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14:35 Feb 27, 2025 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Lost Industrial Radiography Camera |
| Event Description | The following is a summary of an email received from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Radioactive Materials Branch (NC RMB):
The NC RMB is currently investigating a missing industrial radiography camera. It is unknown at this time whether the camera was missing or stolen. The licensee reported that they stayed the night at a hotel in Kernersville, NC, and discovered the next morning that the camera was missing. They immediately notified NC RMB and the local police department. They are currently reviewing hotel surveillance cameras and waiting for the police to arrive. NC Event Number: 250003 Device Info: Model: Spec 150 S/N: 0320 Source: Ir-192 Activity: 74.0 Ci Notified external: DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Center, USDA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, DOE Ops Center, DHS CISA Central, EPA EOC, FDA EOC, and FEMA National Watch Center. Emailed: Nuclear SSA and CWMD Watch Desk. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Category 2' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Iqs Inspections Kernersville, North Carolina (NRC Region 2) | |
| License number: | 041-0766-1 |
| Organization: | North Carolina Department Of Hhs |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.58 h-0.149 days <br />-0.0213 weeks <br />-0.0049 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Travis Cartoski 11:00 Feb 27, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Natalie Starfish |
| Last Updated: | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 57574 - NRC Website | |
Iqs Inspections with Agreement State | |
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