The following was received from the State of
Nebraska via fax:
On November 4, 2014 Simon Contractors, a Nebraska licensee, shipped a Troxler model 3450, s/n 355 containing 8 mCi of Cs-137 (s/n 750-5840) and 40 mCi of Am-241:Be (s/n 47-3188) to Qal-Tek Associates by YRC Freight. Qal-Tek is located in Idaho Falls, ID. YRC Freight picked up the gauge from Simon Contractors in North Platte, NE on November 4, 2014. YRC transported the gauge to their terminal in Kansas City, MO. The gauge was expected to arrive at Qal-Tek on November 11. Since the gauge was not delivered, Qal-Tek contacted YRC on November 13. On November 14, YRC contacted Qal-Tek and YRC considered the gauge as lost. At 1630 [CST] on the 14th, Qal-Tek contacted Simon Contractors and notified them of the status of the gauge. Qal-Tek also contacted the NRC of the event. On Monday, November 17 at 0815 [CST], Simon called the Nebraska Health and Human Services, Office of Radiological Health to report the missing gauge.
This is the same incident as NRC Event 50615 (reported by Qal-Tek).
- * * UPDATE FROM JIM DEFRAIN TO CHARLES TEAL AT 0920 EST ON 11/18/14 * * *
The gauge has been located by YRC Freight.
Notified R4DO (Hagar) and NMSS Events Notification 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