ENS 45387
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Sep 14, 2009 | |
| Title | Missing Shipment of General Licensed Devices |
| Event Description | This information was received from the State via facsimile:
On the afternoon of September 28, 2009 at approximately 12:15 pm CDT, the Alabama Office of Radiation Control received a phone call from a representative of the Kentucky Radiation Health Program advising the Agency [Alabama Office of Radiation Control] of the discovery of two missing general licensed devices containing radioactive material. The representative of the Kentucky Radiation Health Program indicated that he was advised from Ronan Engineering representatives that two Ronan model RLL-1 source holders each containing 0.63 millicuries of Cs-137 were lost in transit by a commercial carrier. The shipment originated at Southfresh Feed, Demopolis, Alabama on September 14, 2009 with destination to Ronan Engineering, Florence, Kentucky scheduled for delivery on September 17, 2009. The carrier is YRC [Yellow Transportation Inc]. According to Ronan Engineering representatives, the RLL-1 source holders are bolted to a pallet. The devices are eight inches wide, including mounting flange and twelve inches long. The housing is 4" x 4" x 12" long. Radioactive material labels, UN identification labels, and Ronan address labels are on the skid and devices. According to YRC representatives, YRC has sent out notifications to over 30 dispatch centers and are contacting customers in an attempt to locate the shipment. The shipment was last accounted for on September 18, 2009 at the YRC, Nashville, TN terminal. This is all the information that this Agency [Alabama Office of Radiation Control] has at this time and is current as of 2:00 pm CDT, September 29, 2009.
At 0750 CDT on 10/01/09, the Alabama Office of Radiation Control was informed that the missing shipment had been misrouted to the YRC Columbus, OH terminal. The shipment is currently enroute to its final destination, i.e., Ronan Engineering located in Florence, KY. Notified R1DO (Miller), FSME (Villamar) and ILTAB via email. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Ronan Engineering Demopolis, Alabama (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Alabama Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+370 h15.417 days <br />2.202 weeks <br />0.507 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | David Turberville 15:00 Sep 29, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | John Knoke |
| Last Updated: | Oct 1, 2009 |
| 45387 - NRC Website | |
Ronan Engineering with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Missing Shipment of General Licensed Devices 2009-09-14T05:00:00 | |