An IR-100 industrial radiography camera, serial number 4470, Spec model G40F, with a 33 curie
Ir-192 source, serial number KG2801, was reported lost while being transported by the licensee from a work-site to the licensee's office. On December 3, 2003 at approximately 1700
CST the licensee, Bayou Inspection Service, 318 Degravelle Road, Amelia, LA was transporting the radiography camera from a work-site located at 1081 Highway 70, Pierre Port, LA to the Amelia, LA address, a distance of approximately 20 miles. Upon arrival at the office, the camera was noticed missing from the pickup truck being used to transport it from the worksite. The route of travel was from the work-site on Highway 70, through Morgan City, and to the Amelia exit on Highway 90 . The licensee notified the State of
Louisiana of the event on 12/04/03 at 0940
CST and has notified local law enforcement along the route of travel.
- * * * UPDATE FROM J. NOBLE TO M. RIPLEY 1710 12/11/03 * * * *
The Louisiana Radiation Protection Division reported that, at approximately 1500 CST on 12/11/03, the radiography camera was turned in to the licensee at his facility in Amelia, LA by a private citizen. The citizen found the camera along the side of Highway 70 in Belle River, LA on 12/03/03. The licensee performed a leak check of the source and no leakage was found.
Notified R4DO (D. Graves),
NMSS EO (T. Essig), and
DHS Ops Center (E. McDonald)