ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jun 10, 2015 | |
| Title | Cd-109 Source Improperly Sent for Disposal |
| Event Description | The Alabama Air National Guard (Montgomery, AL) had a thermal night time analyzer with a 40 mCi, Cd-109 source. The source was last inventoried on 1/30/2015. On 4/28/2015, the analyzer was transferred to the disposal facility at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. The Army does not send radioactive sources to this DLA for disposal. The Army has verified receipt of the source at the DLA and is currently trying to determine if the source is still there or has been destroyed.
Source: XLP-303 with serial number 18540
The following report was received from the licensee via e-mail: [The following is] updated information concerning the improper transfer of the Thermo Niton Analyzer by the Alabama Army National Guard to Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Disposition Services. We were successful in contacting the manufacturer and got information concerning the assay date of the Cd-109 source. Their records indicate an assay date of 15 April 2008. The analyzer was sent to DLA on 28 April 2015. According to our calculations, this drops the activity from 40 mCi to approximately 0.86 mCi from when it was shipped out to DLA. We are still working with DLA Disposition Services to track the location of the analyzer. Notified the R1DO (Dwyer) and NMSS Events Notification (via 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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| Department Of The Army Montgomery, Alabama (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | GL |
| Organization: | Department Of The Army |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.8 h0.45 days <br />0.0643 weeks <br />0.0148 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Craig Goldberg 15:48 Jun 10, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Jun 12, 2015 |
| 51145 - NRC Website | |
Department Of The Army with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
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