The following was received via fax:
The Radiation Safety Officer [RSO] for Parsons called to report that four (4) generally licensed fixed slurry moisture gauges were missing. Each gauge contained 90 microCuries of cesium-137. All devices were of Ronan Engineering RLL-1 1619 5L2A3 make and model, and sources were of Ronan SRC-PT-CS-90UCL make/model. The device serial nos. are: DX-520 with source s/n DE-520; DX-814 with source s/n DE-814; DX-816 with source s/n DE-816; and DX-818 with source s/n DE-818. These sources were inadvertently left at 522 Gerelock Road, Camillus, New York 13031 following completion of extensive contract work for Honeywell International. The sources were identified as lost by the RSO on March 15, 2019, at 1600 EDT. These sources were not found upon the RSO's return to the Camillus facility, and the RSO reported the lost sources to NYSDOH [New York State Department of Health] on March 18, 2019, at 0830 EDT. Parsons will be contacting Honeywell International and other contractors at this facility to locate the missing sources. NYSDOH Incident number 1272 assigned to track this event.
New York Event Report ID No.: NY-19-01
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