ENS Event | |
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06:00 Jul 19, 2023 | |
| Title | Lost Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Colorado Department of Health (the Department) via email:
On July 19, 2023, Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. informed the Department that they rented a generally licensed Viken PB200i XRF device (SN: 1015) containing a 5 millicurie, cobalt-57 sealed source to Hi-Tech Environmental located in Brooklyn, New York on July 7, 2021. Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. stated that as of October 25, 2022, Hi-Tech Environmental stopped replying to emails, stopped paying their rental balance, and was not providing information for returning the device. Geotech Environmental Equipment also stated that as of June 26, 2023, they made the decision to report the XRF device as a transferred device on their 2023 general radioactive material license registration inventory. Based on the description of the event, the device was not transferred and as of July 19, 2023 the Department has determined that Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. lost the generally licensed Viken PB200i XRF device (SN: 1015). Colorado Event Report ID Number: CO230022 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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| Geotech Environmental Equimnt, Inc. Denver, Colorado (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | GL002700 |
| Organization: | Colorado Dept Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+180.37 h7.515 days <br />1.074 weeks <br />0.247 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Matthew Gift 18:22 Jul 26, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Thomas Herrity |
| Last Updated: | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 56642 - NRC Website | |
Geotech Environmental Equimnt, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 566422023-07-19T06:00:00019 July 2023 06:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Lost Gauge 2023-07-19T06:00:00 | |