ENS Event | |
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00:00 Jan 6, 2012 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report Involving Detection of Contaminated Material |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of California via email:
Two [2] packages set off radiation alarms at Truckee, CA truck scales. Both packages indicated Cobalt 60. One package read 5.7 mr/hr and the other indicated 6.1 mr/hr using a Victoreen 450 CHP. The packages were enroute to Bed Bath and Beyond in Santa Clara and San Jose. The shipment was authorized to proceed in a separate trailer to the Sacramento [the shippers] yard at 8200 Elder Creek Road where the shipment will be secured awaiting RHB inspector to determine the contents and disposition of the material. Surveys were requested of the CHP to document ALARA during this shipment. Shipment contained four Model DR9M Dual Ridge Metal Boutique (Kleenex box holders). Contact reading 6.5 mr/hr, One foot 0.85 mr/hr with a Victoreen 450P ion chamber. The shipment originated in India with a port of entry at Newark, NJ and was shipped via common carrier to its final destination in California. CA 5010 #: 010512 |
| Where | |
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| Tatara Group/Nu Steel Truckee, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+14.28 h0.595 days <br />0.085 weeks <br />0.0196 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | John Fassell 14:17 Jan 6, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Charles Teal |
| Last Updated: | Jan 6, 2012 |
| 47575 - NRC Website | |
Tatara Group/Nu Steel with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 475752012-01-06T00:00:0006 January 2012 00:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report Involving Detection of Contaminated Material 2012-01-06T00:00:00 | |