A 1.2 mCi Californium-252 sealed source was shipped from Aberdeen Proving Ground,
MD to Fort Irwin, CA via common carrier. The source did not arrive as expected and the common carrier has initiated a trace.
Licensee will notify NRC Region 1.
- * * UPDATE FROM SCOTT DAVIDSON TO DANIEL MILLS AT 1328 EST ON 11/10/15 * * *
The following was received via email:
The package did not arrive at its destination (Fort Irwin, CA) but was delivered to Dugway Proving Ground, UT (DPG). We [Department of the Army] were notified on 3 NOV 15 that the package was at DPG with a photo of the package showing the same serial number as the package that was shipped. The package [was held] at DPG awaiting coordinating instructions to have it returned to the unit responsible for shipping the package.
The package has since been received and will be repackaged for shipment to its original destination.
Notified R1DO (Arner), R3DO (Kozak), R4DO (Gaddy), ILTAB (Wray), NMSS Events Notification (email), CNSNS (Mexico - via fax)
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