ENS Event | |
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21:00 Sep 10, 2004 | |
| Title | Misplaced Import Radioactive Shipment |
| Event Description | On September 4, 2004 a radioactive shipment, under a General Licensee, was flown into JFK Airport via Air France Flight # 6492 (flight arrived at 2345 hours0.0271 days <br />0.651 hours <br />0.00388 weeks <br />8.922725e-4 months <br />). The radioactive shipment, 6 pound Bio Pack package with White Label 1 with a Transportation Index (TI) number of 0 , went through customs. On September 10, 2004 Transnuclear, Inc sent a freight truck to pick up the shipment at Air France. Air France personnel were unable to locate the package and they said that they had misplaced the package. The BioPack contains 4 sample tubes of uranium hexafluoride. The four sample tubes are LEU. Total is 0.038 kg of uranium hexafluoride of which 0.025 kg is LEU uranium. Transnuclear, Inc is supposed to ship the BioPack to Framatome ANP located in Richland, WA.
Transnuclear,Inc. was notified by email that the package had been located at the JFK Air France Terminal. Transnuclear, Inc. will arrange to pick up the package and eventually deliver it to Framatone ANP located in Richland, WA. NRC (John Wray) was notified of this by John Mangusi. NRC R1DO (Larry Doerflein), NRC R4DO (Dale Powers) & NMSS EO (M. Burgess) notified. |
| Where | |
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| Transnuclear, Inc. New York, New York (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Transnuclear, Inc |
| Reporting | |
| Information Only | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+38.62 h1.609 days <br />0.23 weeks <br />0.0529 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | John Mangusi 11:37 Sep 12, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | Sep 14, 2004 |
| 41036 - NRC Website | |
Transnuclear, Inc. with Information Only | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 410362004-09-10T21:00:00010 September 2004 21:00:00
[Table view]Information Only Misplaced Import Radioactive Shipment 2004-09-10T21:00:00 | |