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Event Report Forms (ERFs) are filed to the IAEA. Sometimes there are multiple event reports, updating the rating, the event description. Here you only see the latest event report

ERF send date: Thu, 13-02-2020
ERF description: Ra-226 source found, activity estimated to 73 MBq, indications suggest it is a Static Eliminator, manufactured before 1970. Dose rate at surface 850 microSv/h and at 1 meter 15 microSv/hour.

There has been no release or significant doses to workers or members of the public (max worker dose of the order of 1-5 mSv (if shift is 8 hours/day over 4 days and maintaining a constant contact to the part of the container where the source was located. Therefore, likely Category 0 on basis of people and the environment.

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ERF rating date: 13-12-2019
ERF contact person: Monica Dobbertin
ERF address: Reported by Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority of Norway on 13 Feb 2020. Last update on 13 Feb 2020
ERF affiliation: Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority

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