ENS Event | |
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05:00 Mar 28, 2017 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Loss Of Control Of A Sealed Source |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the Commonwealth of Kentucky via facsimile:
On 3/28/2017 the licensee left a Cs-137 brachytherapy sealed source at [address provided]. On 3/30/2017 the licensee discovered the source was not in its shielded container and immediately determined the location of the source and took steps to retrieve and secure it. This event is actively being investigated by the licensee. Kentucky Event: KY170003 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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf Note: This device is assigned an IAEA Category 3 value based on the actual radioactivity of the source, not on the device type. (Reference IAEA RG-G-1.9) |
| Where | |
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| Radiation Health Branch Louisville, Kentucky (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 201-501-90 |
| Organization: | Kentucky Dept Of Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+83.25 h3.469 days <br />0.496 weeks <br />0.114 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Curt Prendergrass 16:15 Mar 31, 2017 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Mar 31, 2017 |
| 52654 - NRC Website | |
Radiation Health Branch with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 526542017-03-28T05:00:00028 March 2017 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Loss of Control of a Sealed Source 2017-03-28T05:00:00 | |