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During the last month, Romeo Rim had been … During the last month, Romeo Rim had been scrapping older equipment. They received a call from a steel recycler (Steel Dynamics Inc. in Columbia City, Indiana) that their scrap material contained a cesium source. The equipment had been used to measure the amount of nucleation in the plastic manufacturing process. Romeo Rim is currently contacting a company to dispose of the cesium source which is at Steel Dynamics.</br>Source: Cesuim-137 (originally 200 mCi in April 1986, currently 100 mCi)</br>Equipment Manufacturer: Texas Nuclear (now Thermo Fisher Scientific)</br>Equipment Model: 5202</br>Serial Number: B425</br>* * * UPDATE AT 0830 EDT ON 7/11/16 FROM WADE SPURLIN TO S. SANDIN * * *</br>The device was recovered by a licensed hauler RAM Services. A wipe test was performed which indicated that the source was not leaking. The device will be transported to Texas for disposal.</br>Notified R3DO (Pelke) and NMSS Events Notification via email. </br>* * * UPDATE AT 1006 EDT ON 09/08/2016 FROM WADE SPURLIN TO JEFF ROTTON * * *</br>The device was disposed of by Waste Control Specialists, LLC at the Compact Waste Facility in Andrews, TX on August 26, 2016.</br>Notified R3DO(Stoedter) and NMSS Events Notification group via email.</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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During the last month, Romeo Rim had been … During the last month, Romeo Rim had been scrapping older equipment. They received a call from a steel recycler (Steel Dynamics Inc. in Columbia City, Indiana) that their scrap material contained a cesium source. The equipment had been used to measure the amount of nucleation in the plastic manufacturing process. Romeo Rim is currently contacting a company to dispose of the cesium source which is at Steel Dynamics.</br>Source: Cesuim-137 (originally 200 mCi in April 1986, currently 100 mCi)</br>Equipment Manufacturer: Texas Nuclear (now Thermo Fisher Scientific)</br>Equipment Model: 5202</br>Serial Number: B425</br>* * * UPDATE AT 0830 EDT ON 7/11/16 FROM WADE SPURLIN TO S. SANDIN * * *</br>The device was recovered by a licensed hauler RAM Services. A wipe test was performed which indicated that the source was not leaking. The device will be transported to Texas for disposal.</br>Notified R3DO (Pelke) and NMSS Events Notification via email. </br>* * * UPDATE AT 1006 EDT ON 09/08/2016 FROM WADE SPURLIN TO JEFF ROTTON * * *</br>The device was disposed of by Waste Control Specialists, LLC at the Compact Waste Facility in Andrews, TX on August 26, 2016.</br>Notified R3DO(Stoedter) and NMSS Events Notification group via email.</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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