ENS 52367
ENS Event | |
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20:59 Nov 15, 2016 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Industrial Radiography Camera |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the New York State Department of Health via email:
On 11/15/2016, an employee of Applied Inspection reported that an Industrial Radiography camera is missing/lost in transport. There was no source in the camera. The camera was being shipped by [a common carrier] to Industrial Nuclear Company in La Porte, TX to be resourced. According to the tracking number the last known location is Memphis, TN. The camera is a Sentinel (QSA Global), model Delta 880, serial number D11011. The camera contains 50 kilograms of depleted uranium. According to the licensee, the package was picked up from their Tonawanda, NY location on November 1, 2016. Tracking showed it arriving in Memphis, TN, on November 2, 2016. [The common carrier] has not been able to locate the package. The Corporate RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] for [the common carrier] was notified about the missing package on November 15, 2016. Although it was reported to the department that there was no source, the camera still contains depleted uranium, which is listed on the license. The Department [New York State Department of Health] will continue the investigation. NY Event ID No: NYDOH-NY-16-08
The following report was received from the New York State Department of Health via email: On 11/17/2016, the Corporate Radiation Safety Officer (CRSO) of [a common carrier], reported (via email) that the camera was found and was delivered to its final destination. According to [CRSO] note, he was contacted by the [a common carrier] Spill Clean-up office about a shipment marked with a Radioactive Material Excepted Package UN2909 handling label. He had them open the package, verify it as a QSA Global Model 880 and they confirmed the D11011 serial number. The package was an orphan package without paperwork and had been there since the first of the month. He gave them the tracking number and instructed them to move the package that morning. Industrial Nuclear received the package in La Porte, Texas. Although the orphan package had been 'written-up' when it arrived, there had been no follow up. Notified R1DO (Bickett), NMSS Events Notification, and ILTAB via email. 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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| Applied Inspection Services, Inc. Tonawanda, New York (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | C5567 |
| Organization: | New York State Dept. Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+16.58 h0.691 days <br />0.0987 weeks <br />0.0227 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Desmond C. Gordon 13:34 Nov 16, 2016 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Herrera |
| Last Updated: | Nov 18, 2016 |
| 52367 - NRC Website | |
Applied Inspection Services, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 523672016-11-15T20:59:00015 November 2016 20:59:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Industrial Radiography Camera 2016-11-15T20:59:00 | |