ENS 56615
ENS Event | |
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19:53 Jul 10, 2023 | |
| Title | Lost and Found Radioactive Material |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the Agency) via email:
The licensee (QSA Global, Inc., License No. 12-8361) reported at 1015 [EDT] today (July 11, 2023), that it discovered yesterday (July 10, 2023) at 1553 that one of two packages destined for delivery to AMCOL Ingenieria LTDA of Bogota, Columbia was missing. Each of the two packages was a single QSA Global, Inc. model 650L source changer containing an iridium-192 sealed source(s) shipped on June 26, 2023. One of the two packages was received by AMCOL Ingenieria LTDA of Bogota, Columbia on July 10, 2023. The missing package was a QSA Global, Inc. Model 650L source changer, serial number 120 containing two sealed sources of iridium-192, 104.2 curies (3.86 TBq) and 104.3 curies (3.86 TBq), respectively. The licensee reported that the missing package was last known to be at the carrier's sorting facility in Memphis, TN, on July 1, 2023. The carrier package tracking number was provided by the licensee. The licensee then reported at approximately 1300 on July 11, 2023, that the missing package was found by the carrier at the carrier's Memphis, TN facility, and that the package will likely be moved forward by the carrier to the Bogota, Columbia destination. The reporting requirement is immediate and is of 105 CMR 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C and of 105 CMR 120.077(B). The Agency considers this event to be open. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Category 2' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Qsa Global Inc. Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 12-8361 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+19.05 h0.794 days <br />0.113 weeks <br />0.0261 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Joshua Daehler 14:56 Jul 11, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Kerby Scales |
| Last Updated: | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 56615 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 566152023-07-10T19:53:00010 July 2023 19:53:00
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