ENS Event | |
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15:00 May 20, 2004 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | Radiation Safety Officer for Acme Environmental, a New Mexico radioactive material licensee, in Albuquerque, NM, called the Program Manager for the NM Radiation Protection Program, at approximately 0900 MST May 20, 2004 , to report a stolen 12 milliCurie Cobalt-57 source. The cobalt-57 source was contained in a RMD LPA-1XRF lead paint analyzer. The paint analyzer was in a container in the rear seat of a 1996 Dodge Dakota stretch cab PU. The pickup was stolen from a gas station in Bernalillo, NM, while the driver was inside paying for gas. The container is not labeled, but the analyzer has a radioactive label. Police have been notified.
The State was notified at 8:30 A.M. on May 25, 2004, by the RSO of Acme Environmental in Albuquerque, NM, that the lead paint analyzer containing a 12 mCi Co-57 source has been retrieved. The device was in the back seat of a pickup truck stolen at a gas station in Bernalillo, NM, on May 20, 2004. Police raided a home in the East Mountain area (east of Albuquerque) on May 24 and found the device. The stolen truck has not yet been located. Another stolen vehicle was found at the home, however. The analyzer has been returned to Acme Environmental and will be leak tested. Notified Reg 4 RDO (M Runyan), NMSS EO(R Torres), TAS (D Perez) |
| Where | |
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| Acme Environmental Albuquerque, New Mexico (NRC Region 4) | |
| Organization: | New Mexico Rad Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.22 h-0.0925 days <br />-0.0132 weeks <br />-0.00304 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Bill Floyd 12:47 May 20, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | May 25, 2004 |
| 40761 - NRC Website | |
Acme Environmental with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 407612004-05-20T15:00:00020 May 2004 15:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State New Mexico Agreement State Report: Stolen 12 Millicurie Cobalt-57 Source (Used in a Paint Analyzer) 2004-05-20T15:00:00 | |