ENS Event | |
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05:00 Aug 13, 2007 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Gas Chromatograph |
| Event Description | The licensee provided the following information via facsimile:
A portable gas chromatograph with a 15 mCi source of Ni-63 was lost during Hurricane Katrina when the levees broke. This is a General License device. LDEQ was not notified of this loss until August 13, 2007. LA Event Report - LA070025 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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| Environmental Analysts New Orleans, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | GL-266 |
| Organization: | Louisiana Radiation Protection Div |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+414.37 h17.265 days <br />2.466 weeks <br />0.568 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Richard Penrod 11:22 Aug 30, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | John Knoke |
| Last Updated: | Aug 30, 2007 |
| 43609 - NRC Website | |
Environmental Analysts with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 436092007-08-13T05:00:00013 August 2007 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Gas Chromatograph 2007-08-13T05:00:00 | |