ENS 53255
ENS Event | |
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21:15 Mar 9, 2018 | |
| Title | Louisiana Agreement State Report - Lost Iridium-192 Source |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the state of Louisiana via email:
On March 9, 2018, at approximately 3:15 pm [CST], [the RSO of Alpha-Omega Services, Inc.] contacted the Department [Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality] to inform us that [the common carrier] had not delivered an HDR Radioactive Sealed Source to Lancaster General Suburban Hospital (LGSH), Lancaster, PA 17604. Documentation of the Event # 53255 was provided on March 10, 2018. The shipping date from Alpha-Omega Services in Vinton, LA. was 02/26/2018. The source has not been delivered to LGSH. On March 9, 2018, [the RSO] for [the common carrier] communicated to [Alpha-Omega's RSO], they could not locate the source in the tracking system or in the Memphis, TN hub. It needed to be reported as lost or missing to the NRC. On 03/12/2018, the source has not been located. The Ir-192 source is a GammaMed 232, 383 GBq, (10.4 Ci), S/N 24-01-6226-001-020818-12254-81, Transportation Index - 6. Louisiana Event Report ID No.: LA-180004 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 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) |
| Where | |
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| Alpha-Omega Services, Inc. Vinton, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | LA-10025-L01, |
| Organization: | Louisiana Radiation Protection Div |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+65.65 h2.735 days <br />0.391 weeks <br />0.0899 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Joe Noble 13:54 Mar 12, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
| Last Updated: | Mar 12, 2018 |
| 53255 - NRC Website | |
Alpha-Omega Services, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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