The following information was received from the Commonwealth of
Virginia via facsimile:
On Thursday, August 1st, a shipment was being received by B&W from QSA Global, Inc. During the receipt survey, readings indicated 5.4 mrem/hr in the cab of the truck. The sources were received and leak tests were performed indicating no leakage. B&W contacted the Virginia Radioactive Materials Program (RMP) who then contacted the Massachusetts RMP.
B&W also reported the event to the NRC Operations Center on August 1st. A discussion to retract the event as this shipment occurred under the Virginia license was held on Friday 8/2 but the final determination was not made until Monday 8/5 to retract the NRC report. A decision was agreed upon for the Virginia RMP to report the event to the NRC Ops Center.
The Massachusetts RMP contacted QSA Global, Inc. A preliminary investigation indicates that a QSA Global, Inc. employee did not perform the proper survey before the sources were shipped.
The [contract carrier] consultant was contacted and made aware of this event. The [contract carrier] has begun an investigation into the event.
There was no adverse effect to public health and safety from this event.
Media attention: Yes
VA Event Report ID Number: VA-13-04
- * * RETRACTION FROM MIKE WELLING (VIA EMAIL) TO HOWIE CROUCH AT 1513 EDT ON 10/1/13 * * *
The following retraction was submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia via email:
On August 1st, a shipment from QSA Global using [a common carrier] was received at Babcock & Wilcox. During the receipt, a survey indicated readings >2 mrem/hr in the cab. An investigation was performed by the Massachusetts Radioactive Materials Program, during which they spoke with QSA and [the carrier]. Based upon this investigation, it has been determined that the shipment was not an exclusive shipment and all DOT regulations were met.
This event is being retracted based upon the investigation results.
Notified R1DO (Joustra),
NMSS EO (Bjorkman), Fuels Group (via email) and
FSME Events Resource (via email).