ENS 55430
ENS Event | |
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22:00 Aug 24, 2021 | |
| Title | Missing Electron Capture Detectors |
| Event Description | The following is a summary of a phone call with the licensee:
A container in transit to the licensee was discovered to be missing from a warehouse in Elkton, Maryland. The package contained ten sealed electron capture detectors. Each detector contained 15 millicuries of Ni-63 for an aggregate amount of 150 millicuries. The licensee is in contact with the carrier and continuing to investigate. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Less than Cat 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL 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
The following update was received from the Maryland Department of the Environment Radiological Health Program (MDE/RHP) via email: On August 26, 2021, at about 0825 EDT, the Maryland Department of the Environment Radiological Health Program (MDE/RHP) was contacted via telephone by the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) of Agilent Technologies, Inc., located at 2850 Centerville Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, stating that ten (10) radioactive materials were lost during transportation. The MDE/RHP spoke to the RSO who stated that Agilent Technologies, Inc. lost ten (10) Electron Capture Detectors (ECD), Model 2397 which contain nickel-63 sealed sources with estimated nominal activities of 15 millicuries. The ECDs are to be used in applications for chromatography, ion generators. The sources were manufactured on January 12, 2021, and the products are registered under NRC Sealed Source and Device Registry for the finished product, G2397A as Generally Licensed materials. The case has been reported to the NRC (Event Number 55430) by the RSO of the company. Agilent Technologies, Inc. is licensed by the NRC to conduct research and development as defined in 10 CFR 30.4, manufacture, test with authorized sources of H-3 and Ni-63 as per Materials License number 07-28762-01 and for distributions of Generally Licensed materials, Materials License number 07-28762-02G. Agilent Technologies suspected that the sources were lost on Friday, August 20, 2021, or even before, and most probably at common carrier transfer station, in Maryland. Agilent Technologies' imported shipment contained the lost ten (10) Ni-63 sources that were transported by land from Chicago to Wilmington, Delaware through Maryland. The shipment is managed by a company called Kintetsu World Express, USA and [carried out by a] common carrier. MDE/RHP will finalize a reactive investigation. Maryland Event No. 5 Notified R1DO (Greives), ILTAB, and NMSS Event via email. |
| Where | |
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| Agilent Technologies Wilmington, Delaware (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 07-28762-01 |
| Organization: | Agilent Technologies |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.35 h0.431 days <br />0.0616 weeks <br />0.0142 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | David Bennett 08:21 Aug 25, 2021 |
| NRC Officer: | Mike Stafford |
| Last Updated: | Aug 27, 2021 |
| 55430 - NRC Website | |
Agilent Technologies with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 554302021-08-24T22:00:00024 August 2021 22:00:00
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