ENS Event | |
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06:00 Dec 4, 2020 | |
| Title | Lost High Dose Rate Source While in Transit |
| Event Description | The following was received from the state of Louisiana via email:
On December 04, 2020, Alpha-Omega Services RSO contacted the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality / Emergency Response Services Division / Radiation Section to report that a High Dose Rate (HDR) Ir-192 source was lost in transit with the commercial carrier. The source was being shipped to Stanford University Medical Center, 820 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304. The source serial number is 02-01-2922-001-111120-11438-41. The activity of the Ir-192 source was 11.44 Ci (423.22 GBq) on November 13, 2020 when it was shipped. The source was last tracked in the commercial carrier Memphis, TN Hub on November 14, 2020 at 06:07 am CST. Louisiana Incident Number: LA20200011 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, Amendment 33, AI# 30898 |
| Organization: | Louisiana Radiation Protection Div |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9.73 h0.405 days <br />0.0579 weeks <br />0.0133 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | James Pate 15:44 Dec 4, 2020 |
| NRC Officer: | Solomon Sahle |
| Last Updated: | Dec 4, 2020 |
| 55022 - NRC Website | |
Alpha-Omega Services, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 564442023-03-30T05:00:00030 March 2023 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Radioactive Source Lost in Shipment ENS 550702021-01-15T21:30:00015 January 2021 21:30:00 Agreement State Lost Source in Transit ENS 550222020-12-04T06:00:0004 December 2020 06:00:00 Agreement State Lost High Dose Rate Source While in Transit ENS 532552018-03-09T21:15:0009 March 2018 21:15:00 Agreement State Louisiana Agreement State Report - Lost Iridium-192 Source ENS 528042017-06-13T12:30:00013 June 2017 12:30:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Incorrect Source Shipment ENS 525352017-02-06T08:00:0006 February 2017 08:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Transportation Posting Inaccuracy ENS 517992016-03-15T05:00:00015 March 2016 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radioactive Source Shipment in Excess of Licensed Quantity ENS 488992013-04-02T07:00:0002 April 2013 07:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report Involving a Mis-Delivered Shipment of Radioactive Material 2023-03-30T05:00:00 | |