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16:00 Jul 8, 2019 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Found Portable Gauge |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the State of North Carolina:
On 7/8/19 around 1200 EDT, the North Carolina Radioactive Materials Branch (RMB) received a call from NC Emergency Management and Durham area police that a yellow package was found on the side of the road at a carwash in Durham, NC. Emergency management and police recognized the package as a possible portable gauge contained in a standard transport case. Readings were immediately taken and the package cordoned off to prevent any public exposures. RMB dispatched an inspector and was on-site within an hour of notification. It was found that the licensee who possessed the portable gauge had removed the gauge in its transport box from his vehicle earlier that morning to wash the vehicle. After finishing, the gauge fell off the vehicle when the licensee departed the car wash. Once the licensee noticed the gauge was missing, they retraced their steps back to the car wash to attempt to reclaim the gauge and were met by local police and emergency management. The gauge was left unattended for approximately 4-5 hours. The licensee is now in possession of the gauge. The RMB inspector discovered multiple violations as a result of this incident. Gauge: Humboldt Model: HS-5001 EZ S/N: 1599 Sources: Cs-137, 10 mCi; Am:Be, 40 mCi NC Tracking Number: 190019 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 |
| Where | |
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| Summit Engineering Durham, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 092-1532-1 |
| Organization: | Nc Div Of Health Service Regulation |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+17.1 h0.713 days <br />0.102 weeks <br />0.0234 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Travis Cartoski 09:06 Jul 9, 2019 |
| NRC Officer: | Bethany Cecere |
| Last Updated: | Jul 9, 2019 |
| 54153 - NRC Website | |
Summit Engineering with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Damaged Gauge ENS 541532019-07-08T16:00:0008 July 2019 16:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Found Portable Gauge 2022-10-10T16:30:00 | |