Event Notification Report for May 27, 2022
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
05/26/2022 - 05/27/2022
Agreement State
Event Number: 55919
Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency
Licensee: Mid America Dredging
Region: 3
City: Good Hope State: IL
County:
License #: 9223884
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Brian Lin
Licensee: Mid America Dredging
Region: 3
City: Good Hope State: IL
County:
License #: 9223884
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Brian Lin
Notification Date: 05/31/2022
Notification Time: 09:55 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 05/31/2022
Notification Time: 09:55 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 05/31/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
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Person (Organization):
Szwarc, Dariusz (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Roldan-Otero, Lizette (R4DO)
Szwarc, Dariusz (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Roldan-Otero, Lizette (R4DO)
EN Revision Imported Date: 6/2/2022
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST GAUGE LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA
The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA, The Agency) via email:
"On 05/17/22, a shipment of scrap metal being hauled from Sallisaw, OK to Rogers, AR tripped a portal monitor at the receiving recycling company. It was returned to Oklahoma under DOT-SP AR-OK-22-007. The load was surveyed once returned to Oklahoma and a Thermo Measure Tech model 5201 fixed gauge containing 50 mCi of Cs-137 (s/n B4473) was identified.
"The gauge has since been isolated in a drum and secured in a shed at the Oklahoma recycling facility. Efforts to identify the owner resulted in a call from Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (OK DEQ) to the Illinois program on 5/27/22. IEMA staff were able to identify Mid America Dredging in Good Hope, IL as the owner. Mid America Dredging is registered with the Agency under #9223884 and last reported the gauge as present on 2/15/22.
"Agency staff requested the licensee confirm the gauge was on site and send pictures. Apparently, the `device' the registrant has been exercising control over since 2015 was the outer housing for the gauge which may have a secondary label according to the Sealed Source and Device (SSD) sheet. The licensee suspects the gauge was inadvertently disposed of or abandoned during work in Sallisaw, OK in or around 2015.
"IEMA will address noncompliance with the registrant. This device is generally licensed and registered under 32 Ill. Adm. Code 330.220(a)(4). Due to the activity involved, any loss, theft or diversion is immediately reportable under 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340.1210(a). The registrant did not report, nor was seemingly aware of the loss.
"OK DEQ notified the Headquarters Operations Officer on 5/18/22, and provided an update on 5/27/22. This NMED entry is made to document IEMA actions and track until the gauge is properly returned and/or disposed of. Updates will be provided as they become available."
Reference Event Number 55900 for the initial notification from OK DEQ to the NRC.
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST GAUGE LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA
The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA, The Agency) via email:
"On 05/17/22, a shipment of scrap metal being hauled from Sallisaw, OK to Rogers, AR tripped a portal monitor at the receiving recycling company. It was returned to Oklahoma under DOT-SP AR-OK-22-007. The load was surveyed once returned to Oklahoma and a Thermo Measure Tech model 5201 fixed gauge containing 50 mCi of Cs-137 (s/n B4473) was identified.
"The gauge has since been isolated in a drum and secured in a shed at the Oklahoma recycling facility. Efforts to identify the owner resulted in a call from Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (OK DEQ) to the Illinois program on 5/27/22. IEMA staff were able to identify Mid America Dredging in Good Hope, IL as the owner. Mid America Dredging is registered with the Agency under #9223884 and last reported the gauge as present on 2/15/22.
"Agency staff requested the licensee confirm the gauge was on site and send pictures. Apparently, the `device' the registrant has been exercising control over since 2015 was the outer housing for the gauge which may have a secondary label according to the Sealed Source and Device (SSD) sheet. The licensee suspects the gauge was inadvertently disposed of or abandoned during work in Sallisaw, OK in or around 2015.
"IEMA will address noncompliance with the registrant. This device is generally licensed and registered under 32 Ill. Adm. Code 330.220(a)(4). Due to the activity involved, any loss, theft or diversion is immediately reportable under 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340.1210(a). The registrant did not report, nor was seemingly aware of the loss.
"OK DEQ notified the Headquarters Operations Officer on 5/18/22, and provided an update on 5/27/22. This NMED entry is made to document IEMA actions and track until the gauge is properly returned and/or disposed of. Updates will be provided as they become available."
Reference Event Number 55900 for the initial notification from OK DEQ to the NRC.
Agreement State
Event Number: 55916
Rep Org: MA Radiation Control Program
Licensee: QSA Global
Region: 1
City: Burlington State: MA
County:
License #: 12-8361
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Robert Locke
HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith
Licensee: QSA Global
Region: 1
City: Burlington State: MA
County:
License #: 12-8361
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Robert Locke
HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith
Notification Date: 05/27/2022
Notification Time: 12:48 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2022
Event Time: 07:50 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/12/2022
Notification Time: 12:48 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2022
Event Time: 07:50 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/12/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
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Person (Organization):
Eve, Elise (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
Eve, Elise (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
EN Revision Imported Date: 9/13/2022
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST SEALED SOURCES IN TRANSIT
The following report was received via e-mail from the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program [the Agency]:
"The licensee (QSA Global, Inc., License No. 12-8361) reported at 0851 [EDT] on May 27, 2022 that it discovered on the same day (May 27, 2022) at 0750 [CDT] that a package (Yellow-III, T.I. 2.6, Type A) containing 9 sealed sources (Cs-137; 13.89 Ci total) was reported missing by the shipper. The package was shipped in a 924CO Type A with P496 lead shield pot.
