ENS Event | |
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08:00 Oct 20, 2015 | |
| Title | Lost Static Eliminator Source |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of California via email:
On 10/30/15, the RSO at Lockheed Martin reported the following to RHB [California] via an email: On 10/20/15, the RSO had declared a missing Po-210 static eliminator source from their inventory. The device model is Nuclecel P-2035 static eliminator, S/N A2KB502. The sealed source contained 10 mCi as of 10/15/14. As of 10/29/15, the source would have remaining activity of 1.5 mCi. The lab using the static eliminator had recently relocated operations between buildings within the Sunnyvale campus and the licensee suspects that it was lost during this process. RHB [California] will be following up with this incident. California 5010 Number: 103015 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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| Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Inc Sunnyvale, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 0169-43 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+488.23 h20.343 days <br />2.906 weeks <br />0.669 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Nika Hewadikaram 17:14 Nov 9, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Daniel Mills |
| Last Updated: | Nov 9, 2015 |
| 51525 - NRC Website | |
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Inc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 515312015-10-22T08:00:00022 October 2015 08:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Leaking Ni-63 Sources ENS 515252015-10-20T08:00:00020 October 2015 08:00:00 Agreement State Lost Static Eliminator Source 2015-10-22T08:00:00 | |