and laboratory operations at the ATR located outside of Idaho Falls, Idaho. In October 2014, the Company signed a ten-year contract with the DOE for the irradiation of cobalt targets for the production of cobalt-60. The Company will be able to purchase cobalt targets for a fixed price per target with an annual 5% escalation in price. The contract term is October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2024, however, the contract may be extended beyond that date. Also, the DOE may end the contract if it determines termination is necessary for the national defense, security or environmental safety of the United States. If this were to occur, all payments made by the Company, for partially irradiated undelivered cobalt material, would be refunded. Nuclear Medicine Reference and Calibration Standard manufacturing is conducted under an exclusive contract with RadQual, which in turn has an agreement in place with several companies for distributing the products. The radiochemical product sold by the Company is supplied to the Company through agreements with several suppliers. A loss of any of these customers or suppliers could adversely affect operating results by causing a delay in production or a possible loss of sales. Contingencies Because all the Company’s business segments involve the handling or use of radioactive material, the Company is required to have an operating license from the NRC and specially trained staff to handle these materials. The Company has amended this operating license numerous times to increase the amount of material permitted within the Company’s facility. Although this license does not currently restrict the volume of business operations performed or projected to be performed in the upcoming year, additional processing capabilities and license amendments could be implemented that would permit processing of other reactor-produced radioisotopes by the Company. The financial assurance required by the NRC to support this license has been provided for with a surety bond held with North American Specialty Insurance Company which is supported by a restricted money market account held with Merrill Lynch in the amount of $638,639. In August 2011, the Company received land from Lea County, New Mexico, pursuant to a Project Participation Agreement (PPA), whereby the land was deeded to the Company for no monetary consideration. In return, the Company committed to construct a uranium de-conversion and Fluorine Extraction Process facility on the land. In order to retain title to the property, the Company was to begin construction of the de-conversion facility no later than December 31, 2014, and complete Phase I of the project and have hired at least 75 persons to operate the facility no later than December 31, 2015, although commercial operations need not have begun by that date. In 2015, the Company negotiated a modification to the PPA that extended the start of construction date to December 31, 2015, and the hiring milestone to December 31, 2016. Those dates were also not met. The Company has been in discussion with commercial companies possibly interested in purchasing rights to this project. Should those discussions come to fruition the Company plans to negotiate a second modification to the PPA agreement to further extend the commitment dates. If the Company is not successful in reaching an amendment to extend the performance dates in the PPA. then it may, at its sole option, either purchase or re-convey the property to Lea County, New Mexico. The purchase price of the property would be $776,078, plus interest at the annual rate of 5.25% from the date of the closing to the date of payment. The Company has not recorded the value of this property as an asset and will not do so until such time that sufficient progress on the project has been made to meet the Company’s obligations under the agreements for permanent transfer of the title. On May 2, 2019, the Company’s radiological services team was involved in a contamination event involving a breached cesium-137 source at an off-site location in the State of Washington. This work was being performed under a contract with the DOE. The Company supported the initial onsite contamination clean-up operations at that location and completed removal of the cesium source Company equipment. The Company has reviewed the results of the DOE investigation into this event and has implemented appropriate corrective actions. Since August 2019, the DOE has assumed full control of the ongoing cleanup operations and has assumed all of the financial obligations associated with the contractors hired to carry out all of the facility recovery operations. Under the terms of the contract, the Company believes it should be indemnified from financial liability for this event by the DOE under the Price Anderson Amendments Act (PAAA) and the Company has formally requested the DOE to provide indemnification under the PAAA. While the DOE’s review of the request is still underway, the Company believes that a determination of indemnification under the PAAA is probable. Such indemnification would allow the Company to recoup all its costs associated with this contamination event. During 2019, the Company incurred $2,384,255 in expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company incurred an additional $82,683 in expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup. During 2019, the Company received $964,958 in reimbursements from its insurance company for expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the DOE paid $576,732 on behalf of the Company for expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup. The Company has determined that an additional $718,795 of its incurred expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup are probable for recovery pursuant to ASC 410-30. The Washington Department of Health (DOH) issued a Notice of Violation to the Company in May 2020 citing two violations of the Company’s reciprocity license in the State of Washington. Also, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection of the Company’s radiological safety program and issued a Notice of Violation in June 2020 citing two different violations of the Company’s NRC materials license. The Company has completed Predecisional Enforcement Conferences with the Washington DOH and the NRC and has provided the agencies with information on all corrective actions completed by the Company to prevent reoccurrence. The NRC notified the Company on October 20, 2020 that it had determined the violations were considered a Severity Level II problem. In accordance with their enforcement discretion authority the NRC has decided not to impose any civil penalty against the Company for these violations in recognition of the Company’s significant corrective actions. The Company corrective actions included termination of all field service activities and removal of these activities from the Company’s NRC license. The Company is still awaiting the results of deliberations by Washington DOH on the violations and their decision for any further actions or the imposition of a civil penalty against the Company. In the event the Washington DOH Notice of Violation results in the imposition of a civil penalty against the Company, the Company’s legal counsel reasonably believes such civil penalty falls within the parameters for indemnification of the Company under the PAAA. It is not possible at this time to predict the timing or outcome of the Washington DOH violations or to estimate a potential amount of loss, if any.

Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

(8) Commitments and Contingencies

Dependence on Third Parties

The production of High Specific Activity Cobalt is dependent upon the DOE, and its prime operating contractor, which controls the ATR and laboratory operations at the ATR located outside of Idaho Falls, Idaho. In October 2014, the Company signed a ten-year contract with the DOE for the irradiation of cobalt targets for the production of cobalt-60. The Company will be able to purchase cobalt targets for a fixed price per target with an annual 5% escalation in price. The contract term is October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2024, however, the contract may be extended beyond that date. Also, the DOE may end the contract if it determines termination is necessary for the national defense, security or environmental safety of the United States. If this were to occur, all payments made by the Company, for partially irradiated undelivered cobalt material, would be refunded.

Nuclear Medicine Reference and Calibration Standard manufacturing is conducted under an exclusive contract with RadQual, which in turn has an agreement in place with several companies for distributing the products. The radiochemical product sold by the Company is supplied to the Company through agreements with several suppliers. A loss of any of these customers or suppliers could adversely affect operating results by causing a delay in production or a possible loss of sales.

Contingencies

Because all the Company’s business segments involve the handling or use of radioactive material, the Company is required to have an operating license from the NRC and specially trained staff to handle these materials. The Company has amended this operating license numerous times to increase the amount of material permitted within the Company’s facility. Although this license does not currently restrict the volume of business operations performed or projected to be performed in the upcoming year, additional processing capabilities and license amendments could be implemented that would permit processing of other reactor-produced radioisotopes by the Company. The financial assurance required by the NRC to support this license has been provided for with a surety bond held with North American Specialty Insurance Company which is supported by a restricted money market account held with Merrill Lynch in the amount of $638,639.

In August 2011, the Company received land from Lea County, New Mexico, pursuant to a Project Participation Agreement (PPA), whereby the land was deeded to the Company for no monetary consideration. In return, the Company committed to construct a uranium de-conversion and Fluorine Extraction Process facility on the land. In order to retain title to the property, the Company was to begin construction of the de-conversion facility no later than December 31, 2014, and complete Phase I of the project and have hired at least 75 persons to operate the facility no later than December 31, 2015, although commercial operations need not have begun by that date. In 2015, the Company negotiated a modification to the PPA that extended the start of construction date to December 31, 2015, and the hiring milestone to December 31, 2016. Those dates were also not met. The Company has been in discussion with commercial companies possibly interested in purchasing rights to this project. Should those discussions come to fruition the Company plans to negotiate a second modification to the PPA agreement to further extend the commitment dates. If the Company is not successful in reaching an amendment to extend the performance dates in the PPA. then it may, at its sole option, either purchase or re-convey the property to Lea County, New Mexico. The purchase price of the property would be $776,078, plus interest at the annual rate of 5.25% from the date of the closing to the date of payment. The Company has not recorded the value of this property as an asset and will not do so until such time that sufficient progress on the project has been made to meet the Company’s obligations under the agreements for permanent transfer of the title.

On May 2, 2019, the Company’s radiological services team was involved in a contamination event involving a breached cesium-137 source at an off-site location in the State of Washington. This work was being performed under a contract with the DOE. The Company supported the initial onsite contamination clean-up operations at that location and completed removal of the cesium source Company equipment. The Company has reviewed the results of the DOE investigation into this event and has implemented appropriate corrective actions. Since August 2019, the DOE has assumed full control of the ongoing cleanup operations and has assumed all of the financial obligations associated with the contractors hired to carry out all of the facility recovery operations. Under the terms of the contract, the Company believes it should be indemnified from financial liability for this event by the DOE under the Price Anderson Amendments Act (PAAA) and the Company has formally requested the DOE to provide indemnification under the PAAA. While the DOE’s review of the request is still underway, the Company believes that a determination of indemnification under the PAAA is probable. Such indemnification would allow the Company to recoup all its costs associated with this contamination event. During 2019, the Company incurred $2,384,255 in expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company incurred an additional $82,683 in expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup. During 2019, the Company received $964,958 in reimbursements from its insurance company for expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the DOE paid $576,732 on behalf of the Company for expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup. The Company has determined that an additional $718,795 of its incurred expenses related to the contamination and its cleanup are probable for recovery pursuant to ASC 410-30.

The Washington Department of Health (DOH) issued a Notice of Violation to the Company in May 2020 citing two violations of the Company’s reciprocity license in the State of Washington. Also, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection of the Company’s radiological safety program and issued a Notice of Violation in June 2020 citing two different violations of the Company’s NRC materials license. The Company has completed Predecisional Enforcement Conferences with the Washington DOH and the NRC and has provided the agencies with information on all corrective actions completed by the Company to prevent reoccurrence.

The NRC notified the Company on October 20, 2020 that it had determined the violations were considered a Severity Level II problem. In accordance with their enforcement discretion authority the NRC has decided not to impose any civil penalty against the Company for these violations in recognition of the Company’s significant corrective actions. The Company corrective actions included termination of all field service activities and removal of these activities from the Company’s NRC license.

The Company is still awaiting the results of deliberations by Washington DOH on the violations and their decision for any further actions or the imposition of a civil penalty against the Company. In the event the Washington DOH Notice of Violation results in the imposition of a civil penalty against the Company, the Company’s legal counsel reasonably believes such civil penalty falls within the parameters for indemnification of the Company under the PAAA. It is not possible at this time to predict the timing or outcome of the Washington DOH violations or to estimate a potential amount of loss, if any.