ENS Event | |
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19:00 Jun 30, 2011 | |
| Title | Ionizing Air Nozzles Lost During Transportation Accident |
| Event Description | On May 26, 2011 a transportation truck was involved in an accident in Ashland, NE. The truck was carrying 62 Ionizing Air Nozzles to NRD LLC in Grand Island, NY. The nozzles contained 10 mCi/each of Po-210 at the time of manufacture. At the time of shipment, a total activity of 74.9 mCi aggregate remained.
After the accident, a contractor separated out the debris to damaged and undamaged packages. The damaged packages were sent to the landfill in Lancaster County, NE. After the remaining undamaged shipping containers were resorted, however, the shipping company could not locate the static eliminators. The licensee believes that the package containing the air nozzles were sent to the landfill. 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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| Naval Underseas Warfare Center Washington, District Of Columbia (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Naval Underseas Warfare Center |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+113.2 h4.717 days <br />0.674 weeks <br />0.155 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Michael Walsh 12:12 Jul 5, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Charles Teal |
| Last Updated: | Jul 5, 2011 |
| 47023 - NRC Website | |
Naval Underseas Warfare Center with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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