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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 54949 | 14 October 2020 19:00:00 | Agreement State | Lost Gauges | The following was received from the state of Tennessee via email: General licensee, Blues City Brewery, reported the loss of 3 gauges after contractor work that involved the movement of the gauges. Blues City reported the loss. It is possible that the gauges could have made it into the local scrap metal stream. From the scrap metal facility, the load that might have included the gauges went to a shredding facility in Alabama. The State of Alabama Radiation Control has been notified in case gauges are discovered at the shredding facility. The gauge is below: Manufacturer Model SN Isotope Activity Industrial Dynamics CI-2GV/3 44 Am-241 300 mCi Industrial Dynamics CI-2GV/3 46 Am-241 300 mCi Industrial Dynamics FT-100 33 Am-241 100 mCi TN event number: TN-20-152
The following update was a summary of an email report received from the state of Mississippi concerning information pertaining to the lost gauges: On October 19, 2020, the Tennessee Division of Radiological Health contacted the Mississippi Division of Radiological Health and the Alabama Department of Public Health Radiation Control concerning three lost gauges from the Blues City Brewery facility. The facility believes the gauges were lost in the July-August timeframe during construction on some of their lines. Blues City Brewery told the contractor to take the gauges to a storage area, but the contractor moved the wrong parts allegedly to the scrap yard. The scrap metal/gauges are believed to have been brokered by an unknown entity and allegedly sent to Iskiwitz Metals at 604 Marble Ave, Memphis, TN 38107. The Tennessee Division of Radiological Health sent someone to look for the gauges and survey for them, but they only found the detector for part of one of the devices. From Iskiwitz, the metal was believed to be sent to a shredder in TN and a scrap yard in Mississippi named Martin Brothers Scrap Metal located at 690 Belmont Rd, Sardis, MS 38666, then allegedly to a smelter in Alabama. Soil samples were taken at the scrap yard in Mississippi, however, readings show only background radiation. The gauges have not been found. Mississippi Division of Radiological Health considers the event closed. Mississippi Event Number: MS-200004 Notified R1DO (Carfang), R4DO (Dixon), NMSS Events Notification (Email), ILTAB (Email) 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 | ||
| ENS 50111 | 21 September 2011 04:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Lost and Found Industrial Gauge Source Containing Americium-241 | The Tennessee Division of Radiological Health (DRH) performed an inspection of Blues City Brewery (BCB) on 9/21/2011. The facility was previously owned by Coors Brewing Company through 9/1/2006. During the inspection, it was discovered that a 3.7 GBq (100 mCi) Am-241 source (Industrial Dynamics Company - IDC model 06110-1, serial #5533) was missing. The source had originally been contained inside a level gauge (IDC model FT -100, serial #90205). According to IDC records, IDC had removed the source from the gauge on 9/29/1999, wipe tested the source, packaged it for shipment, and left the package in the possession of the Coors Brewing Company's RSO. The IDC RSO stated that they had no further record regarding the source. BCB conducted a thorough search of their facility for the source without success. DRH contacted the former Coors Brewing Company's RSO, but he did not have any additional information regarding this source. On 10/25/2012, DRH received a quarterly report (7/1/2012 to 9/30/2012) from IDC that stated they recovered the source. Tennessee Event TN-12-126. 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 |