The following was received from the licensee via e-mail:
On 21 February 2019 the Aberdeen Proving Ground Garrison Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) notified [the Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center RSO] of a lost [commercial carrier shipment] containing multiple Chemical Agent Monitor (CAM) detectors. Shipment, dated November 26, 2018.
On November 26, 2018, the Garrison RSO shipped a package containing multiple chemical detectors with radioactive sources. One CAM, serial # 11769, containing 10 mCi of Ni-63 which is owned by the Chemical Biological Center under NRC license 19-10306-01, was included in the package.
The shipment was going to Pine Bluff, Arkansas for final waste disposal.
The Garrison RSO stated that a search for the packaged had been conducted at two [commercial carrier] locations, one in Maryland and one at the Pine Bluff final destination location with no package being found.
This event is related to NRC Event Number 53884.
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