ENS 47592
ENS Event | |
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16:48 Jan 6, 2012 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Analyzer |
| Event Description | The following information was received via facsimile:
[The] Environmental Safety Manager of Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling notified the [Louisiana] Department of Environmental Quality of a lost Niton XLI 818 Q/serial number 6066 analyzer with 30 mCi of Am-241 on January 6, 2012. FINDINGS: The investigation was conducted at Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling in Lafayette. Contact was made with the Environmental Safety Manager and the [Non-Ferrous Manager], who provided the following information of their internal investigation. The facility's investigation revealed that on January 5, 2012, [Employee #1] was scanning a customer's trailer to identify the type metal in the load, with a Niton XLI 818Q/serial number 6066 analyzer with 30 mCi of Am-241. The analyzer was discovered missing the next morning, January 6, 2012 by [Employee #2] at approximately [0900 CST and notified the department at 1048 CST on January 6, 2012 of the missing source. [Employee #2] called [Employee #1] to try to reconstruct his actions of the previous day since he had signed out the analyzer on the utilization log. [Employee #1] stated that he believed that he must have left the analyzer on the trailer of a customer. [Employee #2] called the customer to ask if he had found the analyzer and also the route he took to go home. The customer stated that he had not found the analyzer. [Employee #2] then retraced the route to search for the missing analyzer for approximately eight hours but was not successful. The analyzer is still missing to date, however does not pose a health hazard to the general public. In conclusion the licensee did not secure licensed radioactive material from unauthorized removal or access. The above area is contrary to LAC 33:XV.445.A. The licensee failed to maintain constant surveillance to prevent unauthorized use of licensed radioactive material that is in a controlled or unrestrictive area. The above area is contrary to LAC 33:XV.445.B. The licensee also failed to have the minimum of two independent physical controls that form a tangible barrier to secure portable gauges from unauthorized removal, whenever portable gauges are not under the control and constant surveillance of the licensee. The above area is contrary to LAC 33:XV.326.B. Louisiana Incident Number: LA120002 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 This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source |
| Where | |
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| Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | La-10073-L01 |
| Organization: | Louisiana Radiation Protection Div |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+166.78 h6.949 days <br />0.993 weeks <br />0.228 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Scott Blackwell 15:35 Jan 13, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Jan 13, 2012 |
| 47592 - NRC Website | |
Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling with Agreement State | |
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