Event Notification Report for September 13, 2006
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
09/12/2006 - 09/13/2006
EVENT NUMBERS
42839
General Information or Other
Event Number: 42839
Rep Org: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Licensee: BONDED INSPECTIONS, INC.
Region: 4
City: GARLAND State: TX
County:
License #: L00693
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: RAY JISHA
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Licensee: BONDED INSPECTIONS, INC.
Region: 4
City: GARLAND State: TX
County:
License #: L00693
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: RAY JISHA
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 09/13/2006
Notification Time: 12:00 [ET]
Event Date: 09/13/2006
Event Time: 09:45 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 09/16/2006
Notification Time: 12:00 [ET]
Event Date: 09/13/2006
Event Time: 09:45 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 09/16/2006
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
REBECCA NEASE (R4)
MICHELLE BURGESS (NMSS)
PETE WILSON (IRD)
AARON DANIS (TAS)
MEXICO VIA E-MAIL
REBECCA NEASE (R4)
MICHELLE BURGESS (NMSS)
PETE WILSON (IRD)
AARON DANIS (TAS)
MEXICO VIA E-MAIL
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING A STOLEN RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA
The following information was received via email from Texas Department of State Health:
"At approximately 0920hrs on 09/13/06, while parked at a Texaco Station located at the corner of Miller Street and 1935 Jupiter, Garland, TX 75042, a radiography truck belonging to Bonded Inspection, Inc. was stolen. The driver was in the store talking with his supervisor while the keys were reportedly left on the floorboard. This vehicle had a large dark room style camper which contained a 95-100 Ci, Ir-192 source (s/n J254) inside a model Ir 100, INC camera (s/n 4189). The first contact to TX DSHS came [redacted] at 0950 hrs. [Redacted] the situation was also reported to local law enforcement authorities (LLEA), Garland PD. GPD response time was within 10 minutes and all Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) area LLEAs have been notified also. The JTTF coordinator for the DFW area FBI was notified as was the NRC, local DSHS inspectors and the TX State Operations Center. No malicious of suspicious intent is suspected at this time. The truck is described as a white Ford F350 pick-up conspicuously posted with Bonded Inspections, Inc. and it has flames as decals on the front. The TX license number is 5YL T51."
TX Incident No.: I-8362
Notified DHS (Alex Constantopoulos), DOE (Mike Wyatt), EPA (Peter Menk), USDA (Chuck Brown), HHS (Mark McKinnon) and FEMA (Chris Liggett).
* * * UPDATE FROM ILTAB (ENGLISH) TO W. GOTT ON 15 SEPT 06 * * *
"According to the Texas LLEA and the Texas Department of Health, the stolen truck and radiography camera were discovered at a business park in Dallas, TX approximately 3 miles from where they were taken. The source was found intact in the vehicle, and is in the possession of LLEA while they continue to investigate to find the person(s) responsible for the theft of the vehicle."
Notified R4DO (Johnson), NMSS (Flanders), NRR (Case), DHS (Cassandra), DOE (Carolyn Lawson & Ronnie), EPA (Crews), USDA (Dean Giles), HHS (Smith), FEMA (Irwin Casto) and Mexico (via E-mail).
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 2" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Category 2 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy.
The following information was received via email from Texas Department of State Health:
"At approximately 0920hrs on 09/13/06, while parked at a Texaco Station located at the corner of Miller Street and 1935 Jupiter, Garland, TX 75042, a radiography truck belonging to Bonded Inspection, Inc. was stolen. The driver was in the store talking with his supervisor while the keys were reportedly left on the floorboard. This vehicle had a large dark room style camper which contained a 95-100 Ci, Ir-192 source (s/n J254) inside a model Ir 100, INC camera (s/n 4189). The first contact to TX DSHS came [redacted] at 0950 hrs. [Redacted] the situation was also reported to local law enforcement authorities (LLEA), Garland PD. GPD response time was within 10 minutes and all Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) area LLEAs have been notified also. The JTTF coordinator for the DFW area FBI was notified as was the NRC, local DSHS inspectors and the TX State Operations Center. No malicious of suspicious intent is suspected at this time. The truck is described as a white Ford F350 pick-up conspicuously posted with Bonded Inspections, Inc. and it has flames as decals on the front. The TX license number is 5YL T51."
TX Incident No.: I-8362
Notified DHS (Alex Constantopoulos), DOE (Mike Wyatt), EPA (Peter Menk), USDA (Chuck Brown), HHS (Mark McKinnon) and FEMA (Chris Liggett).
* * * UPDATE FROM ILTAB (ENGLISH) TO W. GOTT ON 15 SEPT 06 * * *
"According to the Texas LLEA and the Texas Department of Health, the stolen truck and radiography camera were discovered at a business park in Dallas, TX approximately 3 miles from where they were taken. The source was found intact in the vehicle, and is in the possession of LLEA while they continue to investigate to find the person(s) responsible for the theft of the vehicle."
Notified R4DO (Johnson), NMSS (Flanders), NRR (Case), DHS (Cassandra), DOE (Carolyn Lawson & Ronnie), EPA (Crews), USDA (Dean Giles), HHS (Smith), FEMA (Irwin Casto) and Mexico (via E-mail).
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 2" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Category 2 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy.