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Co-57, 4 mCi flood source was reported missing. The source was first noticed missing two weeks ago. It was possible source was shipped back to vendor with another flood source that was mailed recently. They are currently checking with their vendor Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products, Inc. to verify their shipment. Jacksonville inspection office contacted to perform site inspection.
Florida incident: FL14-075
- * *UPDATE PROVIDED BY KELLIE ANDERSON TO JEFF ROTTON AT 1313 EDT ON 09/04/2014 * * *
The following is a summary of information provided by the State of Florida via email:
The State of Florida was notified today by the [licensee's] RSO, who made the initial report, that the licensee had found the source and it had been accidently mailed back to their supplier along with another source. The State of Florida will still send an investigator to look into the matter and provide recommendations, otherwise the State of Florida is considering this incident closed.
Notified R1DO (Ferdas), ILTAB (Wray) and FSME Events Resource group via email.
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