ENS Event | |
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06:00 Jan 30, 2006 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report- Missing Sources Following Hurricane Katrina |
| Event Description | A representative from the State of Louisiana reported that an X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Unit used by the Chalmette Refinery is missing following the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. The building housing the XRF Unit was under 20 feet of water from storm related flooding. The building was gutted in post Katrina restoration without first locating the XRF Unit. The licensee has searched for the unit and declared it missing on 1/30/06. It is believed that the Unit was sent to a landfill with other building wastes.
The XRF Unit was a model TN-927 with a 45 mCi Fe-55 source and a 5 mCi Cd-109 source. State Report Number: Pending THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. |
| Where | |
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| Chalmette Refinery Chalmette, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | LA-2247-L01 |
| Organization: | Louisiana Radiation Protection Div |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10 h0.417 days <br />0.0595 weeks <br />0.0137 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Joe Noble 16:00 Jan 30, 2006 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Jan 30, 2006 |
| 42295 - NRC Website | |
Chalmette Refinery with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 422952006-01-30T06:00:00030 January 2006 06:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report- Missing Sources Following Hurricane Katrina 2006-01-30T06:00:00 | |