The following information was provided by the
New Jersey Bureau of Environmental Radiation (
BER) via email:
On 11/22/2024, BER staff called the licensee for an update on their termination process for device serial number 13823, and was informed that the device was transferred to a sister company that was looking to start a site in New York State in 2018. While the device was in New York, it was either lost or stolen. The licensee did not notify BER staff that the device was lost or stolen until 2024, when staff was requesting more information for their request to terminate their general license registration.
Source Information:
Manufacturer: Thermo NITON Analyzers LLC
Model: XLP Series
Serial Number: 13823
Isotope and Activity: Am-241, 30mCi
State Event Report ID Number: TBD
- * * UPDATE ON 01/14/2025 AT 0953 EST FROM CHRISTOPHER GIAQUINTO TO ERIC SIMPSON * * *
The following information was provided by the New Jersey Bureau of Environmental Radiation (BER) via email:
BER would like to close this event. The device was not found and is unlikely to be recovered.
Notified R1DO (Carfang), NMSS Events Notification (email), and ILTAB (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