ENS Event | |
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21:30 Jan 15, 2021 | |
| Title | Lost Source in Transit |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of Louisiana, Department of Environmental Quality:
On January 05, 2021, [the Radiation Safety Officer] (RSO) dropped off seventeen sources to the common carrier for shipment to various locations. Alpha-Omega contacted the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality / Emergency Response Services Division / Radiation Section [at 1530 CST on 1/15/21] to report that a High Dose Rate (HDR) Ir-192 source was lost in transit with the common carrier. The source was being shipped to Mid-Columbia Medical Center, The Dalles, OR. The source serial number is D36R0392. The activity of the Ir-192 source on 1/5/21 was 10.568 Ci (391.016 GBq) when it was shipped. The current activity on 1/15/21 is 9.626 Ci (356.162 GBq). The common carrier does not show this source being tracked or received. LA Event Report ID No.: LA 20210001 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, Amd 33, AI #30898 |
| Organization: | Louisiana Dept Of Enviro Quality |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-4.15 h-0.173 days <br />-0.0247 weeks <br />-0.00568 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | James Pate 17:21 Jan 15, 2021 |
| NRC Officer: | Bethany Cecere |
| Last Updated: | Jan 15, 2021 |
| 55070 - 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 | |