ENS 44977

v t e ENS Event
17:20 Apr 6, 2009
Title	Contaminated Sealed Sources Received in Two Shipments
Event Description	The following information was provided by the state via fax: On 4/6/09, the Agency [MA Radiation Control Program] received written notification from Thermo NITON Analyzers that they had received 2 shipments of Isotope Products Laboratory Model XFB-3 Cd-109 sources, both of which contained a few contaminated sealed sources. On 9/9/08, NITON received a shipment of 45 sealed sources containing 40 mCi of Cd-109 each and 3 of the sources were found to be contaminated. On 10/13/08, NITON received a shipment of 30 sealed sources containing 10 mCi of Cd-109 each and 3 of the sources were contaminated. The licensee, NITON, returned the sources to IPL for evaluation. IPL's evaluation concluded the sources were contaminated and not leaking. The licensee stated that a notification was drafted in October 2008, however, an oversight occurred and inadvertently the notification was not submitted. Massachusetts Docket No.: 04-8408

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Where
Thermo Niton Analyzers Billerica, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1)
License number:	55-0238
Organization:	Ma Radiation Control Program
Reporting

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Time - Person (Reporting Time:+45.42 h1.893 days <br />0.27 weeks <br />0.0622 months <br />)
Opened:	John Sumares 14:45 Apr 8, 2009
NRC Officer:	Dan Livermore
Last Updated:	Apr 8, 2009
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