ENS Event | |
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19:00 Nov 14, 2014 | |
| Title | Lost Device With Cadmium-109 Source |
| Event Description | The licensee reports the loss of General License Niton XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) Device, serial # 8622, containing a (Cadmium) Cd-109 source, Serial # NR-7169. The original device source strength was 40 milliCurie however, the current source strength is assayed at .26 milliCurie. The licensee believes the device was accidently disposed of as waste for recycling from the Detroit, MI facility. Efforts to locate and recover the device have been unsuccessful. More information will be provided as it becomes available.
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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| Dte Energy Detroit, Michigan (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | General Licen |
| Organization: | Dte Energy |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+571.12 h23.797 days <br />3.4 weeks <br />0.782 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Robert Tozzie 14:07 Dec 8, 2014 |
| NRC Officer: | John Shoemaker |
| Last Updated: | Dec 8, 2014 |
| 50659 - NRC Website | |
Dte Energy with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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