ENS 45266

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v t e ENS Event
04:00 Aug 10, 2009
Title	Agreement State Report - Improperly Packaged Radioactive Shipment
Event Description	The following was received from the State via FAX: The Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for the University of Massachusetts - Lowell (UMASS - Lowell) reported an improper shipment of radioactive material where the package was prepared for shipment as a regular package and should have been prepared for shipment as a Class 7 (radioactive) package. On Friday, August 14, 2009, the RSO discovered, from information received by General Dynamics C4 Systems (GD), that GD received, on Tuesday, August 12, 2009 a regular package sent by UMASS-Lowell on Monday, August 10, 2009 that should have been prepared as Class 7. The package was reported by GD to UMASS-Lowell to have radiation levels of 2.6 mrad/hr at 2 cm above the package or contents of package as measured with a Ludlum G-M instrument. The RSO reports that the package contained electronic components subjected to irradiation from UMASS - Lowell's research reactor and that the radioactive materials contained in the package was likely Bromine-82. The RSO reports that he does not believe that there was any contamination discovered on the outside of the package. The RSO reports that based on calculations performed, the estimated activity of the package, for Bromine-82, was one (1) MBq and that the specific activity of bromine-82 of the samples (electronics) was likely between 42 and 170 Becquerel's/gram. The address reported for GD, the recipient of the package, is Scottsdale, AZ 85252 and any radioactive materials license number for GD was not known at time of this report.

ENS 45266 +/-
Where
University Of Massachusetts - Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1)
License number:	60-0049
Organization:	Ma Radiation Control Program
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+177.82 h7.409 days <br />1.058 weeks <br />0.244 months <br />)
Opened:	Josh Daehler 13:49 Aug 17, 2009
NRC Officer:	Karl Diederich
Last Updated:	Aug 17, 2009
45266 - NRC Website
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University Of Massachusetts - Lowell with Agreement State
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