ENS Event | |
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05:00 Mar 1, 2007 | |
| Title | Orphan General License Source Discovered at Scrap Metal Dealer |
| Event Description | A scrap metal dealer, Sims Hugo Neu, discovered a radioactive source during metal sorting activities at their facility. The source is identified as a Krypton-85 Ohmart Gauge; S/N 2862 B X; Source Holder ID BAL; SO# NJ 940602681B. The activity of the source was 65 milliCuries on 10/94. The owner of the source is currently unknown. The source was received at the dealer from a "feeder facility" and so the origin of scrap is not easily traced. The scrap dealer notified the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. New Jersey has been in contact with NRC Region 1 (D. White and D. Janda) and is attempting to track the owner via the serial number. The source has been isolated and secured. Sims Hugo Neu is located at 1 Linden Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. New Jersey is reporting this for information only.
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source |
| Where | |
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| Unknown Jersey City, New Jersey (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Nj Dept Of Environmental Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Information Only | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+29.9 h1.246 days <br />0.178 weeks <br />0.041 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Pat Gardner 10:54 Mar 2, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Mar 2, 2007 |
| 43205 - NRC Website | |
Unknown with Information Only | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 432482007-03-16T04:00:00016 March 2007 04:00:00
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