ENS 42015
ENS Event | |
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06:00 Sep 26, 2005 | |
| Title | Source Lost in Shipment |
| Event Description | This memo is to report a missing/lost Cs-137 (s/n A5-509 100 milliCuries) source and describe the events of its loss under the US Geological Survey License 05-01399-08 as required in 10CFR20.2201. Two well logging sources (Cs-137 and Americium-Beryllium) were shipped by FedEx Overnight on September 21, 2005 from Denver, Colorado to arrive in Salisbury, Maryland on September 22, 2005.
The Cs-137 never arrived at its destination. The status of the sources during transportation was being monitored by the licensee. FedEx was called on September 21, and 22, 2005, about both sources. FedEx assured the license that the sources were in transport and they had only been delayed by normal transportation delays. On Monday, September 23, 2005, when the Cs-137 source still was not at its final destination, the licensee had FedEx put a trace on the Cs-137 source. Later on September 23, 2005, the licensee was informed by FedEx that the Cs-137 source could not be found, that FedEx would continue looking for it and the source had made it to Baltimore-Washington Airport but did not make it to the next scheduled scan point. The Americium/Beryllium (AmBe) source arrived in Salisbury on September 24, 2005 after being delayed in Memphis, TN. A well logging supervisor picked up the AmBe source at the FedEx location in Salisbury, MD and noticed that both Declaration of Dangerous Goods Forms (Cs-137 and AmBe) had been erroneously placed on the AmBe package. This apparently happened in route since FedEx checked both declarations when the shipments were picked up in Denver and placed them back on their respective package.
The package containing the Cs-137 source was located at approximately 1530 CT 09/28/05, in Memphis, TN. The package will be delivered to the Salisbury, MD facility on 09/29/05. Notified NMSS (Reamer), R1DO (Cahill), and R4DO (Spitzburg). Less than the quantity of an IAEA Category 3 source. 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. For some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are IAEA 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. |
| Where | |
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| Us Geological Survey Denver, Colorado (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 05-01399-08 |
| Organization: | Us Geological Survey |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9.52 h0.397 days <br />0.0567 weeks <br />0.013 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Darrell Liles 15:31 Sep 26, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Gott |
| Last Updated: | Sep 28, 2005 |
| 42015 - NRC Website | |
Us Geological Survey with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Source Lost in Shipment 2005-09-26T06:00:00 | |