ENS 40271

v t e ENS Event
17:00 Oct 9, 2003
Title	Unplanned Contamination Due to Damaged M1A1 Collimator
Event Description	The following information was received from the licensee via facsimile: Army personnel discovered a broken M1A1 collimator at the MATES [Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site] VAARNG [Virginia Army National Guard], Ft. Pickett, Blackstone, VA on 9 October 2003. The item was leak tested, double bagged and placed into a foot locker in an outdoor location. [Tritium] contamination levels on the collimator [were] 2.68 [micro Curies] and in the footlocker where the collimator sat, .087 [micro Curies]. The state RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] will retrieve this item and place it in a low level radioactive waste storage site for future disposal. The State of Virginia has been notified of the incident.

ENS 40271 +/-
Where
U.S. Army Tacom Rock Island, Illinois (NRC Region 3)
License number:	12-00722-06
Organization:	U.S. Army Tacom
Reporting

10 CFR 30.50(b)(1)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+331.75 h13.823 days <br />1.975 weeks <br />0.454 months <br />)
Opened:	Thomas Gizicki 12:45 Oct 23, 2003
NRC Officer:	Howie Crouch
Last Updated:	Oct 23, 2003
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