ENS 51114
ENS Event | |
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04:00 Jun 2, 2015 | |
| Title | Missing Ionizers |
| Event Description | The following was excerpted from information received via facsimile:
This letter follows up on an [initial] telephone report provided to the NRC Operations Center [at 1153 EDT] today pursuant to 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(i) regarding potentially missing NRC-regulated devices. During that call, Fabri-Form was asked to also submit [additional information] via facsimile to the NRC, providing information about the material contained in the devices, their serial numbers, and explaining how we became aware of the loss. Fabri-form is also submitting this letter pursuant to that request. We are also conducting an internal investigation into the matter and will submit a written report, as required under 10 CFR 20.2201(b), within 30 days. It appears that the potentially missing devices are six P-2021-8000 Ionizers, which are manufactured by NRD LLC. As we understand, these ionizers originally contained 10 mCi of polonium 210 and the serial numbers for the devices are A2FG071- 076. Fabri-Form became aware that it might possess NRC generally licensed devices on March 31, 2015, when it received a standard letter from the NRC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, stating that the company possesses generally licensed devices subject to NRC oversight. The letter did not specify what those devices were and after internal inquiry, Fabri-Form was unable to determine what those devices were. Fabri-Form contacted Hector Rodriguez-Luccioni, the NRC contact listed in the letter [on 6/2/2015] and based on information provided by the manufacturer to the NRC, he was able to provide us with additional information, including what these devices were, the manufacturer, device serial numbers, and that their delivery date to Fabri-Form was August 2006. Fabri-Form also contacted the manufacturer yesterday, who confirmed the NRC's information. Fabri-Form has only one employee that has been with the company since 2006, and that individual was unable to recall specific details about these devices when we initially contacted them. Thus, after conversations with the NRC and NRD LLC yesterday, Fabri-Form first determined what these devices were and that they are potentially missing yesterday, and we promptly notified the NRC within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />, as required under 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(i). Fabri-Form will continue to investigate this matter and detail the findings of our investigation in the required written report. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Fabri-Form Company Bluffton, Indiana (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | GL720487 |
| Organization: | Fabri-Form Company |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+31.88 h1.328 days <br />0.19 weeks <br />0.0437 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Susan Long 11:53 Jun 3, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Jun 3, 2015 |
| 51114 - NRC Website | |
Fabri-Form Company with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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