The following information was received via email:
The licensee contracted a common carrier to transport a Sr-82/Rb-82 generator to their RWM [radioactive waste management] site in Utah from the Warner Robins Facility (temporary job site). The package was picked up from the licensee's office on August 23, 2021 to be delivered in Utah on August 24, 2021. The package never arrived. The licensee contacted the common carrier, but was told they had to file a claim online. The package has not been found. The package was 84.63 mCi (3.13 GBq) with a Transport Index of 0.4. Results of a surface wipe test done before shipping were 203 dpm and surface reading was 6 mr/hr.
GA Incident No.: 48
- * * UPDATE ON 12/7/2021 AT 1552 EST FROM JUSTINE JOHNSON TO TOM KENDZIA * * *
The following is a summary of information received from the Georgia Radioactive Materials Program (Department) via email:
On October 6, 2021 the Licensee reported the lost generator to the common carrier's Danger Goods Administration. The common carrier assigned an investigator to the case. After a month of searching, the investigator was unable to locate the package, and suspended the search efforts as of November 8, 2021. On November 15, 2021, the common carrier discovered that the generator was delivered to the appropriate recipient on August 24, 2021 under a different tracking number. The Licensee then notified the Department of this updated information.
Notified R1DO (Dentel), ILTAB (via email) and NMSS Events Notification group (via email).
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