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04:00 Aug 3, 2001 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Polonium-210 Static Eliminators |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of NY Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection via fax:
The state received notification 03/06/2007 that static eliminators were lost sometime around 8/3/2001. SMSC [Standard Microsystems] suspects that they were inadvertently shipped to Delta Design because they were placed inside Delta Flex Handlers and were not visible from the outside. Delta Design presumes that the sources were scrapped sometime after 2001. The activity of the Polonium-210 at that time was less than 45 microcuries. The written report from SMSC indicates that 5 NRD static eliminators, model P-2042, s/n SP101713 thru SP101717, each containing 5 milliCuries on 3/9/1998 were disposed. Decay corrected activity of each foil is less than 1 nanocurie. No further action is warranted. New York Incident: 519 New York Event: NY-11-13 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 |
| Where | |
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| Standard Mircosystems Hauppauge, New York (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | GENERAL |
| Organization: | New York State Dept. Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+86863.32 h3,619.305 days <br />517.044 weeks <br />118.985 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Robert Snyder 11:19 Jul 1, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Jul 1, 2011 |
| 47004 - NRC Website | |
Standard Mircosystems with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Polonium-210 Static Eliminators 2001-08-03T04:00:00 | |