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21:00 Aug 23, 2017 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Source from a Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was received via E-mail:
Eagle US 2 LLC in Lake Charles (formerly Westlake Chemicals) called to say they lost a Cs-137 source from a density gauge at 1600 [CDT] Wednesday, August 23, 2017. At purchase, the source was 200 mCi. The source is no longer in the device holder/housing. They surveyed for it and have not located it yet. They are continuing to search for it. Source housing is Ronan Model # SAIC10 and Source Serial Number is Ronan # 9527GG. Louisiana Event Report ID No.: LA20170014 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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| Eagle Us 2 Llc Lake Charles, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | LA-2257-L01; |
| Organization: | Louisiana Radiation Protection Div |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+15.32 h0.638 days <br />0.0912 weeks <br />0.021 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Judith Schuerman 12:19 Aug 24, 2017 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Aug 24, 2017 |
| 52923 - NRC Website | |
Eagle Us 2 Llc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 529232017-08-23T21:00:00023 August 2017 21:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Source from a Density Gauge 2017-08-23T21:00:00 | |