ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jun 2, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Iridium 192 Source Lost During Shipment |
| Event Description | The following was received from Florida via email:
On 2 June 2015, an Ir-192 source was shipped via common carrier from Sand Lake Cancer Center in Orlando, Florida to Alpha-Omega Services [AOS] in Vinton, Louisiana. The common carrier states on the travel history that the source was unable to be shipped and was returning to the shipper. There is no date or time for the actual return, and no signature on file (as required). A representative from Elekta reported the 4.7Ci Ir-192 source missing on 17 February 2016 after receiving the information from Sand Lake. Sand Lake and AOS have been in contact between themselves and the common carrier and were unable to locate the source. [The Elekta representative] has already reported this incident to Georgia and is currently trying to get in touch with the common carrier RSO. Florida incident #: FL16-032
The following information was provided via email: Alpha-Omega Services reported to the State of Florida that the source has been located and it is in the Alpha-Omega Services offices in Vinton, LA where the source was being shipped to originally. I seems that it was an administrative error that caused the source to be reported as missing. The State of Florida considers incident # FL16-032 to be closed. Notified the R1DO (Dentel), R4DO (Vasquez), and NMSS Events Notification Group via email. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Sand Lake Cancer Center P.A. Orlando, Florida (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 4162-2 |
| Organization: | Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+6246.43 h260.268 days <br />37.181 weeks <br />8.556 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Kellie Anderson 12:26 Feb 17, 2016 |
| NRC Officer: | Daniel Mills |
| Last Updated: | Feb 19, 2016 |
| 51740 - NRC Website | |
Sand Lake Cancer Center P.A. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 517402015-06-02T05:00:0002 June 2015 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Iridium 192 Source Lost During Shipment 2015-06-02T05:00:00 | |