ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jan 19, 2011 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Industrial Gauges Inadvertently Sent to Scrap Material Recycler |
| Event Description | General Mills Company in Moonachie, New Jersey notified Terrapin Recycling of Baltimore, Maryland that they inadvertently sent three industrial gauges to Terrapin in a load of scrap material. General Mills has contracted Clym Environmental Services, LLC of Frederick, MD to locate and recover the gauges.
The gauges are Peco Controls Corporation Industrial gauges and each of them contain 100 mCi of Am-241. The State of Maryland has notified the State of New Jersey.
The following information was received from the State of Maryland by email: After searching approximately 800 tons of scrap metal on Friday, January 21, 2011, two of the three devices were located and retrieved from compressed bails. Leak tests were conducted. Results revealed no contamination. The two sources remain secured at Terrapin, pending transportation to an authorized recipient. The search for the third device continues. The State of New Jersey was notified on January 19, 2011. Notified the R1DO (Newport) and FSME (McIntosh). |
| Where | |
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| General Mills Corporation Moonachie, New Jersey (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | Gl |
| Organization: | Maryland Dept Of The Environment |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+5.48 h0.228 days <br />0.0326 weeks <br />0.00751 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Allen Jacobsen 10:29 Jan 19, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
| Last Updated: | Jan 25, 2011 |
| 46552 - NRC Website | |
General Mills Corporation with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Industrial Gauges Inadvertently Sent to Scrap Material Recycler 2011-01-19T05:00:00 | |