ENS Event | |
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05:00 Sep 11, 2009 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report- Potential Loss of Radioactive Material |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via facsimile:
On 9/11/09 a package containing 1 mCi of P-32 was received by the licensee Radiation Safety Office, [who then] opened the package to confirm RAM [radioactive material] was in the box, surveyed the package, and then delivered [the package] to the research lab. The research lab signed for the package. One week later the research lab reported to the RSO that the package did not contain the ordered P-32. A search of lab, adjacent labs, and waste removed from the lab did not locate the missing radioactive material. MA Docket Number: 10-8699 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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| Umass Memorial Health Care Worcester, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 60-0092 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+2093.78 h87.241 days <br />12.463 weeks <br />2.868 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Mike Whalen 11:47 Dec 7, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Dec 7, 2009 |
| 45542 - NRC Website | |
Umass Memorial Health Care with Agreement State | |
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