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Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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ENS 44243 | 28 May 2008 04:00:00 | Agreement State | Massachusetts Agreement State Report - Scrap Metal Load Set Off Radiation Alarm | The following information was received from the State of Massachusetts via facsimile: A shipment of ferrous scrap metal from a trash to energy generating facility set off the radiation alarms at the entrance to the scrap facility and was immediately rejected. A consultant responded to the facility with an isotope identifier and reported Radium-226 in the load. Insofar as the highest exposure rate on the surface of the trailer was 0.6 millirem/hour, a DOT-E 10656 was issued to permit travel back to the point of origin. The company that originated the shipment has acquired the services of a different consultant to evaluate the situation at their facility, contain the problem and to document the legal disposition of the radioactive material. |