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21:17 Oct 8, 2017 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | The following report was received via e-mail:
California OES [Office of Emergency Services] notified RHB [Radiation Health Branch] Sacramento of the following hazardous material spill report on October 8, 2017: On October 8, 2017, at 1417 [PDT], XRF equipment user, from Millennium Consulting Associates, notified Cal OES that the Niton XRF equipment, Model XLp303, S/N 21870, he uses was stolen from his vehicle that was parked in front of his residence in Alameda. CA. The theft was noticed by the licensee on Sunday October 08, 2017 about 1145. The Niton XLp300 contains a licensed material Cd-109, 40 mCi as of 08/28/16. [The licensee] reported this incident to the Alameda Police on October 8, 2017at 14:45, the Case # is 17-5776. California Report Number: 5010-100817 A Niton XLp300 is used to analyze lead content. 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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| Millennium Consulting Associates Oakland, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | N/A |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+22.52 h0.938 days <br />0.134 weeks <br />0.0308 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Ephrime Mekuria 19:48 Oct 9, 2017 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Oct 9, 2017 |
| 53006 - NRC Website | |
Millennium Consulting Associates with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 530062017-10-08T21:17:0008 October 2017 21:17:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Stolen Cd-109 Source 2017-10-08T21:17:00 | |