ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jun 8, 2023 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | The following is a summary of information provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
On 6/8/23, the licensee (SKS Engineers) was transporting a moisture density gauge (Troxler Model 3440, serial number 30126, 40 mCi Am-241/Be, 8 mCi Cs-137), and it fell out of the truck. The truck bed door was found down upon arrival at the work location. The licensee was transporting the device within its case from Decatur, IL to a work location in Mt. Zion, IL which represented a 9.4-mile path. Illinois event number: IL230013
The following information was provided by the Agency via email and phone: The gauge has been located and returned to safe storage. A member of the public located the gauge and facilitated its return to the licensee. The gauge was undamaged and still contained within the locked case. Notified R3DO (Nguyen), NMSS (email), and ILTAB (email). 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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| Sks Engineers Mt. Zion, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | IL-01472-01 |
| Organization: | Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.33 h0.472 days <br />0.0674 weeks <br />0.0155 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Whitney Cox 16:20 Jun 8, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Sam Colvard |
| Last Updated: | Jun 9, 2023 |
| 56568 - NRC Website | |
Sks Engineers with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 565682023-06-08T05:00:0008 June 2023 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Lost Moisture Density Gauge 2023-06-08T05:00:00 | |