ENS 50521
ENS Event | |
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21:00 Oct 8, 2014 | |
| Title | Lost Radiography Camera During Shipment |
| Event Description | The licensee had two SPEC-150 radiography cameras shipped from their job site in Morgan Hill, California on 9/30/2014 to their office in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. One of the radiography cameras arrived at the destination, but as of 10/1/14, the last known location of the second camera was in Memphis, Tennessee. The licensee contacted the common carrier's customer service and the dangerous goods department to locate the shipment. According to the dangerous goods department supervisor, the common carrier is investigating a radiation alarm at one of their dumpsters which may contain the radiography camera. The licensee will follow up with the common carrier on the morning of 10/9/14 to receive a status of their search.
The lost SPEC-150 radiography camera contains less than 57 curies of Ir-192. The licensee has notified the State of Oklahoma. Notified DHS SWO, DOE Ops Center, FEMA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, NICC Watch Officer, USDA OPS Center, EPA EOC, FDA EOC, Nuclear SSA, FEMA National Watch Center, and DNDO-JAC.
The licensee provided the shipper's declaration for dangerous goods, the shipping label, and tracking information from the shipper. They will continue communications with the common carrier and provide updates as necessary. The State of Oklahoma has notified the Tennessee State Radiation Protection Program. Notified R4DO (Allen), NMSS (Dudes), ILTAB (Bunch), IRD (Stapleton) and FSME Events Resource email.
The licensee was informed by the common carrier that the search of their dumpster revealed that the radiography camera was not in the dumpster. The common carrier told the licensee that they had enlisted more personnel and had stepped up their search for the package containing the radiography camera. Notified R4DO (Allen), NMSS (McCartin), ILTAB (Hahn), IRD (Stapleton) and FSME Events Resource email.
The following information was received via E-mail from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality: On September 30, 2014, a package containing 57 Ci of Ir-192 was shipped from California to Shaw Pipeline Services, OK license OK-23193-02. The package was scheduled to arrive in Oklahoma on October 3, 2014. On October 6, 2014, it was discovered that the package still had not arrived. On October 6, 2014, Shane Owens [licensee RSO] contacted [the common carrier] to start looking for the package. On October 7, 2014 [the common carrier] began a search. [The common carrier] identified that the package entered Memphis [common carrier's] Hub on October 1, 2014, but did not leave. [The common carrier] identified a dumpster that caused radiation alarms to alert. At that time, [the common carrier] did not have the proper tools or personnel to handle the package, but they will contact Shaw Pipeline on October 9, by 0900 CDT to announce their findings. Object in the dumpster has been identified and is not the missing radiographic device. Notified R4DO (Allen), NMSS (McCartin), ILTAB (Hahn), IRD (Stapleton) and FSME Events Resource email.
The radiography camera has been found at the common carrier's facility in San Jose, California where it had been originally dropped off for shipment. As of 1300 PDT on 10/11/2014, Shaw Pipeline Services has retaken possession of the radiography camera and verified that the radioactive source is in a safe condition. Notified R4DO (Allen), NMSS (Dudes), NMSS (McCartin), ILTAB (Hahn), IRD (Stapleton) and FSME Events Resource email. Notified DHS SWO, DOE Ops Center, FEMA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, NICC Watch Officer, USDA OPS Center, EPA EOC, Notified the following via E-mail only: FDA EOC, Nuclear SSA, FEMA National Watch Center, and DNDO-JAC. 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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| Shaw Pipeline Services, Inc. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 35-23193-03 |
| Organization: | Shaw Pipeline Services, Inc. |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 37.81(b) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.12 h-0.0883 days <br />-0.0126 weeks <br />-0.0029 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Shane Owens 18:53 Oct 8, 2014 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Oct 11, 2014 |
| 50521 - NRC Website | |
Shaw Pipeline Services, Inc. with 10 CFR 37.81(b) | |
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[Table view]10 CFR 37.81(b) Lost Radiography Camera During Shipment 2014-10-08T21:00:00 | |