A shipment of licensed material was shipped from our CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity, CARA, located in Pine Bluff,
AR on 3 February 2014 was not received by the consignee, Frontier Technology Corporation, 1641 Burnett Drive, Xenia, OH 45385, [Ohio license # - 03214290000]
The source, a 1.3 mCi Frontier Model 100 Cf-252 source Serial Number 4151, was shipped in a DOT Spec 7A Type A container. The transportation index on the package was 2.
This was one of two items shipped from CARA, Pine Bluff, AR [scheduled to arrive on February 10, 2014]. The second source, serial number 4152, was received by Frontier Technology Corporation today along with an unrelated package containing what appeared to be environmental samples in a combination package.
Common Carrier has not claimed that they have lost physical control.
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