ENS 55173
ENS Event | |
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14:40 Apr 5, 2021 | |
| Title | Sealed Source Missing in Transit |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality via email:
A common carrier picked up a black overpack package from QSA Global containing a Delta 880 Industrial Radiography camera (S/N D15673) containing 106 Curies (3922 GBQ) of Ir-192 at 1623 CDT on April 1, 2021. [The package] left Baton Rouge, LA via common carrier at 2003 CDT and arrived in Memphis, TN at 2319 CDT on April 1, 2021. [The package] was scanned internally at the common carrier's Memphis facility at 0230 CDT on April 2, 2021. That is the last record of this 54 pound package. The [package] destination was Acuren Inspection [located] at 2060 Afton Place in Farmington, NM 87401. (They have not received it.) Common Carrier Tracking Number: 9860 8682 9990 LA Incident Tracking Number: LA20210005 Notified: DHS SWO, DOE Operations Center, FEMA Operations Center, HHS Operations Center, CISA Central, USDA Operations Center, EPA Emergency Operations Center, FDA Emergency Operations Center (email), FEMA NWC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), and FEMA NRCC SASC (email), CWMD Watch Desk (email).
The following is a summary of information received from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality via email: The lost transportation package from QSA Global containing a Delta 880 Industrial Radiography camera (S/N D15673) containing 106 Curies (3922 GBQ) of Ir-192 was delivered to its intended licensee this morning. Notified: R1DO (Werkheiser), IRMOC (Kennedy), NMSS (Rivera-Capella), INES (Milligan), ILTAB (Roundtree), NMSS Event Notifications (email), DHS SWO, DOE Operations Center, FEMA Operations Center, HHS Operations Center, CISA Central, USDA Operations Center, EPA Emergency Operations Center, FDA Emergency Operations Center (email), FEMA NWC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), and FEMA NRCC SASC (email), CWMD Watch Desk (email). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Category 2' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 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 a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Qsa Global Baton Rouge, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | LA-5934-L01 |
| Organization: | Louisiana Deq |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+21.62 h0.901 days <br />0.129 weeks <br />0.0296 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Judith Schuerman 12:17 Apr 6, 2021 |
| NRC Officer: | Lloyd Desotell |
| Last Updated: | Apr 7, 2021 |
| 55173 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Missing Category 2 Source ENS 559162022-05-27T11:50:00027 May 2022 11:50:00 Agreement State Lost Sealed Sources in Transit ENS 551732021-04-05T14:40:0005 April 2021 14:40:00 Agreement State Sealed Source Missing in Transit ENS 549662020-10-22T13:26:00022 October 2020 13:26:00 Agreement State Missing Category 2 Material ENS 520952016-07-14T23:35:00014 July 2016 23:35:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radioactive Material Delivered to Private Residence ENS 508052015-02-09T06:00:0009 February 2015 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State - Radioactive Shipment Delivered to the Wrong Location ENS 490112013-05-08T14:00:0008 May 2013 14:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Potentially Lost Radioactive Source Shipment ENS 490072013-05-06T12:00:0006 May 2013 12:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Source Shipment Did Not Arrive as Expected ENS 485132012-11-15T05:00:00015 November 2012 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Iridium-192 Source Missing During Shipment ENS 476922012-01-31T05:00:00031 January 2012 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Contamination Levels Exceed Action Levels ENS 462562010-09-02T19:59:0002 September 2010 19:59:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Source Received with External Contamination ENS 456212010-01-11T05:00:00011 January 2010 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Qsa Global Report of Defect ENS 445362008-10-03T04:00:0003 October 2008 04:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Defective Component That Could Potentially Cause a Substantial Safety Hazard ENS 439952008-02-19T05:00:00019 February 2008 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radioactive Material Shipment Missing ENS 438612007-12-11T05:00:00011 December 2007 05:00:00 Agreement State Massachusetts Agreement State Report - Lost Shipment of Iridium-192 Sources 2024-10-04T16:44:00 | |