ENS 45886
ENS Event | |
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15:31 Apr 30, 2010 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Leaking Shipping Container Identified After Shipment |
| Event Description | Energy Solutions notified the State of Tennessee about a shipping container that was found leaking radioactively contaminated liquid at their site. The container was part of a shipment of two containers containing radwaste shipped to Energy Solutions from Areva in Lynchburg, VA. After the shipment arrived onsite the containers were stored on a slope in a holding area for about fourteen hours.
The State dispatched people to the site who conducted surveys. When the shipping container was opened a bag of freestanding liquid was found near the doors of the container inside. The liquid was surveyed and determined to contain Co-60 and Cs-137. Cs-137 was not manifested on the shipping manifest. The liquid's consistency was described as semi-viscous similar to hydraulic fluid. The State surveyed the area from where the containers came into the site gate to the area where they were stored with floor monitors and did not find radioactive contamination. The trailer and surrounding area were also surveyed with no contamination found. Tennessee contacted Areva - Lynchburg and was told that the shipping container that contained the leaking bag was stored for a long period of time on top of the other shipping container at Lynchburg. Tennessee representatives surveyed the top of the other shipping container but again no radioactive contamination was found.
The State Radiation Health Department, upon consultation with Regional NRC representatives, has determined that this event does not meet the notification requirements of SA-300 and is retracting the event. Notified R1DO (Cook), FSME DEO (McIntosh), NMSS EO (McCartin) and R2DO (Musser). |
| Where | |
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| Energy Solutions Oak Ridge, Tennessee (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Tennessee Div Of Rad Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1.57 h0.0654 days <br />0.00935 weeks <br />0.00215 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Billy Freeman 17:05 Apr 30, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | Pete Snyder |
| Last Updated: | May 3, 2010 |
| 45886 - NRC Website | |
Energy Solutions with Agreement State | |
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