ENS 52206
ENS Event | |
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22:45 Aug 25, 2016 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of New Jersey via email:
NJDEP [New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection] received notification from New Jersey Transit Police at 1426 EDT on Saturday, 8/27/16, that a Niton xlp 300 series XRF with serial number 7710 belonging to New York licensee TRC Environmental Corporation was left on a New Jersey Transit bus on Thursday, 8/25/16 at approximately 1845 EDT. The licensee reported the loss of the device to New York State Department of Health on Friday, 8/26/16. The Cadmium-109 source in the device has a maximum activity of 50 mCi (per sealed source registry). This is being reported under 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) because it exceeds 1000 times the value for Cd-109 in Appendix C. The licensee employee who left the device on the bus was taking it home to have it for a job in New York the next day. They did not plan to use the device in New Jersey. NY DOH [New York Department of Health] officials indicated that they will provide NJDEP with more information on Monday, 8/28/16." State Report #: NJ-16-02
The device was found on a New Jersey Transit bus in Weehawken, New Jersey and was picked up by the licensee on 9/1/16. New York Department of Health provided New Jersey DEP with the following information from their licensee: New York License Number - C3264. Source S/N - TR3464. Device S/N - 22323. Activity at time source was lost - 26.8 mCi [Cd-109]. This event is the same event as EN 52207 which was reported by NY DOH. Notified R1DO (Gray), ILTAB (Whitney), and NMSS Events Notification (E-mail). 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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| Trc Environmental Corporation Not Provided, New York (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | NOT PROVIDED |
| Organization: | Nj Rad Prot And Rel Prevention Pgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+46.35 h1.931 days <br />0.276 weeks <br />0.0635 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Karen Flanigan 21:06 Aug 27, 2016 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Sep 6, 2016 |
| 52206 - NRC Website | |
Trc Environmental Corporation with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer ENS 522062016-08-25T22:45:00025 August 2016 22:45:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer 2016-08-25T23:15:00 | |