The following report was received from the
North Carolina (NC) Division of Health Service Regulation via email:
A NC General Licensee reports the loss of 8 NRD Advanced Static Control devices. Each device contained Po-210 with an activity of 10 mCi, each. General License: TBD as at the time of this report our General License Coordinator is currently unavailable. The licensee reports that the devices may have been inadvertently disposed of and their search continues at this time. This report remains incomplete but shall be updated to complete and close the record.
Advanced Static Control Device:
Manufacturer: NRD Inc.; Model: P-2021-Z705; S/N's: A2MB768, A2MB770, A2MB771, A2MB775, A2MB777, A2MB731, A2MB736, A2MB738
Sources Information:
Po-210 Activity .01 Ci each
NC Item Number: NC210010
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