ENS Event | |
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05:00 Nov 26, 2019 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Loss of a Nuclear Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection via email:
On November 26, 2019 a lawyer representing the licensee reported the event via telephone. The licensee is Larson Design Group, USNRC Radioactive Material License No. 47-35062-01, PA reciprocity license PA-R0218. Details are sparse at this time. The lawyer stated an employee wrecked a vehicle carrying a nuclear gauge (with Cesium 137 and Americium 241) in a ditch late Friday night. He had a friend pick him up, leaving the vehicle and gauge unattended. At some point police found the vehicle and impounded it. The police recognized the radioactive material shipping case in the vehicle. They allowed the employee to claim the vehicle only after producing documentation indicating he was authorized to possess it. It is believed the gauge never left the vehicle and it is back in possession of the licensee. The DEP [Department of Environmental Protection] will update this event as soon as more information is provided. PA Event Report ID No.: 190028 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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| Larson Design Group Morgantown, West Virginia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 47-35062-01 |
| Organization: | Pa Bureau Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10 h0.417 days <br />0.0595 weeks <br />0.0137 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Benjamin Seiber 15:00 Nov 26, 2019 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Herrera |
| Last Updated: | Nov 26, 2019 |
| 54413 - NRC Website | |
Larson Design Group with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 544132019-11-26T05:00:00026 November 2019 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State En Revision Imported Date 12/12/2019 2019-11-26T05:00:00 | |