The State provided the following information via facsimile:
[Florida Bureau of Radiation Control was] informed at 1600 hours0.0185 days <br />0.444 hours <br />0.00265 weeks <br />6.088e-4 months <br /> that (8) Pd-103 seeds and (8) I-125 seeds, all in one box are lost. Box was labeled for a delivery to North American Scientific. Box was left in restricted area over night and was found missing the next day. Housekeeping was suspected of throwing box in the trash. Surveys were performed, dumpster was checked, and North American Scientific was contacted. No further action will be taken on this incident.
Activity of Pd-103 seeds 1.2 milliCuries per seed, I-125 seeds 0.381 microCuries per seed. Licensee is retraining staff on proper disposal procedures.
FL Incident Number: FL08-066
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.
This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the
IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source