ENS Event | |
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04:00 Apr 25, 2005 | |
| Title | Lost Source from a Level Measuring Device |
| Event Description | Licensee reported that two 50 millicurie Cs-137 sources, used in level measuring devices, were found to be missing from a magnesium oxide producing facility that had been closed for two years. It was determined that two sources were missing after a review of their registration around the April-May time period. Since then, they located one of the two sources, brand new, in a crate on a shelf at the facility. They located the non-nuclear part of the device (the receiver) on a hopper which was at a scrap yard on site, but the sending unit (the nuclear part) was missing. They continued looking for the sender, but could not find it.
The single source which is still lost is a TN Technologies Model 5200 gauge containing 200 millicuries Cs-137 not 50 millicuries. Notified Reg 3 RDO (Mark Ring) and NMSS EO (Joe Giitter)
Two NRC Inspectors visited the closed facility with a radiation detector and located the missing device in a parts warehouse at the facility. It was on a shelf and had turned rusty and was unidentifiable. The device was isolated in another building with the other device that had been found. Notified Reg 3 RDO (Mark Ring), NMSS EO (Joe Giitter) and TAS(E-MAIL) |
| Where | |
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| Harbinson And Walker Ludington, Michigan (NRC Region 3) | |
| Organization: | Harbinson And Walker |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+2218.45 h92.435 days <br />13.205 weeks <br />3.039 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | John Crooks 14:27 Jul 26, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | Chauncey Gould |
| Last Updated: | Jul 27, 2005 |
| 41871 - NRC Website | |
Harbinson And Walker with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Lost Source from a Level Measuring Device 2005-04-25T04:00:00 | |