AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST CHROMATOGRAPH
The following is a summary of information provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via phone and email:
The licensee reported to the Agency that a generally licensed gas chromatograph could not be located. The device was listed as in use at the licensee's site in Lincolnwood, IL. No record could be found of the device's disposal, and search efforts have been unproductive. An investigation by the Agency is underway.
Device: Shimadzu Scientific Instrument ECD-17
S/N: 1721
Source: 10 mCi Ni-63
Source S/N: 618587
Illinois incident number: IL250046
- * * UPDATE ON 12/12/25 AT 1151 EST FROM GARY FORSEE TO KAREN COTTON * * *
The following is a summary of information provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
Email correspondence was located which indicated that the device was returned to the manufacturer in 2019. Recognizing further documentation of the transfer is unlikely to be available, and that information available to the Agency indicates it was returned, this matter is being closed.
Notified (email) R3DO (Nguyen), NMSS Events Notification, ILTAB.
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