ENS Event | |
|---|---|
04:00 Aug 15, 2012 | |
| Title | Potentially Lost Americium-241 Source |
| Event Description | The potentially lost source is a M43A1 Chemical Agent Detector Cell (Americium-241, 0.25 mCi). The source exceeds 1000 times the quantity listed in Appendix C to Part 20.
The source was made ready for shipment to our recycling and disposal office and given to the local traffic management office. Currently, we have no record of the shipment and cannot locate the shipping package. A comprehensive physical and document search is under way. Device Serial # Z03-C-30470 Source Serial # Z03-C-31725" The licensee notified R4 (Cook).
The following information was received by email from the licensee: The licensee received a call from the permit RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] that the Am-241 source has been recovered. It was located in the traffic management office. Notified the R1DO(Powell), R4DO(Hagar) and FSME via email. 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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| United States Air Force Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 42-23539-01AF |
| Organization: | United States Air Force |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.52 h0.438 days <br />0.0626 weeks <br />0.0144 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Ryan Danley 14:31 Aug 15, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Aug 16, 2012 |
| 48193 - NRC Website | |
United States Air Force with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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