Event Notification Report for November 29, 2007
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
11/28/2007 - 11/29/2007
EVENT NUMBERS
43812
General Information or Other
Event Number: 43812
Rep Org: FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL
Licensee: RONAN, INC
Region: 1
City: MIAMI State: FL
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: STEVE FURNACE
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Licensee: RONAN, INC
Region: 1
City: MIAMI State: FL
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: STEVE FURNACE
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Notification Date: 11/29/2007
Notification Time: 16:13 [ET]
Event Date: 11/29/2007
Event Time: 00:00 [EST]
Last Update Date: 11/29/2007
Notification Time: 16:13 [ET]
Event Date: 11/29/2007
Event Time: 00:00 [EST]
Last Update Date: 11/29/2007
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
JOHN ROGGE (R1)
GREG MORELL (FSME)
ILTAB (VIA EMAIL)
JOHN ROGGE (R1)
GREG MORELL (FSME)
ILTAB (VIA EMAIL)
FLORIDA AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - RECOVERED SEALED SOURCES
"[CVG Inc. employee] states that a crate with radioactive symbology is in a warehouse [rented by his company]. [CVG Inc. employee] wants to dispose of it and has asked the state for assistance. He suspects the crate has been there since 1995. Miami inspection office will investigate. A Venezuela company (CVG Inc.) ordered the two sources from Ronan Inc. out of Florence, Ky in 1995. Ronan was contacted and will arrange pick up and return to Kentucky after satisfactory wipe tests and updating paper work. No further action will be taken on this incident."
Investigation determined that the crate contained two RONAN Inc. Cs-137 sources, 300 millicuries each, serial numbers 1535 GK and 1536 GK. The sources were scheduled to be shipped to Venezuela in 1995, but the Captain of the shipping vessel in 1995 refused to accept the radioactive material shipment.
FL Incident Number: FL07-184
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
"[CVG Inc. employee] states that a crate with radioactive symbology is in a warehouse [rented by his company]. [CVG Inc. employee] wants to dispose of it and has asked the state for assistance. He suspects the crate has been there since 1995. Miami inspection office will investigate. A Venezuela company (CVG Inc.) ordered the two sources from Ronan Inc. out of Florence, Ky in 1995. Ronan was contacted and will arrange pick up and return to Kentucky after satisfactory wipe tests and updating paper work. No further action will be taken on this incident."
Investigation determined that the crate contained two RONAN Inc. Cs-137 sources, 300 millicuries each, serial numbers 1535 GK and 1536 GK. The sources were scheduled to be shipped to Venezuela in 1995, but the Captain of the shipping vessel in 1995 refused to accept the radioactive material shipment.
FL Incident Number: FL07-184
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