PNO-II-85-103, on 851101,DOE Notified Region II of Disappearance of Two Radioactive Matls Shipping Packages & Leak Detection Kit Used in Display During Transportation Conference.Disappearance Caused by Theft of Van
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| Issue date: | 11/01/1985 |
| From: | Barr K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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- November 1, 1985 LPRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION 0F EVENT OR UNUSUAL 0CCURRENCE PNO-II-85-103
- Thisipreliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest-significance. The information is as initially received without verifi-cation or evaluation, and is _ basically all that is known by the Region II staff on this dat2.
FACILITY: U. S. Department of Energy. Licensee Emergency Classification:
Oak Ridge, Tennessee Notification of Unusual Event Alert Site Area Emergency General Emergency X Not Applicable
SUBJECT:
STOLEN RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL SHIPPING PACKAGES
'The. U.- S. Department of Energy notified Region II today that two radioactive materials
.~ shipping-packages,: labeled as containing Plutonium, and a leak detection kit used in a
._ display during a~ transportation conference at Knoxville, Tennessee, disappeared October 31 s I
-wh:n thieves made off with the truck.
DOE said the packages and the leak detection kit disappeared when a blue Chevrolet van cperated by a contractor, Reliable Transportation Company of Knoxville, was stolen after b2ing loaded with equipment being removed at the conclusion of the conference.
Ona package was a small, 25-pound,12-inch x 12-inch stainless steel cylinder called a "Safpak." It had never arrived at.a DOE office and had no identification number on it.
Tha other shipping package was a barrel-shaped, stainless. steel _ package _which was two feet high, weighed 110 pounds and measured 18-20-inches at its widest point. It was called a
'"Safkeg" and bore identification numbers from the New Brunswick /Argonne laboratory of-P027906. The leak detection device had an identification number P027907. t
- Bnth shipping packages were new and had never been used.
DOE has notified appropriate Federal and State authorities and has issued a news release.
This PN is being issued for information purposes only.
This information is current as of 3:30 p.m. (EST) on November 1.
Contact:
.K. Barr, 242-5612 ,
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