ENS Event | |
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05:00 Dec 13, 2018 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Radiography Camera Lost by Commercial Carrier |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the state of Florida via e-mail:
Received a call from Versa Integrity Group to report a missing Ir-192 radiography camera. The device was shipped from Sanford, Florida via [commercial carrier] on 11-29-18 in route to Corpus Christi, Texas, but never arrived. The last location that [the commercial carrier] can confirm the location of the package was Memphis, Tennessee. (Source information - model: A424-9, S/N: 62109G). The camera had a 330 GBq Ir-192 source. The licensee contacted the commercial carrier on 12-10-18, to inquiry about the shipment and was told it was delayed. The licensee recontacted the commercial carrier on 12-13-18 and was told the package could not be located. Florida Incident: FL18-153
The state of Texas also reported the same event since their licensee was the intended recipient. The Texas Department of State Health Services will be contacting the state of Florida about this event. Texas Incident: 9645 Notified R4DO (Taylor) and NMSS Events Notification group (email). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf Note: This device is assigned an IAEA Category 3 value based on the actual radioactivity of the source, not on the device type. (Reference IAEA RG-G-1.9) |
| Where | |
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| Versa Integrity Group Sanford, Florida (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 4500-1 |
| Organization: | Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.05 h0.419 days <br />0.0598 weeks <br />0.0138 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Tim Dunn 15:03 Dec 13, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Dec 13, 2018 |
| 53790 - NRC Website | |
Versa Integrity Group with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 537902018-12-13T05:00:00013 December 2018 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State En Revision Imported Date 12/24/2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00 | |