ENS 50820
ENS Event | |
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17:35 Feb 13, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Cat 1 Iridium-192 Shipment Lost/Found During Transit |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
QSA Global reported that [the common carrier] has initiated a trace of the shipment or packages to find the missing materials. Abstract: At 12:35 p.m. February 13th, the licensee (QSA Global, Inc.) made a telephone notification to the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program. At 9:30 a.m. February 13th, QSA Global, Inc. was notified by [the common carrier] that a shipment of 6 packages was missing and that [the common carrier] had initiated a trace on the shipment or packages. QSA Global reported [the common carrier] stated that the packages were last observed by [the common carrier] to be at [their] facility on Thursday, February 12th. The total activity of all 6 packages was reported by QSA Global to be 73,000 curies of lridum-192. QSA Global described the packages to each be Model 702 bulk shipping containers. Two of the packages each contain four Model 849 special form capsules and four of the packages each contain three Model 849 special form capsules. All special form capsules contain iridium-192 wafers. QSA Global reported that it was not certain whether or not the six packages were together or separated at the [common carrier] facility. QSA Global reported that the shipment originated from the Netherlands and was intended for delivery to their QSA Global's Burlington, MA facility. The reporting requirement is immediate. 105 CMR 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C.
The Agency (Massachusetts Radiation Control Program) was notified at 3:15 p.m. today by our licensee (QSA Global, Inc.) that the iridium-192 missing sources had been located at [common carrier hub] and are under their control . Notified NMSS (Dudes), IRD (Stapleton), R1DO (Powell) and NMSS Event Notification via email. Notified the following Federal Agencies: DHS SWO, DOE Ops Center, FEMA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, NICC Watch Officer, USDA Ops Center, EPA EOC, FDA EOC, FEMA NWC (email), Nuclear SSA (email) and, DNDO-JAC (email).
The licensee (QSA Global, Inc.) notified our Agency [Massachusetts Radiation Control] (email message, dated 2/16/2015) that the formerly missing packages were physically delivered to their QSA Global, Inc. facility in Burlington , MA on Monday, 2/16/2015. The Agency considers this matter to still be OPEN pending follow-up report from licensee. The licensee is expected to file a written report to our agency within 30 days of the immediate notification related to 105 CMR 1281 (A)(1), an immediate report. Notified R1DO (Powell) and NMSS Events Notification via email. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 1" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 1 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected would be likely to cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for more than a few minutes. It would probably be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded material for a period of a few minutes to an hour. These sources are typically used in practices such as radiothermal generators, irradiators and radiation teletherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Qsa Global, Inc. Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 12-8361 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3 h-0.125 days <br />-0.0179 weeks <br />-0.00411 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Joshua E. Daehler 14:35 Feb 13, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Feb 17, 2015 |
| 50820 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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