ENS 45199

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v t e ENS Event
04:00 Jun 22, 2009
Title	Lost Americium-241 Sources Due to Aircraft Crash
Event Description	On June 22, 2009, an F-16 crashed in a remote area in the Great Salt Lake test range in the area of the Utah and Nevada borders near Hill AFB. The aircraft was carrying a Sniper Laser Targeting Pod with two Am-241 sources each with an activity of 4 microcuries (8 microcuries total). Following investigation of the crash site and aircraft remnants, the licensee has determined that the sources are lost. The licensee has previously notified NRC Region IV (Browder) of this occurrence. 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. This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source

ENS 45199 +/-
Where
Us Air Force Rosslyn, Virginia (NRC Region 1)
License number:	42-23539-01AF
Organization:	Us Air Force
Reporting

10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+509.72 h21.238 days <br />3.034 weeks <br />0.698 months <br />)
Opened:	Lt. Col. Craig Adams 09:43 Jul 13, 2009
NRC Officer:	Bill Huffman
Last Updated:	Jul 13, 2009
45199 - NRC Website
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v t e Emergency Notification System
Us Air Force with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
WEEKMONTHYEAR2009-06-22T04:00:00 [Table view]
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