ENS 52654

v t e ENS Event
05:00 Mar 28, 2017
Title	Agreement State Report - Loss of Control of a Sealed Source
Event Description	The following information was received from the Commonwealth of Kentucky via facsimile: On 3/28/2017 the licensee left a Cs-137 brachytherapy sealed source at [address provided]. On 3/30/2017 the licensee discovered the source was not in its shielded container and immediately determined the location of the source and took steps to retrieve and secure it. This event is actively being investigated by the licensee. Kentucky Event: KY170003 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 Note: This device is assigned an IAEA Category 3 value based on the actual radioactivity of the source, not on the device type. (Reference IAEA RG-G-1.9)

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Where
Radiation Health Branch Louisville, Kentucky (NRC Region 1)
License number:	201-501-90
Organization:	Kentucky Dept Of Radiation Control
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+83.25 h3.469 days <br />0.496 weeks <br />0.114 months <br />)
Opened:	Curt Prendergrass 16:15 Mar 31, 2017
NRC Officer:	Vince Klco
Last Updated:	Mar 31, 2017
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