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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 54854 | 24 August 2020 04:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Two Lost Sources | The following is a summary of information received via email: On August 24, 2020, the licensee notified the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection of two lost sealed sources. The sources had been sent from the licensee's Austin, Texas facility to their Fair Lawn, New Jersey facility, and are reported as missing by the shipper. The two sources were Ni-63 foil sources with an activity of 10 mCi each (S/N: AO-2484 and AO-5478). Each source was in a Life Technology Holdings, model Trace 1300, electron capture detector (S/N: 719420216 and 719420261). The shipper has been searching for the sources, but at this time considers them missing with little likelihood of recovery. The shipper's tracking system indicates that the sources were delivered to the licensee's Fair Lawn facility, but that location has stated they never received the sources. The address to which the sources were reportedly delivered does not exist and the person who reportedly signed for the package is unknown to the licensee. 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 54633 | 2 April 2020 16:30:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Damaged Portable Gauge | The following is a synopsis of information received via e-mail: On April 2, 2020, at 1230 EDT, a portable density gauge was damaged by a roller at a construction site. The density gauge is a Troxler model 3430, serial number 27555 containing 9 milliCuries of cesium-137 and 44 milliCuries of americium-241/beryllium. The source was not damaged and there was no exposure or health effects to the public. An investigation is ongoing. New Jersey event report no. 749233. | ||
| ENS 54572 | 6 March 2020 05:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Lost Tritium Exit Signs | The following is a synopsis of information received via E-mail: At 1430 EST on 3/6/2020, the Bristol Myers Squibb Radiation Safety Officer made a notification to the New Jersey Bureau of Environmental Radiation that following the Tritium exit sign inventory for their campus, six exit signs were unaccounted for. The exit signs contained a total of approximately 130 Curies of Tritium. New Jersey State Event Report ID Number: TBD 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 54535 | 20 February 2020 05:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Abandoned Portable Moisture Density Gauge | The following was received from the state of New Jersey via email: A local Police Department informed (NJ Department Radioactive Materials Program) that a suspicious package was discovered behind a deli/apartment building. Hazmat officials responded. The package was identified as the transport container for a portable moisture density gauge. Labeling on the container identified the gauge as a CPN International, Inc., MC Series Portaprobe, serial number M380404223. The labeling further stated that the gauge contained a Cs-137/Am-241/Be source. The listed activities were 10 mCi of Cs-137 as of 11/19/97 and 50 mCi of Am-241/Be as of 6/6/97. The shipping container appeared intact, with appropriate cautionary labeling. The highest exposure rate reported was 0.9 mR/hr at two feet from the container. The licensee reportedly told officials on the scene that they were out of business and could not explain how the device got to the location where it was found. Due to the lack of security that allowed the device to be moved to the location where it was found, we were not confident that the licensee would be able to secure the item if it was returned to them. The hazmat team secured the device overnight at their office location. The device will be secured pending completion of the investigation and subsequent proper disposition of the device. The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Environmental Radiation was notified. |