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04:00 Mar 18, 2008 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report Involving Loss of General Licensed Material |
| Event Description | The following report was received via email:
N.C. Radiation Protection Section was notified 19 March 2008 of two (2) missing polonium-210 static elimination devices. Information on the devices is as follows: 1) NRC Model P-2021-8201, serial no. A2FC364, initially distributed on 22 Jun 2006, initial activity was 10 millicuries, decay-corrected activity (as of 18 March 2008) 0.415 millicuries 2) NRC Model P-2021-8201, serial no. A2FK529, initially distributed on 01 Dec 2006, initial activity was 10 millicuries, decay-corrected activity (as of 18 March 2008) 0.935 millicuries The information will be turned over to the General License Coordinator for further investigation. N.C. Radiation Protection has not received any media attention as of this report. No press release has been issued. Event Report ID No.: NC-08-13 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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| Carolina Custom Finishing Asheboro, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 076-1820-0G |
| Organization: | Nc Div Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+55.75 h2.323 days <br />0.332 weeks <br />0.0764 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | J. Marion Eaddy Iii 11:45 Mar 20, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Mar 20, 2008 |
| 44080 - NRC Website | |
Carolina Custom Finishing with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 440802008-03-18T04:00:00018 March 2008 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report Involving Loss of General Licensed Material 2008-03-18T04:00:00 | |