ENS 48833
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Mar 1, 2005 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Gauge Containing Radioactive Material |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the State of Alabama Department of Public Health via facsimile:
On March 19, 2013, the Environmental Health & Services [representative] for International Paper of Pine Hill, Alabama notified the Alabama Office of Radiation Control that they had lost accountability of a fixed gauge. The gauge is a Kay Ray model 7062BP serial 27137, containing 100 mCi of Cs-137. During a routine inspection on February 7, 2013, it was noticed by the inspector that the device had been missing since the March 2005 inventory. The inspector requested that [the] Radiation Safety Officer investigate the incident due to several changes within the department and inconsistencies in record keeping. The licensee was issued two violations, one involving the loss of the accountability of radioactive material. The [licensee's response to the] notification [of violation] letter included both the response to the violations and a attachment. The attachment was a memorandum dated September 12, 2010, referencing losing the gauge, and indicating the loss had been discussed with the [Alabama of Public Health] Director of Licensing. This was discussed with [Director] and he does not recall this conversation nor could this memorandum be found in any of the [Alabama of Public Health] International Paper files. Due to this, the [Alabama of Public Health] considers the response letter the notification of the device being lost. As of today [March 20, 2013], at 7:15 AM CDT, the device containing radioactive material has not been recovered. This incident remains open until further investigation can be completed. Alabama Incident 13-06 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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| International Paper Pine Hill, Alabama (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Alabama Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+70588.28 h2,941.178 days <br />420.168 weeks <br />96.692 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Myron Riley 08:17 Mar 20, 2013 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Mar 20, 2013 |
| 48833 - NRC Website | |
International Paper with Agreement State | |
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