Re: Auburn Steel, GA Irradiator Source Incidents ?

[David W Lee <lee_david_w@lanl.gov>]

Pete:

        Regarding the Decatur, GA, incident, contact Mark Smith, Director Technical Services, 10811 Withers Cove Park Drive, Charlotte, NC 28273; e-mail:  marks@charlotte.sterigenics.com   Mark has given a PEP class at a couple of Mid-Year meetings in the past entitled "Introduction to Gamma Processing.  Best regards  David


At 08:07 AM 4/19/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Pete,
>Jim Yusko (Penn. Dept. of Environmental Health) is one of  the most
>knowledgeable people in the US on source melts at steel mills. His phone
>no. is 412-442-4000 (Yusko.James@a1.dep.state.pa.us).
>
>The source at the radiation sterilization facility in Georgia, was at RSI,
>Corp. in Decatur, GA.  The source in question was manufactured by a DOE
>contractor as a storage can for 60,000 to 80,000 Curies of Cs-137.  These
>large Cs-137 sources were manufactured at the WESF facility on the Hanford
>Site near Richland, WA.  There is at least one detailed report describing
>the incident, in which one of the WESF cans developed a small,
>intermittent, leak into the shielding pool at the facility. I don't have
>the report no. immediately at hand.
>
>Andy Tompkins
>Woodstock, GA   30189
>
>jatalbq@mindspring.com
>
>At 07:08 AM 4/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>I need some info on a source melt at a steel company in Auburn, NY and also
>>a source encapsulation failure at a sterilization facility somewhere in GA.
>>I am trying to put together a table that briefly describes some source
>>incidents. I tried a search through Quest but came up empty and was hoping
>>someone in radsafe land that is familiar with those two incidents could help
>>me finish this table.
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>Pete C.
>>
>>
>>pcollopy@mjwcorp.com
>>MJW Corporation
>>338 Harris Hill Road
>>Suite 208
>>Williamsville, NY 14221
>>716-631-8291 x3120
>>716-631-5631 (FAX)
>>
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DAVID W. LEE
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Radiation Protection Services, ESH-12
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