ENS 43995
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Feb 19, 2008 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Radioactive Material Shipment Missing |
| Event Description | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts confirmed receipt of the following email notification (no additional comments) made by the shipper (QSA Global) to both them and the NRC Operations Center at 0955 EST:
Please be advised that QSA Global, Inc. has been notified that a shipment of radioactive material bound for Hong Kong has been declared missing. Details follow: Customer: ETS Testconsult Ltd. In Hong Kong, PRC Carrier: Fed Ex One 650L transport container containing (2) Ir-192 sources: (1) 2.9 TBq (77.5 Ci) and (1) 2.1 TBq (57.2 Ci) It is believed that the material is not in the US as it had cleared the Anchorage, AK facility. A trace has been initiated, but due to the wide variation in time zones, not all intermediate locations in Asia have been checked as of this notification. The airway bill confirms the shipment arrived in Hong Kong on 2/18/08 at 4:54 pm local time.
The shipment has been found at the Fed Ex facility in Newark, NJ. Notified FSME (Burgess), R1DO (Powell), and IP (Ramsey).
In a correction to the previous update, FedEx informed the QSA Global broker that the shipment was NOT physically located in Newark, NJ. What was located in Newark was the FedEx container the freight was manifested on. It is now believed that the shipment was sent unmanifested to Hong Kong. QSA Global representatives in Hong Kong will be contacting the FedEx facility in Hong Kong to determine the status of the shipment. Additionally, QSA Global has contacted the FedEx RSO on the matter.
The licensee provided the following information via email: Please be advised that QSA Global, Inc. is in receipt of the serial number for the transport container that was declared missing yesterday from our broker. He [QSA] received the number from FedEx staff in Newark. This number is not on the paperwork they [FedEx] have and gives us confidence that they [FedEx] have visually inspected the package. The shipment is expected to be put on a plane tonight to start for its final destination in Hong Kong. Notified R1DO (Powell), FSME (Morell), and IP (Ramsey).
Package has been found. QSA Global, Inc. submitted at approximately 1:10 p on February 21 that the package is no longer missing and has been physically located at FedEx's facility in Newark, NJ. QSA Global indicated at 3:47 p.m. on February 21 that FedEx staff in Newark, NJ have confirmed the identity of the package and will continue shipment of the package to its final destination in Hong Kong. QSA Global, Inc. submitted that they will provide verification of receipt of the package when it is received by the customer in Hong Kong and will also provide a 30 day written report about this event. Notified R1DO (Powell) and FSME (Flannery). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 2" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 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 a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. |
| Where | |
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| Qsa Global Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+29.18 h1.216 days <br />0.174 weeks <br />0.04 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Mario Iannaccone 10:11 Feb 20, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Feb 21, 2008 |
| 43995 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global with Agreement State | |
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