ENS Event | |
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04:00 Jul 31, 2003 | |
| Title | Two Nickel-63 Sources Lost |
| Event Description | Radiation Safety Associates, a consultant for the licensee, reported that two detector cells for gas chromatography units containing 15 millicuries of nickel-63 were determined to be missing. The two sources are a Perkin Elmer Model # 6000204 (Serial # 1140) and an HP/Agilant Technologies Model # G2379A (Serial U0169). Radiation Safety Associates, Inc. was performing decommissioning activities for the licensee at its Stamford, CT, facilities. In performing an inventory of material in one area of the facility, they were unable to locate a cardboard box which supposedly contained the sources. The box had been set aside and marked "save" for disposal as radioactive waste. The consultant believes that the box was inadvertently disposed of as normal trash. Trash is picked up by Waste Management, Inc. at P&G-Clairol on a daily basis. Trash is then taken to the Bridgeport, CT incinerator where it is incinerated daily. |
| Where | |
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| P&G - Clairol, Inc. Stamford, Connecticut (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 0611703-02 |
| Organization: | Radiation Safety Accociates, Inc. |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+518.1 h21.588 days <br />3.084 weeks <br />0.71 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | K. Paul Steinmeyer 18:06 Aug 21, 2003 |
| NRC Officer: | Mike Ripley |
| Last Updated: | Aug 21, 2003 |
| 40094 - NRC Website | |
P&G - Clairol, Inc. with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 400942003-07-31T04:00:00031 July 2003 04:00:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) Two Nickel-63 Sources Lost 2003-07-31T04:00:00 | |