ENS Event | |
|---|---|
05:00 Dec 2, 2022 | |
| Title | Found Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection (the Department) via email:
On December 14, 2022, a consultant health physicist informed the Department that a Troxler Model 104-117 nuclear density gauge, serial number 433, containing 3 millicuries of radium-226 beryllium (Ra:Be) had been found. The gauge was found in a trash transfer trailer entering Waste Management, Mountain View Reclamation Landfill on December 2, 2202. This load originated from West Virginia. The load was isolated until consultant health physicist was able to respond on December 13, 2022, to resurvey the trailer. A gamma radiation measurement made at contact with the source housing was 18 milliroentgens/hour. At 1 foot from the approximate location of the source, the gamma dose rate was 5 mrem/hour. No evaluation was made of the neutron dose rate. The device was placed in a locked storage shed posted with a Caution - Radioactive Material sign. The Department was onsite during the recovery of the gauge and continues to investigate its origin. The Department will update this event as soon as more information is provided. Event Report ID No.: PA220030 |
| Where | |
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| N/A Greencastle, Pennsylvania (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | N/A |
| Organization: | Pa Bureau Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+316.77 h13.199 days <br />1.886 weeks <br />0.434 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | John Chippo 09:46 Dec 15, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Ian Howard |
| Last Updated: | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 56273 - NRC Website | |
N/A with Agreement State | |
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