Event Notification Report for September 01, 2015
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
08/31/2015 - 09/01/2015
EVENT NUMBERS
51408
Non-Agreement State
Event Number: 51408
Rep Org: KNAUFF INSULATION
Licensee: KNAUFF INSULATION
Region: 3
City: SHELBYVILLE State: IN
County:
License #: GL
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: CHRISTOPHER MAHIN
HQ OPS Officer: VINCE KLCO
Licensee: KNAUFF INSULATION
Region: 3
City: SHELBYVILLE State: IN
County:
License #: GL
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: CHRISTOPHER MAHIN
HQ OPS Officer: VINCE KLCO
Notification Date: 09/18/2015
Notification Time: 15:34 [ET]
Event Date: 09/01/2015
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/18/2015
Notification Time: 15:34 [ET]
Event Date: 09/01/2015
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/18/2015
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):
KENNETH RIEMER (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICA (EMAI)
ROBERT BUNCH (email) (ILTA)
KENNETH RIEMER (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICA (EMAI)
ROBERT BUNCH (email) (ILTA)
LOST GAS CHROMATOGRAPH SOURCE
When requested by the NRC, the licensee was unable to locate a 15 mCi Ni-63 source. The source was used in a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph electron capture detector. The licensee noted that the device may have been decommissioned, but a fire at their facility effectively destroyed all records that could be used to located the source.
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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
When requested by the NRC, the licensee was unable to locate a 15 mCi Ni-63 source. The source was used in a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph electron capture detector. The licensee noted that the device may have been decommissioned, but a fire at their facility effectively destroyed all records that could be used to located the source.
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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf