Event Notification Report for December 25, 2005
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
12/24/2005 - 12/25/2005
EVENT NUMBERS
42316
Other Nuclear Material
Event Number: 42316
Rep Org: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SE
Licensee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS
Region: 4
City: HOUSTON State: TX
County:
License #: L04895
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: LATISCHA HANSON
HQ OPS Officer: JOE O'HARA
Licensee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS
Region: 4
City: HOUSTON State: TX
County:
License #: L04895
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: LATISCHA HANSON
HQ OPS Officer: JOE O'HARA
Notification Date: 02/06/2006
Notification Time: 15:34 [ET]
Event Date: 12/25/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 02/06/2006
Notification Time: 15:34 [ET]
Event Date: 12/25/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 02/06/2006
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
REBECCA NEASE (R4)
GARY JANOSKO (NMSS)
MEXICO(E-MAIL)
TAS(E-MAIL) (TAS)
REBECCA NEASE (R4)
GARY JANOSKO (NMSS)
MEXICO(E-MAIL)
TAS(E-MAIL) (TAS)
AGREEMENT STATE - STOLEN RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
The State provided the following information via facsimile:
"On December 26, 2005 morning, the licensee discovered that their facility was burglarized sometime between 12/24 and 12/25/05. The licensee immediately contacted the Houston Police Department (HPD) to process a report. After conducting a quick tour of the facility with the police, the licensee noticed that some test equipment and a combination safe were taken from the test room. The safe contained (2) Cs-137 calibration/check sources @ 200 microcuries each. The safe was locked and was posted with a 'Caution Radioactive Material' sign. The Houston police were given all required information to conduct an investigation. The licensee also contacted their consultant, Bruce Bristow of Radiation Consultants, Inc. regarding the incident and were advised to purchase (2) replacement sources from the same manufacturer with the same source strength."
The Texas Incident Number is I-8296.
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.
The State provided the following information via facsimile:
"On December 26, 2005 morning, the licensee discovered that their facility was burglarized sometime between 12/24 and 12/25/05. The licensee immediately contacted the Houston Police Department (HPD) to process a report. After conducting a quick tour of the facility with the police, the licensee noticed that some test equipment and a combination safe were taken from the test room. The safe contained (2) Cs-137 calibration/check sources @ 200 microcuries each. The safe was locked and was posted with a 'Caution Radioactive Material' sign. The Houston police were given all required information to conduct an investigation. The licensee also contacted their consultant, Bruce Bristow of Radiation Consultants, Inc. regarding the incident and were advised to purchase (2) replacement sources from the same manufacturer with the same source strength."
The Texas Incident Number is I-8296.
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.