The following is a summary of information provided by the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency (Agency) via phone and email:
The licensee reported to the Agency that a generally licensed gas chromatograph could not be located. The device was listed as in use at the licensee's site in Lincolnwood, IL. No record could be found of the device's disposal, and search efforts have been unproductive. An investigation by the Agency is underway.
Device: Shimadzu Scientific Instrument ECD-17
S/N: 1721
Source: 10 mCi Ni-63
Source S/N: 618587
IL incident number: IL250046
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