The following report was received from the
New York Department of Health:
An employee of TRC [TRC ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION] put a Niton XLP-300, XRF [X-Ray fluorescence analyzer] containing 40 milliCuries of Cadmium 109 on the overhead shelf of New Jersey Transit bus #8306 and then forgot to collect the case when he got off the bus and went home. The employee contacted the NJT [New Jersey Transit] offices at approximately 0845 [EDT] on Friday, 8/26/2016, to inquire about the lost case. He provided a description of the case and a photo of a similar case. Claim number L487457 was assigned to the matter by NJT. As of 1730 on 8/26/2016, NJT staff had not located the case. A TRC Project Manager visited the PABT [Port Authority Bus Terminal] in New York City at approximately 1430 on Friday 8/26/2016. When the bus arrived, the TRC Project Manager inquired with the driver if the case had been found and double checked the bus, but did not locate the case. The TRC Project Manager also went to Customer Service/Lost and Found at PABT for NJT and made an additional claim, number L487502, with his mobile contact number should device be returned to PABT. The TRC employee will check in with the NJT lost and found department later in the evening on 8/26/2016 to ask if the case has been located.
See also EN-52206.
New York Event # NY-16-05
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