ENS 56925

v t e ENS Event
07:00 Dec 14, 2022
Title	Lost CARBON-14 Radioactive Material
Event Description	The following information was provided by the Arizona Department of Health Services (the Department) via email: On January 12, 2024, the Department received notification from the licensee that 568 millicuries of C-14 was found to be missing on December 14, 2023. The licensee stated that the radioactive material was last seen sometime in July of 2023 during their last manufacturing run. The Department has requested additional information and continues to investigate the event." Arizona Incident: 24-001 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

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Where
Avent, Inc. Tucson, Arizona (NRC Region 4)
License number:	10-159
Organization:	Arizona Dept Of Health Services
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9468.3 h394.513 days <br />56.359 weeks <br />12.97 months <br />)
Opened:	Brian Goretzki 19:18 Jan 12, 2024
NRC Officer:	Ernest West
Last Updated:	Jan 12, 2024
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