ENS 54404
ENS Event | |
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20:14 Nov 21, 2019 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Radiography Source |
| Event Description | The following information was received via E-mail from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The licensee (QSA Global, Inc.) made telephone notification at 0948 EST, on November 22, 2019, preceded by E-mail to the Agency (Massachusetts Radiation Control Program) day prior, that licensee was notified by carrier on November 21, 2019, that an incoming shipment from Edmonton, Canada and destined for QSA Global, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts is missing. The licensee provided that the shipment missing is a Model 650L source changer, serial number 2239, Type B(U) package, Yellow II, UN2916, containing a single 11.9 curie (440 GBq) iridium-192 radiography source. The licensee provided that the shipper is Acuren Group Inc. and that the date of exportation was supposed to be October 22, 2019. The activity of the shipment was 584 GBq (15.8) curies of iridium on October 22, 2019. The licensee reported that an active search by the carrier is underway to find the missing materials and that so far the carrier performed search of expected travel location in Boston, Massachusetts without finding the package and is tracing the expected route back through Canada, the shipment origin. The reporting requirement is immediate and is of 105 CMR 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C. The Agency considers this event to be open.
The following information was received via E-mail from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: At 1231 EST today (November 22, 2019), the licensee provided update to the Agency (Massachusetts Radiation Control Program) that the source was found; that this was a clerical error, and at no time was the shipment lost or missing. The source had been delivered on November 14, 2019, but put into the QSA Global, Inc.'s system under the wrong tracking number. The licensee also submitted that as a notification was made, it will write the 30-day report and forward it to the Agency. In addition a QSA Condition Report will be generated to address the receipt issue. Notified R1DO (Cahill), ILTAB (Davis), and the NMSS Events Notifications E-mail group. 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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| Qsa Global, Inc Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 12-8361 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+14.6 h0.608 days <br />0.0869 weeks <br />0.02 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Joshua Daehler 10:50 Nov 22, 2019 |
| NRC Officer: | Bethany Cecere |
| Last Updated: | Nov 22, 2019 |
| 54404 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global, Inc with Agreement State | |
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