ENS Event | |
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04:00 Mar 28, 2022 | |
| Title | Lost Mass SPEC-GAS Chromatograph |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the state of New Jersey Bureau of Environmental Radiation (the Bureau), Radioactive Materials Program (RMP) via email:
On 3/28/2022 RMP staff was notified via [Radiation Safety Officer] RSO that a mass spec-gas chromatograph with a 15 mCi Ni-63 source (S/N U11650) was sold from their Rahway site without the source being removed. On 10/18/2021, the unit was moved to a surplus warehouse in Kenilworth, NJ. At the time it arrived at the warehouse, the radiation safety label was removed. On 12/30/2021, the unit was sold by the contract service. The RSO will update the Bureau throughout their investigation to find the root cause. 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 |
| Where | |
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| Merck (Schering) Rahway, New Jersey (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 456557 |
| Organization: | Nj Dept Of Environmental Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.42 h0.476 days <br />0.068 weeks <br />0.0156 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Sarah Sanderlin 15:25 Mar 28, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Kerby Scales |
| Last Updated: | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 55805 - NRC Website | |
Merck (Schering) with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 558052022-03-28T04:00:00028 March 2022 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Lost Mass SPEC-GAS Chromatograph 2022-03-28T04:00:00 | |