The following information was provided by the
Colorado Department of Health (the Department) via email:
On July 19, 2023, Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. informed the Department that they rented a generally licensed Viken PB200i XRF device (SN: 1015) containing a 5 millicurie, cobalt-57 sealed source to Hi-Tech Environmental located in Brooklyn, New York on July 7, 2021. Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. stated that as of October 25, 2022, Hi-Tech Environmental stopped replying to emails, stopped paying their rental balance, and was not providing information for returning the device. Geotech Environmental Equipment also stated that as of June 26, 2023, they made the decision to report the XRF device as a transferred device on their 2023 general radioactive material license registration inventory.
Based on the description of the event, the device was not transferred and as of July 19, 2023 the Department has determined that Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. lost the generally licensed Viken PB200i XRF device (SN: 1015).
Colorado Event Report ID Number: CO230022
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