ENS Event | |
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21:10 Nov 6, 2008 | |
| Title | Lost X-Ray Analyzer Containing Cadmium-109 and Iron-55 |
| Event Description | On November 6, 2008, at 1510, IDPH received a call from Keokuk Steel Castings, Registration No.: 3325-1-56-XRF that a TN Technology X-ray Fluorescent Analyzer, model 9266, serial number B837, containing 5 mCi of Cadmium-109 and 45 mCi of Iron-55, was missing.
The licensee was returning the device to Thermo Scientific for disposal. On 2/26/08, the licensee shipped the device via UPS. On 6/3/08, the licensee was contacted by Thermo Scientific that the device never arrived. The licensee contacted UPS and on 7/7/08, a Tracer Investigation was opened. UPS never located the package (tracking no. 1Z5421030340748497). IDPH contacted a UPS Supervisor who stated that the last known location of the package was Des Moines, Iowa, and the UPS investigation was closed on 7/16/08. He was asked to reopen the file and to look one more time for the package. He called back and stated that the device could not be located in Des Moines. IDPH and UPS consider the case closed. 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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| Keokuk Steel Castings Keokuk, Iowa (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 3325-1-56-XRF |
| Organization: | Iowa Department Of Public Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.8 h0.492 days <br />0.0702 weeks <br />0.0162 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Nancy Farrington 08:58 Nov 7, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Joe O'Hara |
| Last Updated: | Nov 7, 2008 |
| 44636 - NRC Website | |
Keokuk Steel Castings with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 446362008-11-06T21:10:0006 November 2008 21:10:00
[Table view]Agreement State Lost X-Ray Analyzer Containing Cadmium-109 and Iron-55 2008-11-06T21:10:00 | |