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05:00 Nov 2, 2011 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Loss of 13 Ni-63 Sources |
| Event Description | Groundwater Analytical Company, Massachusetts radioactive materials licensee G0046, underwent bankruptcy proceedings. Their assets were subsequently seized in a bank action and auctioned off by The Branford Group. Among the items auctioned were 13 Ni-63 sources associated with gas chromatograph devices. This auction took place on 11/2/2011. The Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (Agency) discovered this event on 2/15/2012 and has opened an investigation to find the missing radioactive sources.
The auction house which handled the transfer of the gas chromatographs has indicated that they have records of the individuals who purchased the items and will be providing that information to the Agency by the end of the week. The Agency continues the investigation into this matter and this item remains open. 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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| Groundwater Analytical Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | G0046 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+2529.65 h105.402 days <br />15.057 weeks <br />3.465 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Doug Cullen 15:39 Feb 15, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Eric Simpson |
| Last Updated: | Feb 15, 2012 |
| 47666 - NRC Website | |
Groundwater Analytical with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 476662011-11-02T05:00:0002 November 2011 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Loss of 13 Ni-63 Sources 2011-11-02T05:00:00 | |