The following information was received from the State of
Tennessee via email:
A licensee reported a generally licensed device as missing. Further details will be reported as the information becomes available. The specifics on the device are as follows: Manufacturer- Industrial Dynamics, Model-FT-50B, Serial-113439, Isotope-Am-241, Activity-100 mCi.
State Event Report ID No.: TN-16-098
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
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