ENS 42840

v t e ENS Event
13:45 Sep 14, 2006
Title	Loss of Two Americium-241 Navigation System Sources
Event Description	A representative for the Air Force Master Material License reported that two 4 microCurie Am-241 sources (8 microCuries total) were lost during shipment from Eglin AFB in Florida to Robins AFB in GA. The sources are used in aircraft LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting IR for Night) Pods. The shipment was made on August 30, 2006, using a commercial shipping company and was assigned a tracking number. The shipment never arrived at the destination and efforts by the shipper to locate the package have not been successful. The SSDR for the sources is FL-1116-D-01-01S. The Air Force has requested a formal letter of the circumstances of the loss and effort by the shipper to locate the missing sources. 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.

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Where
Us Air Force Bolling Afb, District Of Columbia (NRC Region 1)
License number:	42-23539-01AF
Organization:	Us Air Force
Reporting

10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.5 h-0.146 days <br />-0.0208 weeks <br />-0.00479 months <br />)
Opened:	Major Clint Abell 10:15 Sep 14, 2006
NRC Officer:	Bill Huffman
Last Updated:	Sep 14, 2006
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