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| ENS 54939 | 9 October 2020 07:58:00 | The following event was received from the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC, ERCM) via email: The incident was reported by (the medical physicist (MP)), who is standing in for local physics administrator who is on vacation. A 50 year old female was being treated with Ir-192 High Dose Rate (HDR). The Authorized Radiation Therapist and Physician were in the room along with (an acting MP with a) temporary license TMP-1. The supervising MP was remote. The supervising MP told the facility that the acting MP was on the license as an AMP ((Authorized MP)), which is why the AMP was in the room. The AMP was actually not on the license. After treatment was complete, the error about the AMP not being on the license was discovered, and the report to the Florida BRC was made. The treatment plan was confirmed before treatment by the AMP. Treatment was delivered as prescribed. Per ERCM: The AMP's license is null and void and TMP-1 is expired. Florida Incident Number: FL20-116. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "NOT RECORDED" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL |
| ENS 53964 | 29 March 2019 15:44:00 | At around 1:50 p.m. EDT, (the radiation safety officer) of Meskel Associates called to notify the BRC (Bureau of Radiation Control) of the loss of a Troxler Soil Moisture Density Gauge Model 3440 S/N 17405, source numbers 507-6784 & 47-12827. The gauge fell off of the back of a pickup truck because the tailgate was down and the gauge was not secured. No injuries were reported, the licensee checked with FHP for collision reports. Five people from the licensee looked for it, none found it. Florida Incident Number FL19-046 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 |