ENS 45781
ENS Event | |
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04:20 Mar 20, 2010 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Theft of Licensed Materials |
| Event Description | The following information was received by e-mail:
On March 19, 2010 at 2350 hours0.0272 days <br />0.653 hours <br />0.00389 weeks <br />8.94175e-4 months <br />, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services-Radiation Branch] was notified by the licensee's Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) that 120 milliCuries of Iridium (Ir)-192 was stolen from one of their trucks parked at a Wal-Mart parking lot in Alice, Texas at about 2320 hours0.0269 days <br />0.644 hours <br />0.00384 weeks <br />8.8276e-4 months <br />. The Ir-192 was contained in six, 20 milliliter vials each containing 20 millicuries (15 grams) of Ir-192 in the form of zero wash [isotope tracer]. Each vial was placed into a labeled lead pig and each pig was then shrink wrapped. The six pigs were then placed into a zip lock bag. The zip lock bag was placed into a tool box in the back of the pick up truck. The licensee stated that the employee had stopped at the Wal-Mart on their way to a job site in south Texas. The RSO stated that the tool box was not locked and other items were stolen from the tool box. The tool box did not have any labeling on it. The RSO stated that the employee did not perform a radiation survey of the pigs, but he estimated the dose rate to be about 100 millirem per hour on the outside of the tool box. Local law enforcement was notified of the theft. Additional information will be provided as it is received. Texas Incident Number: I-8730
At 1730 on March 24, 2010, Alice police department notified the Agency that they had information regarding the location of the radioactive material. The material was subsequently found at a private residence. The material was inspected, surveyed, and returned to the licensee. The shrink wrap around each of the lead pigs was still intact, indicating the glass vials containing the radioactive materials had not been accessed. The Agency is performing dose estimates for the individuals who lived in the home. Notified R4DO (Deese), FSME EO (McIntosh), and FSME (Mauer). Notified ILTAB via email and Mexico via fax. 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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf 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 |
| Where | |
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| Protechnics Alice, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 03835 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.75 h-0.115 days <br />-0.0164 weeks <br />-0.00377 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 01:35 Mar 20, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Mar 26, 2010 |
| 45781 - NRC Website | |
Protechnics with Agreement State | |
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