Event Notification Report for June 11, 2007
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
06/10/2007 - 06/11/2007
Other Nuclear Material
Event Number: 43442
Rep Org: WYETH RESEARCH LABORATORY
Licensee: WYETH RESEARCH LABORATORY
Region: 1
City: COLLEGEVILLE State: PA
County:
License #: 37-00401-03
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: ROBERT WICKLINE
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Licensee: WYETH RESEARCH LABORATORY
Region: 1
City: COLLEGEVILLE State: PA
County:
License #: 37-00401-03
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: ROBERT WICKLINE
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Notification Date: 06/25/2007
Notification Time: 13:09 [ET]
Event Date: 06/11/2007
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/29/2007
Notification Time: 13:09 [ET]
Event Date: 06/11/2007
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/29/2007
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(ii) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(ii) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X
Person (Organization):
RAY POWELL (R1)
CINDY FLANNERY (FSME)
ILTAB (via email)
RAY POWELL (R1)
CINDY FLANNERY (FSME)
ILTAB (via email)
ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT SHIPPED OFF SITE WITH RADIOACTIVE SOURCES INSTALLED
During a scheduled radioactive source leak test and inventory activity on 18 June 2007, the licensee discovered two Ni-63 sources missing. It was determined that the sources had been shipped off site with the analytical instrument they were installed in on 06/11/07 for an upgrade to a part of the instrument not related to the radioactive sources. The device is a Berger supercritical fluid extraction device and the sealed source device is an Accenture G-2390A, source serial numbers U0891 and U0892. Each source activity level is 14 millicuries. The instrument is scheduled to be returned to the licensee after the upgrade is complete on 06/28/07. The licensee plans to remove the sources from the instrument since their lab has never used that portion of the instrument in the operation of their laboratory.
* * * UPDATE FROM WICKLINE TO HUFFMAN AT 1408 EDT ON 6/29/07 * * *
The licensee provided the following information via email:
The Berger Supercritical Fluid Chromatography instrument with the generally licensed Ni-63 source was returned to Wyeth on 6/29/07. The source was intact. Doses to personnel from the source are not expected because Ni-63 is a weak beta emitter. R1DO (Powell) and FSME EO (Flannery) notified.
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.
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
During a scheduled radioactive source leak test and inventory activity on 18 June 2007, the licensee discovered two Ni-63 sources missing. It was determined that the sources had been shipped off site with the analytical instrument they were installed in on 06/11/07 for an upgrade to a part of the instrument not related to the radioactive sources. The device is a Berger supercritical fluid extraction device and the sealed source device is an Accenture G-2390A, source serial numbers U0891 and U0892. Each source activity level is 14 millicuries. The instrument is scheduled to be returned to the licensee after the upgrade is complete on 06/28/07. The licensee plans to remove the sources from the instrument since their lab has never used that portion of the instrument in the operation of their laboratory.
* * * UPDATE FROM WICKLINE TO HUFFMAN AT 1408 EDT ON 6/29/07 * * *
The licensee provided the following information via email:
The Berger Supercritical Fluid Chromatography instrument with the generally licensed Ni-63 source was returned to Wyeth on 6/29/07. The source was intact. Doses to personnel from the source are not expected because Ni-63 is a weak beta emitter. R1DO (Powell) and FSME EO (Flannery) notified.
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.
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
General Information or Other
Event Number: 43417
Rep Org: ALABAMA RADIATION CONTROL
Licensee: BUILDING & EARTH SCIENCES OF COLUMBUS
Region: 1
City: PHENIX CITY State: AL
County:
License #: GA 1136-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DAVID A. TURBERVILLE
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN MacKINNON
Licensee: BUILDING & EARTH SCIENCES OF COLUMBUS
Region: 1
City: PHENIX CITY State: AL
County:
License #: GA 1136-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DAVID A. TURBERVILLE
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN MacKINNON
Notification Date: 06/11/2007
Notification Time: 16:57 [ET]
Event Date: 06/11/2007
Event Time: 08:05 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 06/11/2007
Notification Time: 16:57 [ET]
Event Date: 06/11/2007
Event Time: 08:05 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 06/11/2007
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN (R1)
SCOTT MOORE (FSME)
LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN (R1)
SCOTT MOORE (FSME)
ALABAMA AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - A GEORGIA LICENSED MOISTURE DENSITY WAS DAMAGED IN ALABAMA
This event was received via facsimile from the State of Alabama
"SUBJECT: Alabama Incident 07-25 - Damage to Instrotek Model 3500 Moisture Density Gauge.
"On the morning of June 11, 2007 at approximately 8:05 am CDT, the Alabama Office of Radiation Control received a phone call from a representative of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources advising the Agency that a moisture density gauge containing radioactive material had been run over by a dozer at a temporary job site in Phenix City, Alabama. The gauge was an Instrotek model 3500, serial number 583 containing 10 millicuries of Cs -137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241:Be. The licensee, Building and Earth Sciences of Columbus, Georgia notified the Georgia Department of Natural Resources at the time the incident occurred. Upon notification, the writer called the licensee's technician at the site to check the status of the incident. According to the licensee, the sources were in the shielded position and the area was restricted. The licensee's Radiation Safety Officer arrived at the scene and surveyed the area, the dozer and the gauge. Radiation levels around the gauge were found to be within the normal range. The gauge was placed in the transport container and returned to the licensee's facility and a leak test was performed. Leak test results are pending. Building and Earth Sciences is authorized to possess and use radioactive material under their Georgia Radioactive Material License No. GA. 1136-1.
"This is all the information that this Agency has at this time and is current as of 3:00 pm CDT, June 11, 2007."
This event was received via facsimile from the State of Alabama
"SUBJECT: Alabama Incident 07-25 - Damage to Instrotek Model 3500 Moisture Density Gauge.
"On the morning of June 11, 2007 at approximately 8:05 am CDT, the Alabama Office of Radiation Control received a phone call from a representative of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources advising the Agency that a moisture density gauge containing radioactive material had been run over by a dozer at a temporary job site in Phenix City, Alabama. The gauge was an Instrotek model 3500, serial number 583 containing 10 millicuries of Cs -137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241:Be. The licensee, Building and Earth Sciences of Columbus, Georgia notified the Georgia Department of Natural Resources at the time the incident occurred. Upon notification, the writer called the licensee's technician at the site to check the status of the incident. According to the licensee, the sources were in the shielded position and the area was restricted. The licensee's Radiation Safety Officer arrived at the scene and surveyed the area, the dozer and the gauge. Radiation levels around the gauge were found to be within the normal range. The gauge was placed in the transport container and returned to the licensee's facility and a leak test was performed. Leak test results are pending. Building and Earth Sciences is authorized to possess and use radioactive material under their Georgia Radioactive Material License No. GA. 1136-1.
"This is all the information that this Agency has at this time and is current as of 3:00 pm CDT, June 11, 2007."