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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 43003 | 6 November 2006 06:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report Involving Lost/Unaccounted for Static Eliminators | The State of Minnesota received the following notification from Seagate Technology via letter dated November 6, 2006: Subject: Loss of Anti-static Nuclear Ionizing Devices (General License Material) The following anti-static nuclear ionizing devices described below were due for return to the vendor, but could not be found after an extensive search including a written communication requesting assistance from associated work areas across our site. The devices are: NRD brand Model P-2063-1200, Nuclear Ionizer Fan Element, 31.5 millicuries of Polonium-210 per device Serial Numbers A2ER777 thru A2ER785 (nine total), manufactured 9/22/2005.
The sources were found on 12/7/2006 in a locked storage cabinet. The sources will be returned to the distributor. Notified the R3DO (Lara), NMSS (Morell), Sandler (ILTAB) 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. |