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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, 02-11-1999
ERF description: When preparing documentation on 19 October 1999 for the consignment of sources from Sellafield site to Drigg Low Level Waste Disposal Site, it was discovered that a Type A transport container was proposed when a type B container was required to comply with the Transport Regulations for the quantity of material to be transported. The consignment was therefore suspended. A review of previous transfers revealed that the incorrect package has been used for similar transfers between the Sellafield and Drigg sites for a number of years. Consignment in an incorrect package is being regarded as equivalent to breach of a limit or condition.
A mangement investigation is now underway to determine the cause of this incident.
There has been no safety impact and there are no environmental or health implications.
ERF rating date: 28-10-1999
ERF contact person: Andrew Coatsworth
ERF address: Bootle, Merseyside,, United Kingdom
ERF affiliation: NII, St. Peters House

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