ENS 53583

v t e ENS Event
04:00 Sep 6, 2018
Title	Agreement State Report - Lost or Stolen Sources
Event Description	The following was received state of Tennessee via email: AMETEK conducted an inventory of their sources and found 4 sealed sources that were unaccounted for and possibly lost or stolen. The total amount of all four of the sources was 8.76 microCi. They are as follows: Mixed gamma, 133 kBq, serial number 1249 Am-241, 2,200 Bq, serial number SS6712 Am-241, 3.873 kBq, serial number 1868 Sr-90, 5 microCuries State Event Report ID NO.: TN-18-151 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

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Where
Advanced Measurement Technologies (Ametek) Oak Ridge, Tennessee (NRC Region 1)
License number:	R-01003-J18
Organization:	Tennessee Div Of Rad Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+12.77 h0.532 days <br />0.076 weeks <br />0.0175 months <br />)
Opened:	Anthony Hogan 16:46 Sep 6, 2018
NRC Officer:	Andrew Waugh
Last Updated:	Sep 6, 2018
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