ENS 46579
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jan 26, 2011 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Missing Radioactive Material Shipment |
| Event Description | The following Agreement State Report was received via fax:
The Radiation Safety Officer of QSA Global, Inc. reported the following information on February 2, 2011, to the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program: On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, QSA shipped a radioactive [High Dose Rate] HDR source to Memorial Hospital SW Cancer Center in Houston, TX. It was scheduled to deliver on Friday, January 28. On Monday, January 31, the [common carrier] tracking website still showed it as 'At destination sort facility' in Houston, TX. [The common carrier] was called to track the package, and we [QSA Global, Inc.] were told that it was actually still in Memphis, TN. A trace was requested. The [common carrier] trace number is [redacted]. [The common carrier] said they would inform us with any new information. As of this morning, Tuesday, February 1, there was no news, so [the common carrier] was called. We were informed that the package was indeed LOST. We gave [the common carrier] a physical description of the package, and informed them of the importance of locating this package due to the fact that it was radioactive. They will call with any results. The specifics of the package are as follows: Isotope - Ir-192 Activity - 10.951 Ci / 405.2. GBq Container s/n - 81C6 Source s/n - D36C-6084 Surface reading - 26.0 mr/hr Transport Index - 0.4
On February 3, 2011, the licensee notified the Agency [Massachusetts Radiation Control Program] that the missing / lost shipment was found. The licensee reported that the shipment was never actually lost. It had been delivered to the hospital on 1/27/11 under a different air way bill number and the licensee was not aware of the new number. On February 4, 2011, the Agency asked the licensee for the new air way bill number, received the new number from the licensee, and used the [common carrier] tracking system to confirm the shipment was received on January 27, 2011. Notified R1DO (Dwyer) and FSME EO (Villamar). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 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 some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source |
| 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:+149.12 h6.213 days <br />0.888 weeks <br />0.204 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Josh Daehler 10:07 Feb 1, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | John Shoemaker |
| Last Updated: | Feb 4, 2011 |
| 46579 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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