The following event summary was received via e-mail from the
Tennessee Division of Radiological Health:
During a recent inventory at two different locations of Service King Collision Repair Centers, two devices were found to be missing. One location in Memphis, TN, lost the device during a management transition and inventory not being secured (GL-1202). The Antioch location (GL-1201) has a record from the manufacturer of a delivery to the wrong location. Service King is stating they have no proof of delivery and no record of the unit. Original shipment date was 1/20/20. The two units were used as static eliminators. Updated information will be included in a follow-up report. The information for the devices is below:
Manufacturer Model Serial# Isotope Activity
NRD, LLC P-2021 A2LW322 Po-210 10 mCi
NRD, LLC P-2021 A2LW325 Po-210 10 mCi
State Event Report ID No.: TN-21-019
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