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Reason for Notification: During preparati … Reason for Notification: During preparation of receipt transaction documentation (NRC 741) it was discovered that results of laboratory analysis for two (shipping) containers containing 16, P-10 sample tubes of UF6 (uranium hexafluoride) could not be located. Upon further investigation, neither the vials nor (shipping) containers could be located in the laboratory or on site. The vials contain a total of 128 Grams Uranium (6 grams Uranium 235) enriched to 4.95 wt%. This is approximately 409.4 micro-curies. It was determined that on 02/04/2008, 2 metal pails each containing (8) UF6 P-10 sample tubes were received in the Shipping & Receiving (S/R) department. One of the containers was dented upon receipt. S/R notified Health Physics to have the containers surveyed; they were cleared to the lab. However, the lab could not confirm that the P-10 vials containing uranium had been unloaded from the containers. One employee recalls surveying at least one of the containers, removing the labels and placing the containers out on Dock #11 for disposal.</br>Notification is being made based on (10 CFR 20.2201) (a) Telephone reports. (1) Each licensee shall report by telephone as follows: (i) Immediately after its occurrence becomes known to the licensee, any lost, stolen, or missing licensed material in an aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times the quantity specified in Appendix C to Part 20 under such circumstances that it appears to the licensee that an exposure could result to persons in unrestricted areas.</br>Safety Basis: These vials were secured in containers authorized for shipment, which were surveyed by Health Physics upon receipt with no indication of leakage. It is postulated these (shipping) containers (with the sample vials still in the containers) have been inadvertently sent to either a waste landfill or scrap metal dealer.</br>Summary of Activity: </br> - Columbia Fuel Site laboratories and waste processing facilities have been searched.</br> - Interviews with affiliated staff have confirmed packages were staged for waste disposal.</br> - Westinghouse notification to Richland County South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control will follow immediately.</br>- Event entered into Corrective Action Process (CAPS# 08-043-C004)</br>The licensee stated that the vials are approximately 2 inches long and between 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter. The vials were made of plastic with metal end caps. These vials are typically packed in Styrofoam in the shipping containers and their presence in the shipping containers may not be readily determined by just looking into the containers.</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.</br>This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 sourcebeing categorized as a less than Category 3 source
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Reason for Notification: During preparati … Reason for Notification: During preparation of receipt transaction documentation (NRC 741) it was discovered that results of laboratory analysis for two (shipping) containers containing 16, P-10 sample tubes of UF6 (uranium hexafluoride) could not be located. Upon further investigation, neither the vials nor (shipping) containers could be located in the laboratory or on site. The vials contain a total of 128 Grams Uranium (6 grams Uranium 235) enriched to 4.95 wt%. This is approximately 409.4 micro-curies. It was determined that on 02/04/2008, 2 metal pails each containing (8) UF6 P-10 sample tubes were received in the Shipping & Receiving (S/R) department. One of the containers was dented upon receipt. S/R notified Health Physics to have the containers surveyed; they were cleared to the lab. However, the lab could not confirm that the P-10 vials containing uranium had been unloaded from the containers. One employee recalls surveying at least one of the containers, removing the labels and placing the containers out on Dock #11 for disposal.</br>Notification is being made based on (10 CFR 20.2201) (a) Telephone reports. (1) Each licensee shall report by telephone as follows: (i) Immediately after its occurrence becomes known to the licensee, any lost, stolen, or missing licensed material in an aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times the quantity specified in Appendix C to Part 20 under such circumstances that it appears to the licensee that an exposure could result to persons in unrestricted areas.</br>Safety Basis: These vials were secured in containers authorized for shipment, which were surveyed by Health Physics upon receipt with no indication of leakage. It is postulated these (shipping) containers (with the sample vials still in the containers) have been inadvertently sent to either a waste landfill or scrap metal dealer.</br>Summary of Activity: </br> - Columbia Fuel Site laboratories and waste processing facilities have been searched.</br> - Interviews with affiliated staff have confirmed packages were staged for waste disposal.</br> - Westinghouse notification to Richland County South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control will follow immediately.</br>- Event entered into Corrective Action Process (CAPS# 08-043-C004)</br>The licensee stated that the vials are approximately 2 inches long and between 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter. The vials were made of plastic with metal end caps. These vials are typically packed in Styrofoam in the shipping containers and their presence in the shipping containers may not be readily determined by just looking into the containers.</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.</br>This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 sourcebeing categorized as a less than Category 3 source
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