Missing Shipment?

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

The attached, NRC event report creates more questions than it answers:

(1) The original report states that Fedex records show that the shipment
was delivered on October 26, but the licensee couldn't find it.

(2) The retraction states that the shipment was delivered on November 2.

Where's the problem?  Was it delivered on October 26 and lost by the
licensee, or are Fedex's delivery records fubar?  In any event, someone
lost track of this shipment for a week, so why is the NRC "retracting"
this event report?

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com

|Other Nuclear Material                           |Event Number:
37479       |
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| REP ORG:  SCHERING-PLOUGH                      |NOTIFICATION DATE:
11/01/2000|
|LICENSEE:  SCHERING CORPORATION                 |NOTIFICATION TIME:
16:08[EST]|
|    CITY:  KENILWORTH               REGION:  1  |EVENT DATE:
11/01/2000|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  NJ |EVENT
TIME:             [EST]|
|LICENSE#:  29-00244-02           AGREEMENT:  N  |LAST UPDATE DATE:
11/02/2000|
|  DOCKET:
|+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON
ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |JACK MCFADDEN
R1      |
|                                                |JOHN HICKEY
NMSS    |
+------------------------------------------------+
|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  JAEGER
|                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  BOB STRANSKY
|                             |
+------------------------------------------------+
|
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A
|                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:
|                             |
|BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i)    LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
|                             |
|
|                             |
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|                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT
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| MISSING SHIPMENT OF
I-125                                                    |
|
|
| The licensee reported that a shipment of I-125 (10 vials, 100 µCi
each) that |
| was scheduled to arrive via FedEx on 10/31/00 cannot be located. When
the    |
| package was not checked in to the RSO on 10/31/00, the licensee
contacted    |
| the local FedEx office and attempted to locate the package. According
to     |
| FedEx, the package was delivered on 10/26/00. The licensee stated
that       |
| incoming FedEx packages are not invoiced and signed for
individually;        |
| instead, a master list of packages is presented with the delivery
(the       |
| packages are scanned when they are loaded onto the truck). The package
has   |
| not been reported as misdelivered by any other FedEx
customers.              |
|
|
| * * * RETRACTED AT 1515 EST ON 11/2/00 BY FRED JAEGER TO FANGIE JONES
* * *  |
|
|
| The licensee is retracting the event notification because they
received the  |
| shipment today from FedEx fully intact and complete, just late.
They        |
| discussed this with NRC Region 1 (Eric Reber) who informed John
Kinneman.    |
|
|
| The R1DO (Pete Eselgroth) and NMSS (Brian
Smith).                            |
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