ENS 45755

v t e ENS Event
07:00 Mar 10, 2010
Title	Agreement State Report - Potentially Lost Static Eliminator
Event Description	The following information was obtained from the State of Colorado via email: A general licensee, Hach Company - Loveland Facility, has notified the Colorado Department of Health that it lost a Nuclestat (static eliminator) device containing 10 milliCuries of Polonium 210. The model number is P-2021, Serial Number A2FR969 which was shipped on May 17, 2007 from NRD, LLC. The licensee states that the facility has been audited and personnel questioned. No other details are available at this time. The Colorado Department of Health has initiated an investigation of this incident. Colorado Report Number: I10-03 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

ENS 45755 +/-
Where
Hach Company Loveland, Colorado (NRC Region 4)
Organization:	Colorado Dept Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+3.35 h0.14 days <br />0.0199 weeks <br />0.00459 months <br />)
Opened:	Edgar Ethington 10:21 Mar 10, 2010
NRC Officer:	Dong Park
Last Updated:	Mar 10, 2010
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