ENS 41170

v t e ENS Event
05:00 Jun 16, 2004
Title	General Licensed Radioactive Material Lost During Building Fire
Event Description	During a fire in the licensee building on 06/16/04, a XMET model 2000 instrument, serial # 500577 was destroyed completely. The instrument probe (serial # 501888) contained two sealed sources, 20 millicuries Cd-109 and 30 millicuries Am-241. The local fire department and Hazmat team responded to the scene. The licensee RSO conducted a survey and found no contamination or radiation. NRC Region 1 office was notified on 6/30/04. * * UPDATE PROVIDED BY LAURA ZIEGLER TO JEFF ROTTON ON 11/05/04 AT 1115 EST * * * Oxford Instruments voluntarily made the report for Abbey Metal Corporation on 11/03/04 after discussions with that company. The Event Notification has been updated to reflect that the Reporting Organization should be Abbey Metal Corporation, the company that owned the device destroyed in the fire under a general license. The device was originally sold to Abbey Metal Corporation by Metorex, Inc. Oxford Instruments recently purchased Metorex, Inc and was attempting to close out all previously existing open items. Notified R1DO (Silk) and NMSS EO ( Sandra Wastler).

ENS 41170 +/-
Where
Abbey Metal Corporation Moonachie, New Jersey (NRC Region 1)
Organization:	Abbey Metal Corporation
Reporting

10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+3365.35 h140.223 days <br />20.032 weeks <br />4.61 months <br />)
Opened:	Laura Ziegler 11:21 Nov 3, 2004
NRC Officer:	Jeff Rotton
Last Updated:	Nov 5, 2004
41170 - NRC Website
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Abbey Metal Corporation with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
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