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The Department of Veterans Affairs reporte … The Department of Veterans Affairs reported the loss of licensed material. </br>The loss occurred at a medical limited-scope permittee authorized under the master materials license issued to the Department of Veterans Affairs, NRC License 03-23853-01 VA. The permittee is VA Medical Center, Battle Creek, Michigan.</br>The loss was discovered by the permittee Nuclear Medicine Technologist on January 10, 2005. The Nuclear Medicine Technologist discovered that the Cs-137 sealed source (Serial number S356010-022) used for the dose calibrator calibrations and daily constancy measurements was missing.</br>The basis for reporting the loss is under 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(ii) in that the permittee lost permitted material in a quantity greater than 10 times the quantity specified in 10 CFR 20, Appendix C, and is still missing at this time. The actual activity was approximately 137 microCuries.</br>The permittee investigated the loss and concluded the radioactive material most likely ended up in a local landfill. Permittee staff performed radiation surveys of the medical center and at the landfill which did not locate the missing radioactive sealed source.</br>The (VHA National Health Physics Program) NHPP performed a reactive inspection on January 13, 2005, 4 days after the loss was discovered. Additional surveys performed by NHPP also failed to locate the source at the medical center. In accordance with 10 CFR 20.2201(b), a thirty-day report is pending and will be forwarded to NRC when completed.d will be forwarded to NRC when completed. +
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The Department of Veterans Affairs reporte … The Department of Veterans Affairs reported the loss of licensed material. </br>The loss occurred at a medical limited-scope permittee authorized under the master materials license issued to the Department of Veterans Affairs, NRC License 03-23853-01 VA. The permittee is VA Medical Center, Battle Creek, Michigan.</br>The loss was discovered by the permittee Nuclear Medicine Technologist on January 10, 2005. The Nuclear Medicine Technologist discovered that the Cs-137 sealed source (Serial number S356010-022) used for the dose calibrator calibrations and daily constancy measurements was missing.</br>The basis for reporting the loss is under 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(ii) in that the permittee lost permitted material in a quantity greater than 10 times the quantity specified in 10 CFR 20, Appendix C, and is still missing at this time. The actual activity was approximately 137 microCuries.</br>The permittee investigated the loss and concluded the radioactive material most likely ended up in a local landfill. Permittee staff performed radiation surveys of the medical center and at the landfill which did not locate the missing radioactive sealed source.</br>The (VHA National Health Physics Program) NHPP performed a reactive inspection on January 13, 2005, 4 days after the loss was discovered. Additional surveys performed by NHPP also failed to locate the source at the medical center. In accordance with 10 CFR 20.2201(b), a thirty-day report is pending and will be forwarded to NRC when completed.d will be forwarded to NRC when completed. +
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