ENS Event | |
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04:00 Jun 3, 2008 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Discarded Source |
| Event Description | The following report was received via fax:
06/11/08 the RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] called to report the inadvertent disposal of a Beckman Liquid Scintillation Counter instrument with the 30 micro-curie source still in place. He was not consulted in March 2008 when the Beckman was removed by a commercial waste hauler. The waste hauler was called to determine the disposition of this instrument. On 07/07/08 the report was received from the RSO. The RSO reported that at this time (several months after pick-up) the waste contractor was unable to provide any information on the whereabouts of this instrument. No reward was offered. No press release was issued. Incident Closed. New York Event: NY-11-19 New York Incident: 617 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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| Regeneron Tarrytown, New York (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | NY 2904 |
| Organization: | New York State Dept. Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+26961.25 h1,123.385 days <br />160.484 weeks <br />36.932 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Robert Snyder 13:15 Jul 1, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Jul 1, 2011 |
| 47018 - NRC Website | |
Regeneron with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 470182008-06-03T04:00:0003 June 2008 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Discarded Source 2008-06-03T04:00:00 | |