ENS Event | |
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04:00 Sep 5, 2022 | |
| Title | Lost Shipment of H-3 Sources (Watches) |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Maine Radiation Control Program via email:
Maine Radiation Control Program was notified by the licensee (Digilistics) at 1321 [EDT] on Monday, September 26, 2022, [that] a shipment of nine boxes of watches was sent via [a common carrier] from Keytime Enterprises LTD of Hong Kong, China to Time Concepts of Boise, ID. One of the nine packages was not delivered by [the common carrier] to the consignee. The licensee was notified on September 5, 2022, and the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) contacted [the common carrier] several times in an attempt to track down the missing package. The RSO received a voicemail from [the common carrier] on or about September 13, 2022, stating that [the common carrier] was officially unable to locate the package. The package contained a total of 84 H-3 watches with an activity of 25 mCi each for a total of 2,100 mCi or 2.1 Curies. Time Concepts has filed a claim with [the common carrier] for the lost watches. Maine Event Report ID No: ME 22-002
The following information was provided by the Maine Radiation Control Program via email: Missing watches were delivered to the licensee on Monday, October 31, 2022. Notified R1DO (Lilliendahl). Notified via email: NMSS Event Notification and ILTAB 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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| Diligistics Yarmouth, Maine (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | ME 05373 |
| Organization: | Maine Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+514.57 h21.44 days <br />3.063 weeks <br />0.705 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Catherine S. Perham 14:34 Sep 26, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Karen Cotton-Gross |
| Last Updated: | Nov 1, 2022 |
| 56123 - NRC Website | |
Diligistics with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Lost Shipment of H-3 Sources (Watches) 2022-09-05T04:00:00 | |