ENS Event | |
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04:00 Sep 26, 2005 | |
| Title | Missing Two Krypton-85 Thickness Gauges |
| Event Description | Saint-Gobain Performance Plastic located in Hoosick, NY, said that they are missing two 500 millicurie Kr-85 thickness gauges (500 millicuries in 1967, half life 10.4 years) from their Saint-Gobain Performance Plastic company in New Haven, CT, which was closed in late 2003 or early 2004. The Kr-85 thickness gauges license number is 20-01382-02 (license expired in 1994 and were licensed through LFE Industrial System Corp.). Caller stated that the krypton thickness gauges were not licensed through the State of New York but to CT which is an NRC non-agreement state. On 09/26/05 the two krypton thickness gauges were discovered missing while putting together an ionizing radiation report for the State of CT for the radioactive materials that were located in their New Haven facility. The two krypton thickness gauges were made by LFE Tracer Units (now known as EGS Gauging located in MA) and each contained 500 millicures of Kr-85 as of 1967. Based on a total of activity 1000 millicuries for the two Kr-85 thickness gauges at the end of 1968 as of 2005 the total activity of the two thickness gauges would be around 85 millicuries (37years, half life 10.4 years). Model number of the two gauges are S-6A and their serial numbers are 24A & T9A. |
| Where | |
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| Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics New Haven, Connecticut (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+59.03 h2.46 days <br />0.351 weeks <br />0.0809 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | John Mitland 15:02 Sep 28, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | Sep 28, 2005 |
| 42022 - NRC Website | |
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 420222005-09-26T04:00:00026 September 2005 04:00:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) Missing Two Krypton-85 Thickness Gauges 2005-09-26T04:00:00 | |