ENS 54966
ENS Event | |
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13:26 Oct 22, 2020 | |
| Title | Missing Category 2 Material |
| Event Description | The following was received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the Agency) via email:
QSA Global reported via telephone at 1100 EDT on 10/22/2020 that a package shipped via common carrier on 10/9/2020, containing two Model A424-9 Ir-192 industrial radiography sealed sources within a Model 650L source changer, was reported as missing via telephone by common carrier at 0926 EDT on 10/22/2020. Common carrier trace already initiated and in progress, and tracking indicates last known package location was common carrier hub in Memphis, TN. This was a RQ UN2916, Yellow-II, Type B package with a Transport Index of 0.5 at time of shipment. Source changer SN 2238. Sources SN 11393M (65 Ci) and 11394M (33.1 Ci). This situation is an immediately reportable event per regulation. A search for the missing package by common carrier is ongoing. Agency currently considers this docket to still be OPEN Intended recipient is Gilligan Engineering Services, Prudhoe, Northumberland, Great Britain.
The following update was received from the Agency via email: The licensee/shipper (QSA Global Inc.) on 10/23/20 reported to this Agency that the missing package was reported by the carrier as found in the carrier's Memphis, TN hub facility on 10/23/20. The package is being returned to the licensee/shipper for inspection. Agency expects this event docket to remain open until all details, including action docket numbers, are compiled, licensee's 30-day written report is received, and all relevant documentation is completed and reviewed. Notified R1DO (Young) and NMSS Events Notification, NMSS Regional Coordinator (Rivera-Capella), and ILTAB via email. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 2" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 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 a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Qsa Global Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 12-8361 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.65 h-0.0271 days <br />-0.00387 weeks <br />-8.9037e-4 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Anthony Carpenito 12:47 Oct 22, 2020 |
| NRC Officer: | Thomas Herrity |
| Last Updated: | Oct 27, 2020 |
| 54966 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Lost Sealed Sources in Transit ENS 551732021-04-05T14:40:0005 April 2021 14:40:00 Agreement State Sealed Source Missing in Transit ENS 549662020-10-22T13:26:00022 October 2020 13:26:00 Agreement State Missing Category 2 Material ENS 520952016-07-14T23:35:00014 July 2016 23:35:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radioactive Material Delivered to Private Residence ENS 508052015-02-09T06:00:0009 February 2015 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State - Radioactive Shipment Delivered to the Wrong Location ENS 490112013-05-08T14:00:0008 May 2013 14:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Potentially Lost Radioactive Source Shipment ENS 490072013-05-06T12:00:0006 May 2013 12:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Source Shipment Did Not Arrive as Expected ENS 485132012-11-15T05:00:00015 November 2012 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Iridium-192 Source Missing During Shipment ENS 476922012-01-31T05:00:00031 January 2012 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Contamination Levels Exceed Action Levels ENS 462562010-09-02T19:59:0002 September 2010 19:59:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Source Received with External Contamination ENS 456212010-01-11T05:00:00011 January 2010 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Qsa Global Report of Defect ENS 445362008-10-03T04:00:0003 October 2008 04:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Defective Component That Could Potentially Cause a Substantial Safety Hazard ENS 439952008-02-19T05:00:00019 February 2008 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radioactive Material Shipment Missing ENS 438612007-12-11T05:00:00011 December 2007 05:00:00 Agreement State Massachusetts Agreement State Report - Lost Shipment of Iridium-192 Sources 2022-05-27T11:50:00 | |