ENS 44235
ENS Event | |
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04:00 Mar 11, 2008 | |
| Title | Lost Laser Receiver/Transmitters Containing Am-241 |
| Event Description | Two Laser receiver/transmitters were picked from stock for delivery to the Robins AFB Maintenance program. The two items were picked up from location and manifested for local delivery on 21 February 2008. The items were reported missing on customer complaint by the Avionics Repair shop on 11 March 2008. The item was originally marked as missing in the Automated Tracking System on 27 March 2008. Recent extensive searches have not discovered the missing items.
Based on preliminary investigation, the items were manifested for delivery, but the local delivery truck did not show on the day it was ordered. The material remained in the Radioactive Material Shipping area for a couple of days. A hand-receipt transfer document was located but it did not have the driver's signature of receipt. Additionally, the transition of new personnel delayed the reporting of the loss to the DDC Radiation Safety Office. DDC Radiation Safety Office will work closely with the local Radiation Protection Officer to provide training to emphasis the requirements for timely reporting of incidents involving radioactive material. INCIDENT NO: DDWG-2008-01 Item NSN: 1270-01-365-9471 containing two 8 microCuries Am-241 sources [16 microCuries total].
Upon investigation of this event it was determined that the licensee is Defense Logistic Agency and not the US Air force. The header of the report has been changed accordingly. Notified the R1DO (Rogge) and FSME EO (Bubar) 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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| Defense Logistics Agency Warner Robins, Georgia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 37-30062-01 |
| Organization: | Defense Logistics Agency |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1739.12 h72.463 days <br />10.352 weeks <br />2.382 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | David Collins 15:07 May 22, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Rotton |
| Last Updated: | May 27, 2008 |
| 44235 - NRC Website | |
Defense Logistics Agency with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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