ENS Event | |
|---|---|
17:00 Apr 5, 2007 | |
| Title | Illinois Agreement State Report |
| Event Description | Pinnacle Food Group located in St. Elmo, IL reported that between March 13 through 20, 2007 they were performing general maintenance for the up coming canning season. After the cleanup they discovered that a Industrial Dynamics Model FT50 fixed gauge containing 100 millicuries of Am-241 used for fill level measurements was taken as scrap metal to either Grossman Iron & Steel or PSE Metals which are both located in St. Louis, MO. These scrap metal yards were both notified on 04/05/07 by Pinnacle Food Group that their scrap yard may have the missing gauge in their yard. Pinnacle Food Group has hired a consultant and he arrived at the scrap yards on 04/06/07 and he is looking for the missing gauge. So far no contamination has been detected in either scrap yard.
IL. Incident # IL-070020. 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 | |
|---|---|
| Pinnacle Food Group St. Elmo, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 9223630 |
| Organization: | Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+18.33 h0.764 days <br />0.109 weeks <br />0.0251 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Daren Perrero 11:20 Apr 6, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | Apr 6, 2007 |
| 43284 - NRC Website | |
Pinnacle Food Group with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 432842007-04-05T17:00:0005 April 2007 17:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Illinois Agreement State Report 2007-04-05T17:00:00 | |