ENS Event | |
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06:00 Dec 2, 2018 | |
| Title | Lost Source |
| Event Description | A pipeline pig was being used to clean out a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. The pipeline pig was lost out of the receiver as it was being brought up from the depth. The pig had an attached source so it could be tracked while in the pipeline. The pig and the source are believed to have dropped to the sea floor, a depth of 7,000 feet. Efforts to recover the source have been abandoned.
The source is Ta-182 with an activity of 6.24 mCi. 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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| Tracerco Pasadena, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 0728386-01 |
| Organization: | Tracerco |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+34.1 h1.421 days <br />0.203 weeks <br />0.0467 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Monty Pope 16:06 Dec 3, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | Andrew Waugh |
| Last Updated: | Dec 3, 2018 |
| 53769 - NRC Website | |
Tracerco with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 537692018-12-02T06:00:0002 December 2018 06:00:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) Lost Source ENS 431602007-02-10T11:30:00010 February 2007 11:30:00 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) Missing Tantalum-182 Source in the Gulf of Mexico 2018-12-02T06:00:00 | |