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{{#Wiki_filter: | {{#Wiki_filter: Doccmbor 12, 1997 M LIMINARt NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-I-97-076 Thic preliminary notification consJitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE ecfety or.public interest significance. The information is as initially rocoived without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region I staff in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania on this date. | ||
Facility | Facility Licensee Emeroency Classification Pcckard Bioscience Co. | ||
A package containing three sources of Eu-152 (10 millicuries each) was shipped from canberra to Lockhead Martin at DOE facilities located at Idaho Falls. Upon arrival at the DOE site, it was noted that the chipping container, labeled as DOT Radioactive III, was damaged. | Notification of Unusual Event Dba Canberra Industries Alert 800 Research Parkway Site Area Emergency Meriden, Connecticut 06450 General Emergency Dockets: 03008562 License No: 06-15099-01 X Not Applicable Subjects UNSHIELDED SEALED SOURCE FOUND IN SHIPPER'S VEHICLE NRC wac informed on December 11, 1997, that an unshielded 10 millicurie Europium -152 (Eu-152) sealed source (strong gamma emmitter) was found in the back of a Federal Express (Fed Ex) Truck in Idaho Falls, Idaho. | ||
Tho Fed Ex driver and truck were fcund four hours later in Idaho Falls. A su::vey of the inside of the truck f ound the missing sealed source. The source was retrieved and placed into a shielded container and placed in secured storage by DOE. | A package containing three sources of Eu-152 (10 millicuries each) was shipped from canberra to Lockhead Martin at DOE facilities located at Idaho Falls. | ||
Information received from the licensee and DOE personnel indicate that the shipping container appeared to have heavy water damage and that a hole was punched through the styrofoam packing material, apparently by the lead pig insidu the package. The licensee informed NRC that the sources were properly packaged in the same container in which they had received the materials from the original supplier and that there was no damage to the package at the time it left their Connecticut facility. The licensee is coordinating with Fed Ex to develop a dose assessment for this incident. | Upon arrival at the DOE site, it was noted that the chipping container, labeled as DOT Radioactive III, was damaged. | ||
Upon opening the conteiner it was found that a cap of one of the internal leaded shields containing the sources was loose and did not contain a source. | |||
DOE did not take possession of the shipment, but put it into secured storage. | |||
Tho Fed Ex driver and truck were fcund four hours later in Idaho Falls. A su::vey of the inside of the truck f ound the missing sealed source. | |||
The source was retrieved and placed into a shielded container and placed in secured storage by DOE. | |||
Information received from the licensee and DOE personnel indicate that the shipping container appeared to have heavy water damage and that a hole was punched through the styrofoam packing material, apparently by the lead pig insidu the package. | |||
The licensee informed NRC that the sources were properly packaged in the same container in which they had received the materials from the original supplier and that there was no damage to the package at the time it left their Connecticut facility. The licensee is coordinating with Fed Ex to develop a dose assessment for this incident. | |||
A Region I inspector will follow-up on this event at the licensee's facility in Connecticut on December 15, 1997. | A Region I inspector will follow-up on this event at the licensee's facility in Connecticut on December 15, 1997. | ||
The Region I Office of Public Affairs is prepared to respond to media inquiries. NRC Region IV Office and the State of Idaho have been informed. The information in this notification is current as of 2:00 p.m. | The Region I Office of Public Affairs is prepared to respond to media inquiries. | ||
NRC Region IV Office and the State of Idaho have been informed. The information in this notification is current as of 2:00 p.m. | |||
on Dece.aber 12, 1997. | on Dece.aber 12, 1997. | ||
==Contact:== | ==Contact:== | ||
Jenny Johansen | Jenny Johansen George Pangburn | ||
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| Site: | 03008562 |
| Issue date: | 12/12/1997 |
| From: | Johansen J, Pangburn G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| References | |
| PNO-I-97-076, PNO-I-97-76, NUDOCS 9712160424 | |
| Download: ML20203E247 (1) | |
Doccmbor 12, 1997 M LIMINARt NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-I-97-076 Thic preliminary notification consJitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE ecfety or.public interest significance. The information is as initially rocoived without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region I staff in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania on this date.
Facility Licensee Emeroency Classification Pcckard Bioscience Co.
Notification of Unusual Event Dba Canberra Industries Alert 800 Research Parkway Site Area Emergency Meriden, Connecticut 06450 General Emergency Dockets: 03008562 License No: 06-15099-01 X Not Applicable Subjects UNSHIELDED SEALED SOURCE FOUND IN SHIPPER'S VEHICLE NRC wac informed on December 11, 1997, that an unshielded 10 millicurie Europium -152 (Eu-152) sealed source (strong gamma emmitter) was found in the back of a Federal Express (Fed Ex) Truck in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
A package containing three sources of Eu-152 (10 millicuries each) was shipped from canberra to Lockhead Martin at DOE facilities located at Idaho Falls.
Upon arrival at the DOE site, it was noted that the chipping container, labeled as DOT Radioactive III, was damaged.
Upon opening the conteiner it was found that a cap of one of the internal leaded shields containing the sources was loose and did not contain a source.
DOE did not take possession of the shipment, but put it into secured storage.
Tho Fed Ex driver and truck were fcund four hours later in Idaho Falls. A su::vey of the inside of the truck f ound the missing sealed source.
The source was retrieved and placed into a shielded container and placed in secured storage by DOE.
Information received from the licensee and DOE personnel indicate that the shipping container appeared to have heavy water damage and that a hole was punched through the styrofoam packing material, apparently by the lead pig insidu the package.
The licensee informed NRC that the sources were properly packaged in the same container in which they had received the materials from the original supplier and that there was no damage to the package at the time it left their Connecticut facility. The licensee is coordinating with Fed Ex to develop a dose assessment for this incident.
A Region I inspector will follow-up on this event at the licensee's facility in Connecticut on December 15, 1997.
The Region I Office of Public Affairs is prepared to respond to media inquiries.
NRC Region IV Office and the State of Idaho have been informed. The information in this notification is current as of 2:00 p.m.
on Dece.aber 12, 1997.
Contact:
Jenny Johansen George Pangburn
(
(610)337-5304 (610)337-5283 o u, 7
I.llll pil,!,llll llil.l h'D \\
9712160424 971212 c,