ENS 49011
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ENS Event | |
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14:00 May 8, 2013 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Potentially Lost Radioactive Source Shipment |
| Event Description | Two, Category 2, IR-192 industrial radiography sources, loaded in a QSA Global model 650L source changer, left Wilmington, MA at 1416 EDT, 5/6/13 headed for Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, VA. The source changer was expected to be delivered early the morning of 5/8/13. Norfolk Naval Shipyards notified QSA Global when the source changer did not arrive as scheduled. The transportation company was then notified. The transportation company began searches of its facilities in Newark, NJ and Boston, MA for the source changer. The last known shipping scan of the source changer was at 2342 EDT, 5/6/13 in Newark, NJ.
The source changer is a metal container measuring 8 1/4 inches x 10 inches x 13 inches that weighs approximately weighs 90 lbs. The transportation company is continuing to search for the source changer.
The sources were found in the Newark, NJ facility and the shipment is expected to arrive at Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 5/10/13. Notified R1DO (Dwyer), R2DO (Ayers), R3DO (Peterson), R4DO (Vasquez), IRD (Marshall), ILTAB (Whitney), FSME (McDermott), FSME Event Resources via email, DHS SWO, DOE, FEMA, HHS, NICC, USDA, EPA and Nuclear SSA via email.
The state was notified, by QSA Global, at 0825 EDT on 5/9/13 that the source was found at 0450 EDT on 5/9/13. The state will submit a follow-up report. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 2" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Qsa Global Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+3.05 h0.127 days <br />0.0182 weeks <br />0.00418 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Bruce Packard 17:03 May 8, 2013 |
| NRC Officer: | Donald Norwood |
| Last Updated: | May 9, 2013 |
| 49011 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global with Agreement State | |
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