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The following information was provided by The following information was provided by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (the Department) via email:</br>On December 11, 2025, at 1008 CST, the Department received a telephone notification that the licensee's x-ray fluorescence analyzer is missing. (The licensee has) exhausted all options for searching possible storage locations. The device was likely disposed of via ordinary trash. There are no known exposures to the public and no known contamination resulting from the incident.</br>Model: Niton XLp 303A</br>Source: 5 mCi Cd-109</br>S/N: 8567</br>WI event number: WI250019</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 Wisconsin Department of Health Services (the Department) via email:</br>On December 11, 2025, at 1008 CST, the Department received a telephone notification that the licensee's x-ray fluorescence analyzer is missing. (The licensee has) exhausted all options for searching possible storage locations. The device was likely disposed of via ordinary trash. There are no known exposures to the public and no known contamination resulting from the incident.</br>Model: Niton XLp 303A</br>Source: 5 mCi Cd-109</br>S/N: 8567</br>WI event number: WI250019</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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