ENS Event | |
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04:00 Aug 11, 2009 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Lost Static Eliminators |
| Event Description | The State of North Carolina discovered 2 missing static eliminators containing 500 microCi of Po-210 and 80 microCi of Am-241. The licensee was billed for the annual fees related to these gages and notified the State that they no longer had the gages in their possession. The State sent an inspector to investigate the situation.
The inspector discovered that the manufacturing facility had been relocated to Vietnam 3 years ago. When this occurred the licensee believes it is possible that the sources were relocated with the majority of the manufacturing facility assets to the Vietnam location at that time. The State is continuing to follow-up with the licensee to determine disposition of these sources.
A representative of the State of North Carolina provided the following additional information about the lost sources: The Am-241 source was manufactured by Pyrotronics. Model number F315A. Serial Number 1000635. Date received - 1971 The Po-210 source was manufactured by Nuclear Products. Model number 2U500. Serial Number Unknown. Date received - 1989 R1DO (Cook) and FSME (McIntosh) have been notified of this update. 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. |
| Where | |
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| Parkdale Mills, Inc. Gastonia, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 036-0521-OG |
| Organization: | Nc Div Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.83 h0.451 days <br />0.0645 weeks <br />0.0148 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Henry Barnes 14:50 Aug 11, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | Jason Kozal |
| Last Updated: | Aug 11, 2009 |
| 45257 - NRC Website | |
Parkdale Mills, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State - Lost Static Eliminators 2009-08-11T04:00:00 | |