ENS Event | |
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05:00 Nov 16, 2016 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Leaking General Licensed Kr-85 Source |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of Georgia via email:
Valmet was recently notified by one of their customers [WestRock MWV, LLC, Evadale, TX] regarding a leaking Kr-85 source in one of their general licensed [GL] devices that Valmet had supplied them a year or so ago. [Valmet personnel] retrieved the source and found that it was a slow leaker, and that it needed to be returned to the manufacturer. Valmet exchanged the source in the device and brought the faulty source back to Valmet's office to be returned to the manufacturer. The mill began to suspect a leaking source because of the operating parameters of the equipment. Valmet believes there were no exposures or ingestions of radioactive material, and will have the source returned to the manufacturer soon after the holidays when people are back to work. We expect them to let [the Georgia Radioactive Materials Program] know what the cause of the leak might be. Facility where event occurred: WestRock MWV, LLC, 1913 FM 105, Evadale, TX 77615 - PM4 reel Service Company: Valmet, Inc. 242225 Commerce Ave., Suite 100, Duluth, GA 30096 Source manufacturer: QSA Global, GL Device SS&D NR-0596-D-113-G Serial # 50048138, current activity 380 mCi of Kr-85 |
| Where | |
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| Valmet, Inc. Duluth, Georgia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | GA 458-3 |
| Organization: | Georgia Radioactive Material Pgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1034.92 h43.122 days <br />6.16 weeks <br />1.418 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Monica Johnson 07:55 Dec 29, 2016 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Rotton |
| Last Updated: | Dec 29, 2016 |
| 52464 - NRC Website | |
Valmet, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State - Leaking General Licensed Kr-85 Source 2016-11-16T05:00:00 | |