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The following information was provided by … The following information was provided by the Commonwealth of Virginia Radioactive Materials Program (RMP) via email:</br>On November 3, 2022 at 0935 EST, the RMP received a call from Gerdau Metals Recycling Company that a load of scrap metal being received set off the radiation monitoring detector. The load was dumped and surveyed with a hand held survey meter. A Cs-137 dose calibrator reference source (E-vial) was found among the scrap metal in its accompanying lead shield complete with markings. The highest radiation measured on contact was 1.3 mR/hr.</br>On November 4, 2022, the RMP inspector visited the site and performed a general survey to ensure that there are no other sources in the scrap metals. It was confirmed that there are no other sources in the load. The source was marked as an Amersham Model CDR.562 Cs-137 source S/N CB557 with an initial activity of 260 microcuries on 13 December 1990. The decayed activity as of 11/4/2022 is about 124.5 microcuries. The RMP inspector coordinated with a local medical physicist and determined that this source was on the list of the inventory, which was conducted in April 2007, of one of the local diagnostic medical imaging centers, whose license was terminated in January 2009. The source was supposed to be transferred to another local hospital during the termination of the license. Currently, the RMP is working with Gerdau Metal Recycling Company and a local health physicist for the proper disposal of the source. The report will be updated.</br>Virginia Event Report ID: VA220004</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Less than Cat 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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The following information was provided by … The following information was provided by the Commonwealth of Virginia Radioactive Materials Program (RMP) via email:</br>On November 3, 2022 at 0935 EST, the RMP received a call from Gerdau Metals Recycling Company that a load of scrap metal being received set off the radiation monitoring detector. The load was dumped and surveyed with a hand held survey meter. A Cs-137 dose calibrator reference source (E-vial) was found among the scrap metal in its accompanying lead shield complete with markings. The highest radiation measured on contact was 1.3 mR/hr.</br>On November 4, 2022, the RMP inspector visited the site and performed a general survey to ensure that there are no other sources in the scrap metals. It was confirmed that there are no other sources in the load. The source was marked as an Amersham Model CDR.562 Cs-137 source S/N CB557 with an initial activity of 260 microcuries on 13 December 1990. The decayed activity as of 11/4/2022 is about 124.5 microcuries. The RMP inspector coordinated with a local medical physicist and determined that this source was on the list of the inventory, which was conducted in April 2007, of one of the local diagnostic medical imaging centers, whose license was terminated in January 2009. The source was supposed to be transferred to another local hospital during the termination of the license. Currently, the RMP is working with Gerdau Metal Recycling Company and a local health physicist for the proper disposal of the source. The report will be updated.</br>Virginia Event Report ID: VA220004</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Less than Cat 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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