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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 48315 | 17 September 2012 19:20:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Radiography Camera Missing in Transit | This report submitted by email from the Agreement State of Arkansas: On September 17, 2012 at 1420, the Radiation Safety Officer for Applied Inspection Systems, Inc. (ARK-576-03310) in Benton, Arkansas notified the Department that a radiography camera shipped via (a transportation company) had not been delivered to their location. The camera was shipped from a jobsite in Montoursville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2012. The camera was scheduled for delivery on September 14, 2012 at the licensee's facility in Benton, Arkansas. The licensee has begun investigating the location of the camera through use of the tracking number and in conversation with customer service. The licensee has verified that the camera is not at the Pennsylvania location as of September 17, 2012. Camera Information: SPEC Model 150; Serial Number: 1301; Source: Iridium-192; Source Serial Number: TF0807 The camera was shipped in an overpack cardboard container supplied by SPEC. The licensee and (the Arkansas Department of Health) are continuing to monitor and search for the camera. Investigation remains on-going. Arkansas Incident Number: AR-2012-007 Additionally notified: DHS SWO, FEMA, DHS NICC, EPA, DOE, HHS, and USDA. * * * UPDATE ON 9/18/12 AT 1240 EDT FROM JARED THOMPSON TO PETE SNYDER VIA EMAIL * * * The radiography camera and source have been located and has arrived at the licensee's facility on September 18, 2012 at 1040 (CDT). The package was found in the (transportation) facility in Newark, New Jersey in the afternoon of September 17, 2012. It appears that the shipping documentation had been changed and the package was misplaced. The camera was surveyed and there appears to be no damage to the source or camera. The licensee will be preparing a report for the (Arkansas Department of Health). The (Arkansas Department of Health) considers this event closed. Notified R4DO (Miller), R1DO (Cahill), FSME-Day EO (McIntosh), ILTAB (Wray), DHS SWO, FEMA, USDA, HHS, DOE, DHS, and EPA. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 2" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |