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04:00 Jun 26, 2009 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report Involving a Missing Tritium Source |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the State of North Carolina via email:
NC Radioactive Materials [Agency] was contacted this afternoon regarding a lost portable gas chromatograph. Notification: June 26, 2009 at 15:00 Device: Sentex Sensing Technology - Sentex Model Sentor Gas Chromatograph. No serial number available. SS&D: NY-1210-D-101-B Source: Hydrogen-3 Safety light corp source 58508-3 No serial number available Activity: 150 millicuries Manufacturer: Infacon, Inc. Manufacturer Address: 2 Technology Way, East Syracuse, NY 10357 Summary: Licensee's RSO contacted Agency at 15:00 on 6/26/09. Conducted a physical inventory of sources at licensee's address, and could not locate the 150mCi Sentex Gas Chromatograph. Inquired whereabouts of device, and primary Authorized User speculated that the source/device could have been lost as a result of the renovations at the University in 2007-2008. 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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| Unc Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 060-0241-1 |
| Organization: | Nc Div Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.5 h0.479 days <br />0.0685 weeks <br />0.0158 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Sharn Jeffries 15:30 Jun 26, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Jun 26, 2009 |
| 45167 - NRC Website | |
Unc Charlotte with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 451672009-06-26T04:00:00026 June 2009 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report Involving a Missing Tritium Source 2009-06-26T04:00:00 | |