The following information was received via phone call:
A member of the public earlier today identified a container on National Forest Service land near Globe, Arizona that is labeled as having radioactive material. Pictures of the container show "B of E permit 681, Serial Number D-8011, Radiation, Return to Dow Chemical Company, Rocky Flats." This is an initial report. Arizona Department of Health Services personnel will investigate presently and provide an update.
- * * UPDATE AT 1403 EDT ON 11/27/19 FROM BRIAN GORETZKI TO JEFF HERRERA * * *
The following update was received from the Arizona Department of Health Services via email:
The container turned out to be a metal lid based on the orientation of the data plaques and the safety top. We [Arizona Department of Health Services] performed exposure and contamination surveys onsite and everything came back at background.
Notified the R4DO (Pick) and
NMSS via email.