ENS Event | |
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05:00 May 15, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Missing Static Eliminator |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of Illinois via email:
By letter received on June 23, 2015, the registrant [Lakeland Plastics] advised [the Illinois Emergency Management Agency] that a static eliminator provided to them under general license is missing although believed to be still at their facility. The device was received on May 22, 2014 for use with special projects to control dust. When the lease for the device came up for renewal a year after its initial receipt, it was discovered to be missing. It was last used in March of this year. Efforts have been underway since June 11, 2015, to locate the device. The registrant indicates that a new and more rigorous check out procedure has been developed to prevent future recurrence of this event for its other static eliminator. The current activity of the missing item is 1.4 milliCi. Given the age, form, and design of the static eliminator, no exposure to employees or the public is suspected. This item will remain open for the required time until the source is declared as lost or is recovered. Radionuclide: Po-210 Activity: 0.0014 Ci [1.4 milliCi] or 0.0518 GBq Manufacturer: NRD, Inc. Model Number: P-001 Serial Number: A2JX845 IL Report ID: IL15014 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 |
| Where | |
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| Lakeland Plastics Mundelein, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | General |
| Organization: | Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1087.93 h45.33 days <br />6.476 weeks <br />1.49 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Daren Perrero 12:56 Jun 29, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Jun 29, 2015 |
| 51188 - NRC Website | |
Lakeland Plastics with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 511882015-05-15T05:00:00015 May 2015 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Missing Static Eliminator 2015-05-15T05:00:00 | |