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| issue date = 01/12/1999
| title = PNO-IV-99-004:on 981215,Federal Express (Fedex) Reported That 2 Ci Cs-137 Density Logging Source Loss During Shipment.Source Shipped on 981130 by Sperry-Sun Drilling Svcs,Inc.Licensee & Fedex Pursuing Addl Inquires
| author name = Collins E, Shaffer M
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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| docket = 03029470
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| document report number = PNO-IV-99-004, PNO-IV-99-4, NUDOCS 9901190341
| document type = PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR OCCURRENCE (PNO,, TEXT-INSPECTION &amp; AUDIT &amp; I&amp;E CIRCULARS
| page count = 1
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January 12,1999 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-IV-99-004 This preliminary notification const'tutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region IV staff in Arlington, Texas on this date.
Facility                                            Licensee Emeroency Classification Sperry-Sun Drilling Services, Inc.               Notification of Unusual Event Sperry-Sun Drilling Services, Inc.               Alert 3000 N. Houston Parkway                           Site Area Emergency Houston, Texas 77032                               General Emergency                                       l Dockets: 03029470                                X Not Applicable License No: 42-26844-01 l

==Subject:==
LOSS OF 2 CURIE CESIUM-137 DENSITY LOGGING SOURCE DURING                                          !
SHIPMENT                                                                                                   1 On November 30,1998, Sperry-Gun Drilling Services, Inc. (Sperry) shipped an Amersham Model CDC.CY13 logging source containing 2 curies of Cs-137 (Serial No. 2299GW) via Federal Express (FedEx). The package was picked up in Houston, Texas, and was to be shipped to the north slope of Alaska. On December 8,1998, the licensee contacted FedEx to determine the location of the package as it had not been received by Sperry's facility at the north slope. On December 15,1998, FedEx contacted the licensee and reported that the package could not be found. FedEx indicated that they were able to track the missing source through FedEx's transportation hub in Indianapolis, Indiana. However, no information was obtained regarding further shipment of the source from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Anchorage, Alaska. FedEx has determined that the source is not at its Indianapolis hub.
The licensee and FedEx are currently pursuing additional inquires and will notify NRC                      l Region IV as new information becomes available.
The State of Texas has been informed of the event by the licensee.
Region IV received initial notification of this occurrence from the NRC Operations Center and the licensee on January 11,1999. Region IV will brief OSP and NMSS.
This information will be discussed with the State of Texas and is current as of 4:30 p.m.
(CST)
January 12,1999. This information has been discussed with the licensee and is current as of 2:30 p.m. (CST) January 12,1999.                                                                           !

==Contact:==
Mark Shaffer            Elmo Collins (817)860-8287         (817)860-8291 l)( r l
I 9901190341 PDR     I&E      990112                                                                        A l           PNO-IV-99-oo4 PDR_}}

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