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21:04 Sep 21, 2017 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Inadvertent Disposal of an Electron Capture Detector Gas Chromatograph |
| Event Description | The State of Kansas was notified that an Electron Capture Detector Gas Chromatograph (ECD-GC) owned by Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) was inadvertently disposed of as electronic waste. The contracted waste company, Clean Harbors Wichita, ships waste to the recycler, ERI, in Fresno, CA. OxyChem provided ERI pictures of the missing Varian ECD GC to aid in identification.
The missing ECD-GC is a model 3400 (Serial Number A-8080), containing 8 mCi Ni-63 as of 1990. The current activity is calculated as 6.58 mCi. The State of Kansas is providing a courtesy notification to the State of California Radiation Program Office. 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 |
| Where | |
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| Occidental Chemical Corporation Wichita, Kansas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | Gl |
| Organization: | Kansas Dept Of Health & Environment |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+13.93 h0.58 days <br />0.0829 weeks <br />0.0191 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | James Uhlemeyer 11:00 Sep 22, 2017 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Sep 22, 2017 |
| 52985 - NRC Website | |
Occidental Chemical Corporation with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Inadvertent Disposal of an Electron Capture Detector Gas Chromatograph 2017-09-21T21:04:00 | |