ENS Event | |
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06:00 Feb 13, 2006 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Loss of Control of Polonium Source |
| Event Description | The State of Texas reported that a static eliminator with 20 millicurie Polonium-210 source (based on a January 2005 assay) was inadvertently shipped to Taiwan without radioactive material controls or the knowledge of the RSO for the licensee. The RSO received a Po-210 source for renewal of the source in a static eliminator and discovered that the eliminator was missing. The licensee determined that the static eliminator with the depleted Po-210 source had been shipped to Taiwan without consideration of the Po-210 source in the eliminator. There is currently no indication that the source is lost - but it is no longer under the licensee's control. Investigation into this event is ongoing.
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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| Texas Instruments Dallas, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | G1800 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+60.07 h2.503 days <br />0.358 weeks <br />0.0823 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Ruben Cortez 18:04 Feb 15, 2006 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Feb 15, 2006 |
| 42341 - NRC Website | |
Texas Instruments with Agreement State | |
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