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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: Tue, 15-11-2016
ERF description: On July 28th 2006, the factory temporary stopped production for equipment maintenance. On 30/07/2006, the radioactive source box is removed from the manufacturing line and put in a inox container with a layer of lead lining before putting on a cement pedestal for clinker disposal. The Cs-137 source's activity is 10 mCi. This was a sealed radioactive source, put in an protective lead box. The box's dimension was 100x100x120mm. In 8/8/2016, the company detected that radioactive source was loss. Despite best effort from relevant agencies, the source has not been found.
ERF contact person: An Trung Nguyen
ERF address: Reported by Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety of Viet Nam on 15 Nov 2016. Last update on 15 Nov 2016
ERF affiliation: Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety

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