ENS 45442
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Oct 15, 2009 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report Involving Potential Loss of Radioactive Material During Shipment |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of Texas via email:
On October 16, 2009, at 11:35 AM, the licensee notified the Agency [State of Texas] that a 1.78 curie Cesium (Cs)-137 sources, and a 10.8 millicurie California (Cf) -252 source was lost in transport. The sources were picked up by a common carrier on October 14, 2009, for delivery to their facility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At 1600 on October 15, 2009, the licensee was informed that the sources had not arrived in Oklahoma City. The RSO contacted the shipper and was informed that they believed that the sources had been placed on a truck going to Albuquerque, New Mexico. At about 3:00 AM on October 16, 2009, the licensee was notified that the sources were not on the truck going to Albuquerque. The shipper stated that they would contact all of their facilities (290 of them) to look for the packages. The Cs-137 source is in a container that weighs 320 pounds and labeled as Yellow II with a TI of 0.2. The Cf-252 source is in a container that weighs 185 pounds, is labeled as a Yellow II and a TI of 0.6. The RSO went to the shippers facility in Houston and searched for the packages. He did not find them. The shipper will contact the licensee as soon as the sources are located. The license will provide additional information as it is received. The State of Oklahoma was informed of the missing shipment. Texas Incident No.: I-8679
The following update was received from the State of Texas via email: On October 16, 2009, at 1715 CT, the licensee contacted the Agency and informed them that at 1657 CT, the licensee was contacted by the shipping company and informed that the two sources had been located at their facility in Kansas City, Mo. The shipping company will deliver the sources to the licensee's facility in Oklahoma City on October 17, 2009. Notified R4DO (Cain) and FSME EO (Delligatti). 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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf 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. |
| Where | |
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| Thrubit Llc Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 06030 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+33.25 h1.385 days <br />0.198 weeks <br />0.0455 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 14:15 Oct 16, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Oct 16, 2009 |
| 45442 - NRC Website | |
Thrubit Llc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 492242013-07-29T06:00:00029 July 2013 06:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost and Subsequently Recovered Well Logging Source ENS 454422009-10-15T05:00:00015 October 2009 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report Involving Potential Loss of Radioactive Material During Shipment 2013-07-29T06:00:00 | |