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The following information was received fro … The following information was received from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (the Department) via email:</br>On June 11, 2025, the Department received a telephone notification that the licensee was unable to locate two vials of carbon-14, with an aggregate activity of 1.92 mCi. The vials were identified by the licensee as missing on June 10, 2025. The licensee completed an investigation by June 26, 2025, and submitted a written report to the Department. The licensee determined the package in the original transport box was mistakenly picked up by a third-party cleaning service and disposed of as normal trash. The landfill was contacted. There are no suspected health or safety risks to any worker or member of the public. The Department will perform an investigation into this incident.</br>WI Event Report ID No: WI250006</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 received fro … The following information was received from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (the Department) via email:</br>On June 11, 2025, the Department received a telephone notification that the licensee was unable to locate two vials of carbon-14, with an aggregate activity of 1.92 mCi. The vials were identified by the licensee as missing on June 10, 2025. The licensee completed an investigation by June 26, 2025, and submitted a written report to the Department. The licensee determined the package in the original transport box was mistakenly picked up by a third-party cleaning service and disposed of as normal trash. The landfill was contacted. There are no suspected health or safety risks to any worker or member of the public. The Department will perform an investigation into this incident.</br>WI Event Report ID No: WI250006</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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