The following is a summary of information provided by the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment via email:
One static eliminator was declared lost by the licensee. The licensee believes the device was lost during shipment back to the manufacturer on 07/02/2024.
Licensee: Avago Tech
Manufacturer: NRD, LLC
Quantity: 1
Device: Static Eliminator
Model: P-2042
Isotope: Po-210
Original activity: 5 mCi as of 4/27/2023
Decayed activity: 0.254 mCi as of 12/12/2024
Notifications: Colorado Regulations Section 4.51.1.1 (10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i))
Colorado Event Report ID Number: CO240032
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