ENS 42076

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v t e ENS Event
13:25 Oct 25, 2005
Title	Radioactive Source Lost in Shipment
Event Description	{{#Wiki_filter:At 1651 ET on 10/24/05, the licensee dropped off two shipping containers at the FedEx shipping facility near the Huntington Tri-State Airport in Huntington, WV for shipment by FedEx to AEA Technology in Burlington, MA . Each container contained an 8.7 Curie Ir-192 source. On 10/25/05, the licensee was notified by AEA that only one of the two sources had arrived. AEA reported that two packages did arrive per schedule (0925 ET 10/24/05): one package was one of the radioactive material shipping containers containing one of the two expected sources, however the other was an attach� case containing only the licensee's shipping papers. The FedEx Response Center was notified and FedEx is searching for the missing shipment. The shipping containers are both AEA Type 650L containers, each measuring 8" x 10" x 13 " with Yellow 2 radioactive material markings. The Transportation Index for each container is 0.2. The container received by AEA contained an AEA source changer S/N 202 containing an 8.7 Curie Ir-192 source S/N 20284B. The container lost in shipment contains an AEA source changer S/N 190 containing an 8.7 Curie Ir-192 source S/N 20285B. * * UPDATE 1120 EDT ON 10/26/05 FROM REGION I (JOHN KINNEMAN) TO S.SANDIN * * * Region I was notified by AEA that the misdirected shipment arrived at their Burlington, MA facility this morning in good condition. Notified R1DO (Silk), NMSS (Holahan) and TAS (Danis). Category 3 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example, level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. }}

ENS 42076 +/-
Where
Huntington Testing And Technology Huntington, West Virginia (NRC Region 1)
License number:	47-23076-01
Organization:	Huntington Testing And Technology
Reporting

10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+3.58 h0.149 days <br />0.0213 weeks <br />0.0049 months <br />)
Opened:	David Mcalister 17:00 Oct 25, 2005
NRC Officer:	Mike Ripley
Last Updated:	Oct 26, 2005
42076 - NRC Website
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