ENS 50805

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v t e ENS Event
06:00 Feb 9, 2015
Title	Agreement State - Radioactive Shipment Delivered to the Wrong Location
Event Description	The following information is an excerpt from a report received from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality via email: On 02/09/2015, the Director of Regulatory Affairs for QSA Global Notified the [Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality] LDEQ about an incident where the common carrier delivered a 'crate/container' of [Radioactive Materials] RAM to the Baton Rouge, LA address that was intended for Seoul, South Korea. The call was received approximately 9:00 am CST at the Department. The caller stated the shipment was Ir-192 wafers/disc that were to be assembled into radioactive sealed sources. [The Director of Regulatory Affairs for QSA Global] stated he believed the shipment involves Category #1 quantities that should be reported. The delivery error resulted in a partial shipment bound for Asia being delivered to the Corporation's Baton Rouge, LA location. One of the Asia bound containers was 'bound/attached' to the container destined for Baton Rouge location at the Memphis Hub belonging to the common carrier. The other container went on to Asia. The international paperwork would document the partial receipt of the first container and the other when it was delivered. The common carrier was notified of the incorrect delivery. The common carrier was to pick up the Asia container on 02/10/2015 at QSA Baton Rouge facility and take it to the common carrier terminal in Kenner, LA. Then the container would be forwarded to Asia from Kenner, LA. Three containers, each having radioactive material in excess of Category 1 quantities were being shipped from the QSA Global Burlington, MA facility. Two were addressed to Seoul, South Korea and one was being shipped to Baton Rouge, LA. The labeling on one of the Korean containers was not legible or missing and it was bound to the container going to Baton Rouge, LA. After the delivery was made to Baton Rouge and the shipment was being surveyed/assessed it was learned they had received a wrong container and was in excess of the licensed activity for Ir-192. The Baton Rouge facility was compliant for the IC principles and Radiation Safety procedures/aspects for the receipt activities. The Department, LDEQ, determined that it would grant an emergency verbal activity increase for this situation. This would hold the radioactive material safe and secure until the common carrier could retrieve the excess material. The NRC, Region IV, was made aware of this situation on 02/09/2015, and the circumstances involving the common carrier error. Region IV was told QSA Global Burlington was going to be making the proper notifications/reports to the regulatory agencies. This was the information provided by [The Director of Regulatory Affairs for QSA Global]. However, on the morning of 02/10/2015, the NRC Region IV notified LDEQ that a report about this situation could not be located within his agency. [the Director of Regulatory Affairs for QSA Global] was notified and he was unaware the notifications had not been made. He stated he would look into the situation. A call was placed to the Baton Rouge facility around 9:00 am [EST]. At that time, it was learned the common carrier was at the Baton Rouge facility to retrieve the container of radioactive material and forward it to South Korea. At this time LDEQ is still waiting on [The Director of Regulatory Affairs for QSA Global]'s explanation for the notifications not being made. A fact finding discussion resulted in a plan of control and containment until the common carrier could take possession of the container. LDEQ considers this incident closed. Louisiana Event Report ID No: LA15004

ENS 50805 +/-
Where
Qsa Global Baton Rouge, Louisiana (NRC Region 4)
License number:	LA-5934-L01
Organization:	Louisiana Radiation Protection Div
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+35.28 h1.47 days <br />0.21 weeks <br />0.0483 months <br />)
Opened:	Joe Noble 17:17 Feb 10, 2015
NRC Officer:	Jeff Herrera
Last Updated:	Feb 10, 2015
50805 - NRC Website
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