ENS Event | |
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06:00 Apr 11, 2014 | |
| Title | Moisture Density Gauge Lost During Shipment |
| Event Description | The licensee shipped a moisture density gauge to a customer in Billings, Montana. However, the customer notified the licensee that the package had not arrived.
The licensee contacted the common carrier. The common carrier was able to confirm that they had weighed the package at their facility in Salt Lake City, Utah on 4/5/14 and it was scanned at that same facility on 4/9/14. The common carrier said that the normal routing for the package is through the Denver, Colorado office. A search of that facility did not find the package. The moisture density gauge is a Troxler Model 3440 containing 8 mCi of Cs-137 and 40 mCi of Am/Be as of 2004.
The licensee notified NRC that the moisture density gauge was found by the common carrier at the Denver, Colorado office. The gauge was found undamaged, and indications are that the gauge never left the Denver office. The common carrier delivered the gauge to the correct address on 4/17/14. Notified R4DO (Gaddy), FSME (Email), and Canada (Fax). 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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| Qal-Tek Associates Idaho Falls, Idaho (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 11-27610-01 |
| Organization: | Qal-Tek Associates |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9.83 h0.41 days <br />0.0585 weeks <br />0.0135 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Monte Pope 15:50 Apr 11, 2014 |
| NRC Officer: | Charles Teal |
| Last Updated: | Apr 17, 2014 |
| 50028 - NRC Website | |
Qal-Tek Associates with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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