ENS Event | |
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07:00 Apr 4, 2022 | |
| Title | Found Source |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the Washington State Department of Health, Office of Radiation Protection (the Department) via email:
Action Towing LLC transported a car to the Schnitzer Steel Industries scrap metal facility, and it triggered the scrap yards radiation detectors. The scrap yard staff measured about 35 micro roentgen/hour on the outside of the car. Officials at Schnitzer Steel Industries contacted the Department which resulted in an evaluation of the concern and issuance of a DOT special permit so that the radioactive car could be returned to Action Towing LLC for proper handling. The Action Towing office manager was informed that the staff had seen some sort of radiation equipment in the car, so the Department requested pictures of the equipment. The pictures showed an old military Geiger-Mueller (GM) survey meter and other items. The Department went to Action Towing to investigate the radioactivity. In addition to the old military GM survey meter, which was not radioactive, the Department found two glass tubes containing radioactive material, which measured about 2 milliroentgen/hour on contact. One of the tubes was labeled as radium-226. The Department took the radioactive tubes for disposal, then surveyed the car and found no elevated radioactivity remaining in the car, and therefore released the car for unrestricted use." WA State Item Number: WA240001 |
| Where | |
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| Radius Recycling Burbank, Washington (NRC Region 4) | |
| Organization: | Wa Office Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+17315.9 h721.496 days <br />103.071 weeks <br />23.719 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | James Killingbeck 18:54 Mar 25, 2024 |
| NRC Officer: | Tenisha Meadows |
| Last Updated: | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 57051 - NRC Website | |
Radius Recycling with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Found Source 2022-04-04T07:00:00 | |