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04:00 Jun 30, 2000 | |
| Title | Stolen and Recovered Generally Licensed X-Ray Flourescence Analyzer |
| Event Description | A representative for the EPA reported that a Thermo Fisher Scientific Niton XLp 722W XRF metal analyzer was stolen and subsequently recovered. The analyzer was inside a car parked at a hotel in Anderson, South Carolina and was stolen sometime during the night of 6/30/11. The technician using the gauge discovered the theft in the morning and filed a police report. Shortly thereafter, on 6/30/11, the police recovered the gauge at a nearby dumpster. The gauge appear to be undamaged but was sent to the vendor for inspection. The gauge has been returned to the EPA and is currently back in service. The gauge contains a 40 milliCurie Cd-109 source and two Am-241 sources with a total activity of 14.005 milliCuries.
The licensee did not originally recognize the reportability of this event. After discussions with NRC R1 (Welling) and NRC FSME HQ (McIntosh), the licensee is making this report. 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 |
| Where | |
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| Environmental Protection Agency Atlanta, Georgia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | GL-703353-15 |
| Organization: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+98050.6 h4,085.442 days <br />583.635 weeks <br />134.31 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Stephen Ball 14:36 Sep 6, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Sep 6, 2011 |
| 47244 - NRC Website
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[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Device Containing Radioactive Sources Inadvertently Sent to Recycling Facility ENS 472442000-06-30T04:00:00030 June 2000 04:00:00 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Stolen and Recovered Generally Licensed X-Ray Flourescence Analyzer 2006-12-18T05:00:00 | |