ENS 44043
ENS Event | |
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17:30 Mar 6, 2008 | |
Title | California Agreement State Report - Lost Licensed Material |
Event Description | Received the following information from the State of California via fax:
A person contacted the California Radiologic Health Branch (RHB) on 03/06/08 to report that the radiation detector at the Compton Transfer Station had alarmed from a bin that had come from FedEx at 5927 W. Imperial, [Los Angeles] (near LAX); the reading was 22.8 kcpm, with a background of [approximately] 3.4 kcpm. [A RHB Investigator] went that afternoon, and after sorting through the bin contents, found an [approximately] 13 mCi Cs-137 source. The source is [about] 1/4 inch long and 1/8 inch in diameter. The radiation measurement was about 50 mrem/hr at one foot (measured using a Bicron microrem meter and a Keithley 36150). [The RHB Investigator] placed the source in a lead pig and secured it in the trunk of his car. On 3/7/08, [RHB Investigators] discussed the incident with the Manager at the Fed Ex Imperial location, [the Manager of] FedEx Dangerous Goods, and other FedEx employees in Dangerous Goods. [An RHB Investigator] advised them that [RHB Investigators] would be there later today (03/07/08) to survey the facility to make sure there aren't any other sources, and that Fed Ex is to interview their employees to try and determine how the source came to be in the bin, and from whom it had come. California RHB will continue to investigate this incident and has assigned incident report number 5010-030608 to this event. 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. This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source. |
Where | |
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Not Applicable Compton, California (NRC Region 4) | |
Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
Reporting | |
Agreement State | |
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+20.55 h0.856 days <br />0.122 weeks <br />0.0281 months <br />) | |
Opened: | K. Kaufman 14:03 Mar 7, 2008 |
NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
Last Updated: | Mar 7, 2008 |
44043 - NRC Website | |
Not Applicable with Agreement State | |
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