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| event number = 47009
| facility = Nys Doh Wadsworth Laboratory
| Organization = New York State Dept. Of Health
| license number = Ny0448
| region = 1
| state = New York
| city = Port Of Albany
| unit = 
| utype = 
| cfr = Agreement State
| emergency class =  Non Emergency
| notification date = 07/01/2011 13:19
| notification by = Robert Snyder
| NRC officer = Mark Abramovitz
| event date = 11/30/2006 EDT
| last update date = 07/01/2011
| title = Agreement State Report - Electron Capture Device Discarded
| event text = The following report was received via fax:  
On February 07, 2007 the RSO called to report a missing ECD [Electron Capture Device] detector.  Apparently the entire GC [Gas Chromatograph] was discarded as obsolete equipment in the November / December 2006 timeframe.  The RSO is looking into the disposition which he believes was a dumpster / roll-off that went to the Port of Albany.  Fortunately Ni-63 has a low health and safety risk compared to other common isotopes.  The date of occurrence has been estimated as 11/30/2006.  The date of discovery is 01/31/2007.
No press release issued.  No reward offered.  Better training and inventory instituted as corrective action.  Actions evaluated during next routine inspection.  Incident closed.
New York Event:  NY-11-12
New York Incident:  504
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
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