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| title = PNO-IV-88-001:on 880102,two Tc-99m Generators Reported Stolen from Warehouse in Houston,Tx.Texas Bureau of Radiation Control(Brc) & Region III Notified.Brc Insp of Mercury Delivery Svc Warehouse & Vicinity Verified Theft
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| document report number = PNO-IV-88-001, PNO-IV-88-1, NUDOCS 8801110210
| document type = PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR OCCURRENCE (PNO,, TEXT-INSPECTION &amp; AUDIT &amp; I&amp;E CIRCULARS
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     -        .                                                      January 4, 1988 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- PN0-IV-88-01 l
This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE l
i            safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received l            without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region IV staff on this date.
FACILITY: Mercury Delivery Service                  Licensee Emergency Classification:
Houston, Texas                                  Notification of Unusual Event (TransportationCarrier)                         Alert Site Area Emergency General Emergency X    Not Applicable

==SUBJECT:==
APPARENT THEFT OF TWO MALLINKRODT, INC. TECHNETIUM GENERATORS At approximately noon on January 2,1988, an NRC licensee, Mallinkrodt, Inc.,
St. Louis, Missouri, notified the NRC headquarters' operations officer that two technetium-99m generators had been stolen from a warehouse located in Houston, Texas. The licensee reported that the last date the generators were known to have been in that location was December 30, 1987.
Region IV immediately (1:00 p.m., January 2, 1988) notified the Texas Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC), which alerted their Houston regional office for-investigation of the incident. A BRC inspector, in the afternoon of January 2 found that two spent generators (.20Ci and .26Ci molybdenum-99, respectively) ,
were stolen from a small warehouse. The warehouse is used by Mercury Delivery Service and it contained seven spent generators at the time of the theft. Each generator is packed in a shipping box. for transportation. One of the stolen generators was taken in its shipping box while the other was removed, leaving the shipping box behind. The BRC inspector searched the local area around the warehouse, including dumpsters and garbage cans, without finding the missing generators.
Local authorities in Houston, Texas, have been notified.
Region III has been informed of this information, which is current as of 11:00 a.m. CST on January 4, 1988.
CONTACT: Robert J. Doda (FTS: 728-8139)
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