ENS 43480

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v t e ENS Event
05:00 Jul 11, 2007
Title	Agreement State Report - Missing Ir-192 Source
Event Description	The licensee provided the following information via facsimile: A facility in Twin Falls, Idaho was shipping a 6 Ci Ir-192 HDR source back to Alpha & Omega Services for disposal. The carrier was FedEx. When the package arrived at Alpha & Omega and was opened, it contained a helicopter part and not a source. Will update when information is available. Event Report ID No: LA070018 See also Event Notification#43484 * * UPDATE AT 1054 EDT ON 7/16/07 FROM RICHARD PENROD TO S. SANDIN * * * The following information was received via fax: This source was never lost. The facility did not follow their SOPS and log in the shipment from FEDEX. The source was in the facility the entire time. Notified R4DO (Pick) and FSME (Wastler). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example, level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. Although IAEA categorization of this event is typically based on device type, the staff has been made aware of the actual activity of the source, and after calculation determines that it is a Category 3 event. Note: the value assigned by device type "Category 2" is different than the calculated value "Category 3

ENS 43480 +/-
Where
Alpha & Omega Services Edgerly, Louisiana (NRC Region 4)
License number:	LA-10025-L01
Organization:	Louisiana Radiation Protection Div
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.98 h0.458 days <br />0.0654 weeks <br />0.015 months <br />)
Opened:	Richard Penrod 15:59 Jul 11, 2007
NRC Officer:	John Knoke
Last Updated:	Jul 16, 2007
43480 - NRC Website
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v t e Emergency Notification System
Alpha & Omega Services with Agreement State
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