ENS 47647

v t e ENS Event
08:00 Jan 24, 2012
Title	Agreement State Report - Contaminated Varian Detector
Event Description	The following was received from the State of California via email: On January 24, 2012, RHB was informed by the owner of National Analytical Instruments [...] that he had purchased a Varian UV-VIS detector from Golndustry Dovebid back in 06/11/2008 and he subsequently learned this device was contaminated with C-14. The purchase invoice ID is # 2169450, and the following equipment was indicated on the invoice: Varian ProStar 320, s/n 1550, Lot # 143568. The equipment has a Pfizer's asset number 16468. According to [the owner], the equipment came from Pfizer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and that this laboratory has been owned by the University of Michigan since 2007. On January 24, 2012, the RHB inspector confirmed contamination of the Varian UV-VIS detector. A Thermo Scientific, RadEye B20-ER, s/n 0242 GM, survey meter was used to check for contamination, and contamination was observed with the maximum reading of 25 CPS. On January 26, 2012, in the presence of RHB inspector, the Pfizer San Francisco RSO took surveys, and also confirmed contamination of the Varian UV-VIS detector. The Pfizer RSO also took possession of the contaminated equipment.

ENS 47647 +/-
Where
National Analytical Instruments San Rafael, California (NRC Region 4)
Organization:	California Radiation Control Prgm
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+365.75 h15.24 days <br />2.177 weeks <br />0.501 months <br />)
Opened:	Kent Prendergast 13:45 Feb 8, 2012
NRC Officer:	Charles Teal
Last Updated:	Feb 8, 2012
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