ENS Event | |
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05:00 Dec 12, 2012 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Potential Contaminated Sealed Source |
| Event Description | The following was received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via email:
On 12/13/12, licensee notified this Agency of the 12/12/12 determination of a potential leaking or contaminated sealed source that had been received from an out-of-state vendor. The source being returned to vendor for further analysis. There was no evidence of contamination beyond the source itself." The Agency considers this matter to be OPEN pending receipt of written report. The sealed source contained 0.040 Ci of Cd-109. The manufacturer is Eckert and Zeigler, model XFB-3, with serial number TR2463.
The following was received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via email: The Vendor/Manufacturer reported to licensee in a letter dated 1/7/13 that, per wipe and soak tests conducted in accordance with ISO 9978:1992 (Radiation protection -- Sealed radioactive sources -- Leakage test methods) the source is not leaking and removable activity initially found originated from the capsule's surface. The vendor/manufacturer also wrote that the incident was assigned to the vendor/manufacturer's internal corrective and preventive action program. Notified R1DO (Newport) and FSME Event Resource via email. |
| Where | |
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| Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Tewksbury, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 55-0238 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+36.08 h1.503 days <br />0.215 weeks <br />0.0494 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Tony Carpenito 17:05 Dec 13, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Charles Teal |
| Last Updated: | Jan 8, 2013 |
| 48589 - NRC Website | |
Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 485892012-12-12T05:00:00012 December 2012 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State - Potential Contaminated Sealed Source 2012-12-12T05:00:00 | |