ENS 40485

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v t e ENS Event
13:00 Jan 28, 2004
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Event Description	THIS IS NOT A NEW REPORT. This event report was originally withheld from public release under the NRC's policy for protecting sensitive unclassified information. The NRC has reevaluated this policy and is now making this event report available to the public with suitable redactions. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE LICENSEE RECEIVED A PACKAGE CONTAINING Cs-137 WHICH EXCEEDED EXTERNAL RADIATION LIMITS BWXT received two type A packages packed inside a larger package from Baker Hughes in Houston, TX on 1/27/04. When they opened the larger package, they discovered that one of the type A packages containing a single 2.5 curie Cs-137 source exceeded the limits (200 mr/hr) for external radiation. The package was measuring 375 mr/hr, however the surface smears were within limits and the package was intact. The seal numbers on the package and manifest matched. The licensee notified both Baker Hughes and the transport company, Emery Worldwide, of the problem. The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. * * UPDATE ON 05/11/08 BY H. Crouch * * * THIS IS NOT A NEW REPORT. This event report was originally withheld from public release under the NRC's policy for protecting sensitive unclassified information. The NRC has reevaluated this policy and is now making this event report available to the public with suitable redactions.

ENS 40485 +/-
Where
Bwx Technologies Lynchburg, Virginia (NRC Region 2)
License number:	SNM-42
Reporting

10 CFR 20.1906(d)(2)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.52 h-0.105 days <br />-0.015 weeks <br />-0.00345 months <br />)
Opened:	David Spangler 10:29 Jan 28, 2004
NRC Officer:	Chauncey Gould
Last Updated:	May 11, 2008
40485 - NRC Website
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v t e Emergency Notification System
BWX Technologies with 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(2)
WEEKMONTHYEAR2005-02-21T18:45:00 [Table view]
[ENS list for BWX Technologies]

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