ENS Event | |
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04:00 Apr 20, 2006 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Process Instrument Source |
| Event Description | On 4/20/06 the licensee Radiation Safety Officer called the State of Georgia to report the loss of a process instrument source. The instrument contained a 100 millicurie Americium-241 source as part of an Industrial Dynamics Model CI-2 case inspector serial number 00224. The source serial number is 3139 and model number is 06765.
The instrument was installed in a conveyor system that was removed and salvaged between March 20 and 25 of this year. The licensee contacted the Albany recycling facility to notify them of possible disposal at their facility but the recycling center said that their radiation detectors did not alarm. The recycling company also sends their scrap to IPSCO and ELG recycling operations in Mobile, AL. The licensee continues its search for the lost source. The licensee is currently reviewing their procedures for handling radioactive devices and the entire plant population will be retrained. The Georgia State ERC report number is 38364. 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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| Miller Brewing Company Albany, Georgia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | GA546-1 |
| Organization: | Georgia Radioactive Material Pgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+128.75 h5.365 days <br />0.766 weeks <br />0.176 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Cynthia Sanders 12:45 Apr 25, 2006 |
| NRC Officer: | Pete Snyder |
| Last Updated: | Apr 25, 2006 |
| 42525 - NRC Website | |
Miller Brewing Company with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 425252006-04-20T04:00:00020 April 2006 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Process Instrument Source 2006-04-20T04:00:00 | |