ENS 56981
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jan 26, 2024 | |
| Title | Lost Sources |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) via fax:
The Radiation Safety Officer for NRD, LLC (NYS Radioactive Materials License number: C1429) contacted the NYSDOH on February 20, 2024, regarding a shipment of 10,000 Americium-241 foils (approximately 0.77microCi per foil) that were shipped and lost via common carrier. The model is A-001. The destination for this shipment was El Paso, Texas. On January 22, 2024, NRD, LLC shipped 11 boxes, each box containing 10,000 units of Americium-241. The shipment was picked up by a common carrier through Buffalo, New York, to El Paso, Texas. The client confirmed that only 10 of the 11 shipped boxes were delivered. The Tracking ID (774896057866) indicated that the missing package in question was unaccounted for in/after the Buffalo, New York location. In reviewing the other 10 shipments, stops were made in Buffalo, New York, Binghamton, New York, Fort Worth, Texas and eventually to El Paso, Texas. NRD, LLC requested that the common carrier investigate the location of this lost shipment (Case Number C-138364453 Reference-46194) and the common carrier confirmed that they were unable to locate this shipment on February 13, 2024. To date, this shipment is still missing. NYSDOH is actively monitoring this incident and has assigned Incident number 1475 to track this event. NYSDOH has contacted Texas for awareness, as this event involves their client. NRD, LLC will be contacting their client intermittently and monitoring their returned shipments if this package is delivered or returned to sender. In accordance with 10 CFR 20.2201 (d), NRD, LLC, will be reporting any substantive information to the loss of these devices within 30 days of their awareness. Additional information will be reported to NMED once available. NYSDOH EVENT REPORT ID NUMBER: NY-24-02 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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| Nrd, Llc Grand Island, New York (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | C1429 |
| Organization: | New York State Dept. Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+609.3 h25.388 days <br />3.627 weeks <br />0.835 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Daniel Samson 14:18 Feb 20, 2024 |
| NRC Officer: | Karen Cotton-Gross |
| Last Updated: | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 56981 - NRC Website | |
Nrd, Llc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 571852024-06-10T20:30:00010 June 2024 20:30:00
[Table view]Agreement State Unplanned Contamination ENS 571842024-05-08T04:00:0008 May 2024 04:00:00 Agreement State Unplanned Contamination ENS 569812024-01-26T05:00:00026 January 2024 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost Sources ENS 568692023-11-19T05:00:00019 November 2023 05:00:00 Agreement State Potential Overexposure ENS 560452022-08-15T15:45:00015 August 2022 15:45:00 Agreement State Individual Exposed to Radioactive Materials ENS 539742019-04-01T04:00:0001 April 2019 04:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Possible Internal Overexposure 2024-06-10T20:30:00 | |