Event Notification Report for December 04, 2020
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
12/03/2020 - 12/04/2020
EVENT NUMBERS
55022
55022
Agreement State
Event Number: 55022
Rep Org: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV
Licensee: Alpha-Omega Services, Inc.
Region: 4
City: Vinton State: LA
County:
License #: LA-10025-L01, Amendment 33, AI# 30898
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: James Pate
HQ OPS Officer: Solomon Sahle
Licensee: Alpha-Omega Services, Inc.
Region: 4
City: Vinton State: LA
County:
License #: LA-10025-L01, Amendment 33, AI# 30898
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: James Pate
HQ OPS Officer: Solomon Sahle
Notification Date: 12/04/2020
Notification Time: 15:44 [ET]
Event Date: 12/04/2020
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 12/04/2020
Notification Time: 15:44 [ET]
Event Date: 12/04/2020
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 12/04/2020
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
HEATHER GEPFORD (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
HEATHER GEPFORD (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST HIGH DOSE RATE SOURCE WHILE IN TRANSIT
The following was received from the state of Louisiana via email:
"On December 04, 2020, Alpha-Omega Services RSO contacted the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality / Emergency Response Services Division / Radiation Section to report that a High Dose Rate (HDR) Ir-192 source was lost in transit with the commercial carrier.
"The source was being shipped to Stanford University Medical Center, 820 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
"The source serial number is 02-01-2922-001-111120-11438-41.
"The activity of the Ir-192 source was 11.44 Ci (423.22 GBq) on November 13, 2020 when it was shipped. The source was last tracked in the commercial carrier Memphis, TN Hub on November 14, 2020 at 06:07 am CST."
Louisiana Incident Number: LA20200011
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
Note: This device is assigned an IAEA Category 3 value based on the actual radioactivity of the source, not on the device type. (Reference IAEA RG-G-1.9)
The following was received from the state of Louisiana via email:
"On December 04, 2020, Alpha-Omega Services RSO contacted the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality / Emergency Response Services Division / Radiation Section to report that a High Dose Rate (HDR) Ir-192 source was lost in transit with the commercial carrier.
"The source was being shipped to Stanford University Medical Center, 820 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
"The source serial number is 02-01-2922-001-111120-11438-41.
"The activity of the Ir-192 source was 11.44 Ci (423.22 GBq) on November 13, 2020 when it was shipped. The source was last tracked in the commercial carrier Memphis, TN Hub on November 14, 2020 at 06:07 am CST."
Louisiana Incident Number: LA20200011
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
Note: This device is assigned an IAEA Category 3 value based on the actual radioactivity of the source, not on the device type. (Reference IAEA RG-G-1.9)