ENS 44600
ENS Event | |
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04:00 Oct 24, 2008 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was received via facsimile.
The SC [South Carolina] Department of Health and Environmental Control was notified on Friday, October 24, 2008 at 12:05 p.m. that a Humboldt Model 5001 portable moisture density gauge had been lost, along with the licensee's company vehicle. [DELETED], Columbia Radiation Safety Officer, and [DELETED], Corporate RSO, notified the Department that a gauge technician had been in possession of the truck and portable gauge on Thursday, October 23. The technician apparently decided to go out for a 'night on the town' with the company vehicle/gauge and became highly intoxicated. As a result of this, per [DELETED] and [DELETED], the technician does not recall where the truck with the gauge was left. The technician called a fellow MACTEC employee this morning who then picked him up at his hotel. The keys to the MACTEC truck were in the possession of the errant technician so it has been assumed that the truck with the gauge secured in the truck bed is parked at a local nightspot. The technician has been questioned but can shed no light on where the truck is at this time. The licensee has called the police department to notify them of the situation. They have also called the city and county to rule out the possibility that the truck was towed overnight. No report of this vehicle being towed was on file. The licensee currently has four company trucks out looking for the lost vehicle and gauge. As more information is available, this notice will be updated. The licensee was advised that a written report detailing this event must be submitted to the Department within 30 days. The event is open and pending further investigation by the licensee and the Department. Updates will be made through the national NMED system. Humboldt 5001 moisture density gauges nominally contain 10 mCi Cs-137 and 40 mCi Am:Be.
The following was provided by the state via telephone: MACTEC located both the lost portable moisture density gauge and the truck. Based on inspection, it was determined that the gauge is undamaged. The licensee will submit a report. Notified R1DO (Cobey), FSME (Burgess) and ILTAB via e-mail. 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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| Mactec Engineering And Consulting, Inc. Columbia, South Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 568 |
| Organization: | Sc Div Of Health & Env Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.57 h0.482 days <br />0.0689 weeks <br />0.0158 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Melinda Bradshaw 15:34 Oct 24, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Oct 29, 2008 |
| 44600 - NRC Website | |
Mactec Engineering And Consulting, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 446002008-10-24T04:00:00024 October 2008 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Moisture Density Gauge 2008-10-24T04:00:00 | |