PNO-I-81-105, on 810918,Iriditron-100 Projector Containing 65 Ci Ir-192 Discovered Missing.Possibly Caused by Theft Perpetrated by Former Employee.Projector Later Found in Nearby Bldg.Police Investigation Continuing
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| Site: | 03013105 |
| Issue date: | 09/18/1981 |
| From: | Joyner J, Kinneman J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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Sentember 18, 1981 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-I 105 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of PO'SSIBLE safety or V
public interest significance.
The information is as initially received without verifi-cation or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by IE staff on this date.
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E. L. Conwell and Company Notification of Vausual Event Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Docket No. 30-13105 Alert Site Area Emergency General Emergenc/
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STOLEN RADIOGRAPHY SOURCE About 2:50 p.m. on September 18, 1981, a former employee of the licensee returned to the licensee's office to pick up some insurance forms and left. The employee had been laid off about two weeks previously and was reportedly unhappy with the company. About 3:30 p.m. the licensee discovered that an Iriditron-100 projector containing 65 curies of iridium-192 was missing.
The projector was definitely known to have been in the storage cabinet at 2:45 p.m.
The NRC, police and local news organizations were immediately notified and a search initiated. The police contacted the former employee by phone and he denied removing the source. About 1:20 a.m. co September 18, 1981, the projector was found by a security guard in a nea.by' building under construction.
The projector was intact and did not appear to have been tampered with. The police investigation is continuing. A special inspection to r9 view this occurrence will be scheduled within two weeks.
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Region I received notification of this occurrence at about 5:50 p.m. on September 17, 1981 from the Headquarters Duty Officer. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been inforined.
Region I is responding to news media inquiries, but a press release is not planned.
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