Event Notification Report for February 07, 2020
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
02/06/2020 - 02/07/2020
EVENT NUMBERS
54515
Agreement State
Event Number: 54515
Rep Org: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV
Licensee: ALPHA-OMEGA SERVICES, INC
Region: 1
City: MEMPHIS State: TN
County:
License #: 10025-L01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JAMES PLATE
HQ OPS Officer: THOMAS KENDZIA
Licensee: ALPHA-OMEGA SERVICES, INC
Region: 1
City: MEMPHIS State: TN
County:
License #: 10025-L01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JAMES PLATE
HQ OPS Officer: THOMAS KENDZIA
Notification Date: 02/07/2020
Notification Time: 14:32 [ET]
Event Date: 02/07/2020
Event Time: 10:12 [EST]
Last Update Date: 02/07/2020
Notification Time: 14:32 [ET]
Event Date: 02/07/2020
Event Time: 10:12 [EST]
Last Update Date: 02/07/2020
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
Person (Organization):
JONATHAN GREIVES (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
JONATHAN GREIVES (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST OR MISSING SOURCE
The following is a synopses of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality email notification to the NRC:
On February 7, 2020 at 1012 EST, the Alpha-Omega Services, Inc., Radiation Safety Officer, contacted the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality by email to report that a High Dose Rate Ir-192 source cannot be located. The source was in transit to Golden, Colorado and was last located at the Common Carrier hub in Memphis, Tennessee. The source serial number is 02-01-2012-001-012220-11606-02. The current activity of the Ir-192 source is 9.987 Ci.
Event Report ID No.: LA20200002
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Category 3 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
The following is a synopses of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality email notification to the NRC:
On February 7, 2020 at 1012 EST, the Alpha-Omega Services, Inc., Radiation Safety Officer, contacted the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality by email to report that a High Dose Rate Ir-192 source cannot be located. The source was in transit to Golden, Colorado and was last located at the Common Carrier hub in Memphis, Tennessee. The source serial number is 02-01-2012-001-012220-11606-02. The current activity of the Ir-192 source is 9.987 Ci.
Event Report ID No.: LA20200002
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Category 3 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf