ENS 56486

v t e ENS Event
06:00 Apr 18, 2023
Title	Found Radioactive Source
Event Description	The following information was provided by the Colorado Department of Health via email: On April 18, 2023, a recycling yard in Denver flagged a load of scrap metal as potentially radioactive. The load was returned to the point of origin and was separated. At that time, a radium-226:beryllium source was identified. The source container was mostly intact. The point of origin (facility name listed above) was able to construct a cement barrier for storing the source until further investigation could be conducted. Measured dose rates around the cement barriers show rates that are indistinguishable from background (gamma and neutron). The markings on the source container indicate the manufacturer as Nuclear Chicago; the model as P21; the activity as 5 mCi radium-226:beryllium; and the reference date as 04/30/1963. Event Report ID No.: CO230011

ENS 56486 +/-
Where
Denver Scrap Metal Recycle Center Denver, Colorado (NRC Region 4)
License number:	N/A
Organization:	Colorado Dept Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+147.37 h6.14 days <br />0.877 weeks <br />0.202 months <br />)
Opened:	Phillip Peterson 09:22 Apr 24, 2023
NRC Officer:	Ian Howard
Last Updated:	Apr 24, 2023
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