ENS Event | |
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04:00 Oct 11, 2007 | |
| Title | Missing N-63 Foil Source Detectors |
| Event Description | Back in 1992 licensee had four detectors stored at their facility in Evansville, IN. These 4 detectors had Ni-63 foil sources with activity of 15 milliCuries each. The model/serial number of these detector are 18803-60520/C2141; 18803-60520/C0844; 18713A/83047; and 19312/S11091. About September 2007 the licensee went to retrieve these electron capture detectors, however, they could not find them. The licensee contacted Hewlett Packard (HP) and asked if they had the missing detectors. HP said they did not. After several weeks of searching , the Licensee believed that the missing detectors are a result of inventory accountability, rather than an actual theft.
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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| Mead Johnson & Company Evansville, Indiana (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 13-00772-02 |
| Organization: | Mead Johnson & Company |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+342.42 h14.268 days <br />2.038 weeks <br />0.469 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Chad Burnett 10:25 Oct 25, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | John Knoke |
| Last Updated: | Oct 25, 2007 |
| 43744 - NRC Website | |
Mead Johnson & Company with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
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[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) Missing N-63 Foil Source Detectors 2007-10-11T04:00:00 | |