ENS 54454

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v t e ENS Event
05:00 Oct 21, 2019
Title	Agreement State Report - Two Lost Po-210 Ionizers
Event Description	The following was received from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) via fax: On October 22, 2019, the Department [New York State Department of Health] was notified by e-mail of two lost static elimination devices, NRD, LLC Model P-2042 1000 'Nuclespot Ionizer', S/N A2LL994 and A2LC660. The devices has a maximum activity of 5 millicuries of Polonium-210 at the time of manufacture. Based on the information provided to the Department, the activity of the device on October 21, 2019 (date of discovery) would be approximately 0.8 and 0.14 millicuries, respectfully. The licensee [Buffalo Pharmacies] indicated that the devices had not been used in quite some time and that the facility at which the devices were used had recently closed. Between the lack of use and the closing of the facility, the devices has been deemed lost. EVENT REPORT ID NO.: NYDOH-19-10 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

ENS 54454 +/-
Where
Buffalo Pharmacies, Inc. East Amherst, New York (NRC Region 1)
License number:	G14958
Organization:	New York State Dept. Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1446.33 h60.264 days <br />8.609 weeks <br />1.981 months <br />)
Opened:	Daniel Sampson 12:20 Dec 20, 2019
NRC Officer:	Brian Lin
Last Updated:	Dec 20, 2019
54454 - NRC Website
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v t e Emergency Notification System
Buffalo Pharmacies, Inc. with Agreement State
WEEKMONTHYEAR2019-10-21T05:00:00 [Table view]
[ENS list for Buffalo Pharmacies, Inc.]

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