ENS Event | |
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06:00 Feb 6, 2006 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Stolen Radioactive Sources |
| Event Description | The State provided the following information via facsimile:
On December 26, 2005 morning, the licensee discovered that their facility was burglarized sometime between 12/24 & 12/25/05. The licensee immediately contacted the Houston Police Department (HPD) to process a report. After conducting a quick tour of the facility with the police, the licensee noticed that some test equipment and a combination safe were taken from the test room. The safe contained (2) Cs-137 calibration/check sources @ 200 microcuries each. The safe was locked and was posted with a 'Caution Radioactive Material' sign. The Houston police were given all required information to conduct an investigation. The licensee also contacted their consultant, Bruce Bristow of Radiation Consultants, Inc. regarding the incident and were advised to purchase (2) replacement sources from the same manufacturer with the same source strength. The Texas Incident Number is I-8296. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. |
| Where | |
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| Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L04895 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of State Health Se |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9.57 h0.399 days <br />0.057 weeks <br />0.0131 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Latischa Hanson 15:34 Feb 6, 2006 |
| NRC Officer: | Joe O'Hara |
| Last Updated: | Feb 6, 2006 |
| 42316 - NRC Website | |
Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics with Agreement State | |
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