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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 55405 | 12 August 2021 13:00:00 | 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | Stolen Source Report | The following is a summary of a report by Customs and Border Patrol received via telephone: Five sources were stolen from the back of a truck while it was parked in a hotel lot in the Miami area, after the lock on the truck was broken. The sources were being transported to calibrate Radiation Portal Monitors at Customs and Border Patrol offices in the Miami area. The theft was reported to the US NRC Region 1 Office and the Miami-Dade Police Department (report number: PD210812-254442). Source details: Cf-252, 5.16 microCuries (S/N: N7- 402); Co-57, 75.44 microCuries (S/N: 2187-53-6); Co-60, 9.3 microCuries (S/N: 2185-40-6); Ba-133, 6.7 microCuries (S/N: 1794-56-5); and Cs-137, 6.79 microCuries (S/N: 1288-76-5).
The following is a summary of a report by Customs and Border Patrol received via email: At approximately 0900 EDT on August 12, 2021, the licensee discovered that five sources were stolen out of their truck that was parked at the Element Miami International Airport Hotel. The sources were stored in a shielded pelican case and are low activity sealed sources. There is no significant external radiation exposure risk and the sources are extremely robust reducing the potential for any internal exposure if the capsule were breached. A report was filed with local law enforcement. 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 |