ENS Event | |
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20:00 Oct 9, 2023 | |
| Title | Missing Source Following Vehicle Accident |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Radiation Control Program via phone and email:
The Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for DMS Health Technologies Incorporated informed the North Dakota DEQ that a mobile nuclear medicine truck was involved in a vehicle accident around 1400 CDT, one to two miles east of Lakota, ND on Highway 2. The RSO reported that a 10 mCi Co-57 sheet source was unaccounted for. One red ammo can containing a CS-137 and a Ba-133 source, as well as a 500 nanocurie rod source, were found undamaged at the scene. North Dakota Highway Patrol is currently on the scene. NMED Number: ND230002 National Response Center report number: 1381310.
The licensee's RSO contacted North Dakota DEQ to report that the missing Co-57 source had been located at the scene of the vehicle accident. Notified R4DO (Kellar), NMSS, ILTAB, and CNSC (email). 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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| Dms Health Technology Incorporated Lakota, North Dakota (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 33-11325-01 |
| Organization: | North Dakota Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.37 h-0.14 days <br />-0.0201 weeks <br />-0.00462 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Janell Anderson 16:38 Oct 9, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Lawrence Criscione |
| Last Updated: | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 56783 - NRC Website | |
Dms Health Technology Incorporated with Agreement State | |
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