ENS Event | |
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07:00 Sep 5, 2019 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the Arizona Department of Health Services via email:
The Department [Arizona Department of Health Services] received notification on October 8, 2019, that a Humboldt 5001 series, SN#5820, portable gauge was stolen from a work site in San Luis, Arizona, on September 5, 2019. The portable gauge contains 44 milliCuries of americium-241 and 11 milliCuries of cesium-137. The Arizona Department of Public Safety and the San Luis Police Department were notified of the event by the licensee on September 5th and a police report was filed. The Department [Arizona Department of Health Services] has requested additional information and continues to investigate the event." Arizona Incident Number: 19-023 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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| Nei Geotechnical Yuma, Arizona (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 14-028 |
| Organization: | Arizona Dept Of Health Services |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+802.13 h33.422 days <br />4.775 weeks <br />1.099 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Brian Goretzki 17:08 Oct 8, 2019 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Herrera |
| Last Updated: | Oct 8, 2019 |
| 54317 - NRC Website | |
Nei Geotechnical with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 543172019-09-05T07:00:0005 September 2019 07:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Nuclear Density Gauge Stolen from Job Site 2019-09-05T07:00:00 | |