ENS 53233
ENS Event | |
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15:30 Feb 28, 2018 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Package Containing Category 2 Sealed Sources Missing in Transit |
| Event Description | The following information was received via E-mail:
QSA Global reported via telephone on 2/28/2018 that a package shipped via [a common carrier] on 2/19/2018 (shipping documents prepared on 2/16/2018), containing two Model A424-9 Ir-192 industrial radiography sealed sources within a Model 650L source changer, was reported as missing via telephone by [the common carrier] at 1030 EST on 2/28/2018. [The common carrier] trace was already initiated and in progress, and tracking indicates last known package location was [the common carrier] hub in Memphis, TN. This was a RQ UN2916, Yellow-III, Type B package with a Transport Index of 1.9 at time of shipment. Package dimensions were 26x22x34 cm. Source changer SN 263. Sources - SN 63782G (111.6 Ci on 2/14/2018) and 73783G (108.0 Ci on 2/14/2018). This situation is an immediately reportable event per regulation. The search for the missing package is ongoing. Agency [Massachusetts Radiation Control Program] currently considers this docket to still be OPEN. Package Origin: Burlington, MA, USA Intended Destination: Bogota, Columbia Notified External: DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Center, USDA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, DOE Ops Center, DHS NICC Watch Officer, and EPA EOC. Notified External via E-mail: FDA EOC, NuclearSSA, FEMA NRCC SASC, FEMA National Watch Center, DNDO-JAC.
QSA Global reported to the Agency that the package was received at its intended destination on 2/26/2018. Agency considers this event to still be OPEN. Massachusetts Radiation Control Program updated Tennessee Division of Radiological Health. Notified R1DO (Bickett), NMSS EO (Rivera-Capella), ILTAB (English), IRD MOC (Pham), and NMSS Events (email). Notified External: DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Center, USDA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, DOE Ops Center, DHS NICC Watch Officer, and EPA EOC. Notified External via E-mail: FDA EOC, NuclearSSA, FEMA NRCC SASC, FEMA National Watch Center, DNDO-JAC.
The following was received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via email: QSA Global provided a 30-day written report received by the Agency on 3/9/18. Agency telephone discussions with QSA Global and [the common carrier] were held on 3/12/18. The following information is provided in order to report previously unreported details: (1) QSA Global confirmed that the 650-L Source Changer is itself a Type B package and was not shipped in an overpack container and therefore was the shipping container, (2) [the common carrier] indicated, as a corrective action, this situation would be included in the lessons learned portion of annual refresher training presented to [the common carrier] employees. In this case, although QSA Global had contact with the international customer on 2/21/18 and 2/23/18, the customer did not follow-up to inform QSA Global when the item actually arrived on 2/26/18 (two days before it was reported to Agency as missing by QSA Global on 2/28/18). Agency considers this event to be CLOSED. Massachusetts Radiation Control Program updated Tennessee Division of Radiological Health. NMED number: 180099 Massachusetts Event: 15-3140 Notified R1DO (Jackson), NMSS EO (Rivera-Capella), ILTAB (Ahern), IRD MOC (Pham), and NMSS Events (email). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 2" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web. |
| Where | |
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| Qsa Global, Inc. Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 12-8361 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.95 h-0.0396 days <br />-0.00565 weeks <br />-0.0013 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Tony Carpenito 14:33 Feb 28, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | David Aird |
| Last Updated: | Apr 11, 2018 |
| 53233 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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