"The package was shipped on April 15, 2022. The destination for the shipment is Schlumberger Technology Corp (c/o: NSSI), Houston, TX, 77087, TX License: L02991. QSA Global received email update on May 27, 2022 that the [common carrier] couldn't physically locate the package. The last known location according to the [common carrier] is their facility in Memphis, TN. Schlumberger Technology Corp confirmed that they have not received the package on May 27, 2022.
"The reporting requirement is immediate and is of 105 CMR 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C.
"The Agency considers this event to be open."
* * * UPDATE ON 06/03/2022 AT 1433 EDT FROM BOB LOCKE TO OSSY FONT * * *
The following information was provided by the Agency via email:
"The licensee reported at 1014 EDT on June 2, 2022, that the package had been found at the Houston, TX [common carrier] facility. It was delivered to its intended destination undamaged at 1500 EDT on June 2, 2022."
Notified R1DO (Jackson) and NMSS Events Notification and ILTAB via email.
* * * UPDATE ON 09/12/2022 AT 1313 EDT FROM ROBERT LOCKE TO ERNEST WEST * * *
The following information was provided by the Agency via email:
"Source/Radioactive Material Information:
"Model Number: CDC.700
"Device/Associated Equipment Information:
"Manufacturer: QSA Global, Inc.
"Model Number: 924CO Type A
"Serial Number: 242
"Corrective Actions Information: No corrective action taken"
The State considers this event closed.
NMED reference number: 220254
Massachusetts event number: 17-5028
Notified R1DO (Young), NMSS Events Notification, and ILTAB via email.
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
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST SEALED SOURCES IN TRANSIT
The following report was received via e-mail from the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program [the Agency]:
"The licensee (QSA Global, Inc., License No. 12-8361) reported at 0851 [EDT] on May 27, 2022 that it discovered on the same day (May 27, 2022) at 0750 [CDT] that a package (Yellow-III, T.I. 2.6, Type A) containing 9 sealed sources (Cs-137; 13.89 Ci total) was reported missing by the shipper. The package was shipped in a 924CO Type A with P496 lead shield pot.
"The package was shipped on April 15, 2022. The destination for the shipment is Schlumberger Technology Corp (c/o: NSSI), Houston, TX, 77087, TX License: L02991. QSA Global received email update on May 27, 2022 that the [common carrier] couldn't physically locate the package. The last known location according to the [common carrier] is their facility in Memphis, TN. Schlumberger Technology Corp confirmed that they have not received the package on May 27, 2022.
"The reporting requirement is immediate and is of 105 CMR 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C.
"The Agency considers this event to be open."
* * * UPDATE ON 06/03/2022 AT 1433 EDT FROM BOB LOCKE TO OSSY FONT * * *
The following information was provided by the Agency via email:
"The licensee reported at 1014 EDT on June 2, 2022, that the package had been found at the Houston, TX [common carrier] facility. It was delivered to its intended destination undamaged at 1500 EDT on June 2, 2022."
Notified R1DO (Jackson) and NMSS Events Notification and ILTAB via email.
* * * UPDATE ON 09/12/2022 AT 1313 EDT FROM ROBERT LOCKE TO ERNEST WEST * * *
The following information was provided by the Agency via email:
"Source/Radioactive Material Information:
"Model Number: CDC.700
"Device/Associated Equipment Information:
"Manufacturer: QSA Global, Inc.
"Model Number: 924CO Type A
"Serial Number: 242
"Corrective Actions Information: No corrective action taken"
The State considers this event closed.
NMED reference number: 220254
Massachusetts event number: 17-5028
Notified R1DO (Young), NMSS Events Notification, and ILTAB via email.
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
Agreement State
Event Number: 55952
Rep Org: NJ Rad Prot And Rel Prevention Pgm
Licensee: Bristol Myers Squibb
Region: 1
City: Princeton State: NJ
County:
License #: 507395
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Sarah Sanderlin
HQ OPS Officer: Karl Diederich
Licensee: Bristol Myers Squibb
Region: 1
City: Princeton State: NJ
County:
License #: 507395
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Sarah Sanderlin
HQ OPS Officer: Karl Diederich
Notification Date: 06/20/2022
Notification Time: 14:40 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/20/2022
Notification Time: 14:40 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/20/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Ambrosini, Josephine (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
Ambrosini, Josephine (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
The following was received from the state of New Jersey, Radioactive Materials Program via email:
"The Radiation Safety Officer [RSO] of Bristol Myers Squibb notified the NJ Department of Environmental Protection that two H-3 exits signs were unable to be located and cannot be found. The RSO believes that the signs were improperly disposed of during facility renovations as demolition waste. The licensee conducted an in-depth exit sign inventory but was unable to locate the two exit signs.
"Loss of material was confirmed on 5/27/2022."
Equipment: H-3 exit sign, SRBT model BR-20-BK, serial numbers C083389 and C083421, 21.6 Ci per exit sign.
State Event Report ID Number: NJ-22-New
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.
The following was received from the state of New Jersey, Radioactive Materials Program via email:
"The Radiation Safety Officer [RSO] of Bristol Myers Squibb notified the NJ Department of Environmental Protection that two H-3 exits signs were unable to be located and cannot be found. The RSO believes that the signs were improperly disposed of during facility renovations as demolition waste. The licensee conducted an in-depth exit sign inventory but was unable to locate the two exit signs.
"Loss of material was confirmed on 5/27/2022."
Equipment: H-3 exit sign, SRBT model BR-20-BK, serial numbers C083389 and C083421, 21.6 Ci per exit sign.
State Event Report ID Number: NJ-22-New
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.