ENS 51805

v t e ENS Event
04:00 Mar 17, 2016
Title	Agreement State Report - Abandoned Radium 226 Source Found
Event Description	The following was received from Pennsylvania via email: Lost or abandoned licensed material in a quantity greater than or equal to 1000 times the Appendix C quantities in part 20, reportable as per 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i). A new owner of a facility in Collingdale, Pennsylvania came across a locked room that contained an old lead pig, stamped with a label stating radium-226, 100 mg. The owner contacted Ecology Services, a local radioactive waste management company, who confirmed a dose rate outside the pig. Ecology Services called the Department [PA Bureau of Radiation Protection]. The previous occupant of this facility, Universal Technical Equipment Inc., was licensed by the Department (PA-0187) to possess up to 110 mCi of Ra-226 sealed sources and contracted the removal of the radium source. The Certificate of Disposition documentation was submitted to the Department for license termination. The license was ultimately terminated on January 14, 2015. [PA Bureau of Radiation Protection] Southeast regional inspectors visited the facility today, March 18, 2016, and verified there is a source within the locked pig. A smear test revealed no leakage was detected on the outside of the pig. The source remains in a secured and locked location. More information will be provided upon receipt. PA incident # PA160011

ENS 51805 +/-
Where
Universal Technical Equipment, Inc Collingdale, Pennsylvania (NRC Region 1)
License number:	PA-0187
Organization:	Pa Bureau Of Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+34.8 h1.45 days <br />0.207 weeks <br />0.0477 months <br />)
Opened:	Joseph Melnic 14:48 Mar 18, 2016
NRC Officer:	Daniel Mills
Last Updated:	Mar 18, 2016
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