ENS 44243

v t e ENS Event
04:00 May 28, 2008
Title	Massachusetts Agreement State Report - Scrap Metal Load Set Off Radiation Alarm
Event Description	The following information was received from the State of Massachusetts via facsimile: A shipment of ferrous scrap metal from a trash to energy generating facility set off the radiation alarms at the entrance to the scrap facility and was immediately rejected. A consultant responded to the facility with an isotope identifier and reported Radium-226 in the load. Insofar as the highest exposure rate on the surface of the trailer was 0.6 millirem/hour, a DOT-E 10656 was issued to permit travel back to the point of origin. The company that originated the shipment has acquired the services of a different consultant to evaluate the situation at their facility, contain the problem and to document the legal disposition of the radioactive material.

ENS 44243 +/-
Where
Wte Recycling Greenfield, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1)
Organization:	Ma Radiation Control Program
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+14.35 h0.598 days <br />0.0854 weeks <br />0.0197 months <br />)
Opened:	J. Thomas Coulombe 18:21 May 28, 2008
NRC Officer:	Howie Crouch
Last Updated:	May 28, 2008
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