Event Notification Report for August 05, 2003
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
08/04/2003 - 08/05/2003
Other Nuclear Material
Event Number: 40047
Rep Org: FROEHLING &ROBERTSON INC
Licensee: FROEHLING &ROBERTSON INC
Region: 2
City: RICHMOND State: VA
County:
License #: 45-08890-02
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: BILL BRIODY
HQ OPS Officer: CHAUNCEY GOULD
Licensee: FROEHLING &ROBERTSON INC
Region: 2
City: RICHMOND State: VA
County:
License #: 45-08890-02
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: BILL BRIODY
HQ OPS Officer: CHAUNCEY GOULD
Notification Date: 08/05/2003
Notification Time: 09:03 [ET]
Event Date: 08/05/2003
Event Time: 06:30 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 08/05/2003
Notification Time: 09:03 [ET]
Event Date: 08/05/2003
Event Time: 06:30 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 08/05/2003
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(i) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(i) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
Person (Organization):
JAMES MOORMAN (R2)
DOUG BROADDUS (NMSS)
JAMES MOORMAN (R2)
DOUG BROADDUS (NMSS)
STOLEN MODEL 3411 TROXLER GAUGE
A Troxler gauge model # 3411 serial # 10605 containing 4.8 millicuries of Cs-137 (serial # 408040) and 38.8 millicuries Am-241:Be (serial # 462027) was stolen from the back of the technician's pickup truck which was parked in his yard in Norfolk, VA. The gauge was locked in its molded case and chained to the truck. The chain had been cut, and the gauge and case were removed sometime early this morning or late last night from the truck. The police were called to the scene and are investigating. No press release has been issued at this time and no reward has been offered. The licensee notified Reg 2.
* * * UPDATE AT 1437 EDT ON 08/04/03 FROM BILL BRIODY TO JOLLIFFE * * *
At approximately 1200 EDT on 08/04/03, a private citizen found the gauge on the side of I-64 in the Norfolk, VA area. The lock on the case had been cut and there was no significant damage to the case. The sources were undamaged and intact inside the case. The citizen took the gauge to his home and notified the VA Department of Transportation who took possession of the gauge. The licensee plans to submit a written report to NRC Region 2.
Notified R2DO Steve Cahill and NMSS Doug Broaddus.
A Troxler gauge model # 3411 serial # 10605 containing 4.8 millicuries of Cs-137 (serial # 408040) and 38.8 millicuries Am-241:Be (serial # 462027) was stolen from the back of the technician's pickup truck which was parked in his yard in Norfolk, VA. The gauge was locked in its molded case and chained to the truck. The chain had been cut, and the gauge and case were removed sometime early this morning or late last night from the truck. The police were called to the scene and are investigating. No press release has been issued at this time and no reward has been offered. The licensee notified Reg 2.
* * * UPDATE AT 1437 EDT ON 08/04/03 FROM BILL BRIODY TO JOLLIFFE * * *
At approximately 1200 EDT on 08/04/03, a private citizen found the gauge on the side of I-64 in the Norfolk, VA area. The lock on the case had been cut and there was no significant damage to the case. The sources were undamaged and intact inside the case. The citizen took the gauge to his home and notified the VA Department of Transportation who took possession of the gauge. The licensee plans to submit a written report to NRC Region 2.
Notified R2DO Steve Cahill and NMSS Doug Broaddus.
General Information or Other
Event Number: 40087
Rep Org: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV
Licensee: SOURCE PRODUCTION AND EQUIPMENT CO.
Region: 4
City: SAINT ROSE State: LA
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MIKE HENRY
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN MacKINNON
Licensee: SOURCE PRODUCTION AND EQUIPMENT CO.
Region: 4
City: SAINT ROSE State: LA
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MIKE HENRY
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN MacKINNON
Notification Date: 08/19/2003
Notification Time: 14:23 [ET]
Event Date: 08/05/2003
Event Time: 12:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 08/19/2003
Notification Time: 14:23 [ET]
Event Date: 08/05/2003
Event Time: 12:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 08/19/2003
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
BLAIR SPITZBERG (R4)
JOHN HICKEY (NMSS)
BLAIR SPITZBERG (R4)
JOHN HICKEY (NMSS)
OVEREXPOSURE
Louisiana Radiation Protection Division received the following information on August 6, 2003 from Source Production and Equipment Co., located in Saint Rose.
On August 5, 2003 a Hot Cell operator discovered material on the floor that was reading a high radiation level. He believed the source was a form of contamination which he attempted to clean up with his hand and a swipe. It was later discovered the same day that the source was a iridium-192 wafer that had inadvertently been released from the Hot Cell (the caller said that it took them fours hours to find out how the wafer got out of the Hot Cell). The persons radiation badge was sent in for a reading on August 6, 2003. Whole Body dose to the person from the badge was 157 millirems. Hand exposure calculation is still being investigated but the exposure to his hand ranges from 20 Rem to 700 Rems. Two weeks after the incident the person hand does not show any clinical indication to exposure to a high dose of radiation (no reddening). This event is under investigation.
The size of the iridium-192 wafer is approx. 0.1 inches in diameter, 0.01 inches in thickness with a total activity of 7.6 curies.
NRC Region 4 was notified of this event by Louisiana Radiation Protection Division.
Called did not have the licensee's license number or the State of Louisiana event number.
Louisiana Radiation Protection Division received the following information on August 6, 2003 from Source Production and Equipment Co., located in Saint Rose.
On August 5, 2003 a Hot Cell operator discovered material on the floor that was reading a high radiation level. He believed the source was a form of contamination which he attempted to clean up with his hand and a swipe. It was later discovered the same day that the source was a iridium-192 wafer that had inadvertently been released from the Hot Cell (the caller said that it took them fours hours to find out how the wafer got out of the Hot Cell). The persons radiation badge was sent in for a reading on August 6, 2003. Whole Body dose to the person from the badge was 157 millirems. Hand exposure calculation is still being investigated but the exposure to his hand ranges from 20 Rem to 700 Rems. Two weeks after the incident the person hand does not show any clinical indication to exposure to a high dose of radiation (no reddening). This event is under investigation.
The size of the iridium-192 wafer is approx. 0.1 inches in diameter, 0.01 inches in thickness with a total activity of 7.6 curies.
NRC Region 4 was notified of this event by Louisiana Radiation Protection Division.
Called did not have the licensee's license number or the State of Louisiana event number.