Event Notification Report for October 30, 2010

AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA INVOLVED IN A TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT

A previously terminated Quality Inspection and Testing employee gained unauthorized access to keys of a company vehicle loaded with a radiography camera. The individual appeared intent to drive the vehicle to the Rock Springs Airport located in Wyoming when the truck experienced an accident on Highway 191 about 4 miles south of Dutch John, Utah. When the Utah highway patrol drove up to the accident scene, the patrol found the radiography camera outside of the truck. The SPEC Model 150 radiography camera S/N 1195 containing 40 Curies of Ir-192 was undamaged and placed into the custody of a representative of Quality Inspection and Testing Inc. The individual driving the truck was transported to a medical facility. A survey of the site indicated no spread of contamination or radiation levels above background. A survey of the radiography camera revealed no leakage.

The radiography company was a Louisiana licensee with reciprocity in the State of Utah.

Utah Incident Number: 100006

* * * UPDATE FROM GWYN GALLOWAY TO JOE O'HARA AT 1940 EST ON 1/26/12 * * *

"During the investigation, DRC [Division of Radiation Control] personnel obtained conflicting statements from QIT [Quality Inspection and Testing Inc] management personnel regarding the employee's termination prior to the incident. Additionally, the driver worked two shifts after QIT management stated he had been terminated. The driver claimed he was not terminated until a number of days after his release from the hospital. Other QIT personnel were not aware the driver had been 'terminated' prior to the incident; therefore, the driver was allowed unescorted access to vehicles and devices containing sources from the day QIT management indicated the driver was terminated until the day the accident occurred (approximately 2 to 3 days). Although initially reported as 'stolen' to DRC personnel, to date, the driver has not been charged with the theft of the vehicle or the source and the DRC does not believe that the employee had been terminated."

The state believes that this event does not meet the abnormal occurrence criteria as determined by the Utah Division of Radiation Control.

Utah Incident Number: 100006

Notified R4DO(Drake), NMSS(McCartin), FSME EO(Hsueh), and ILTAB(Hahn)

* * RETRACTION FROM GWYN GALLOWAY TO JOHN KNOKE AT 1741 EST ON 02/01/12 * *

This information was provided by the State of Utah via email.

"During the investigation of this event, it was determined that the device was not actually stolen. Additionally, according to NRC Region IV and the U.S. DOT, the event did not meet the criteria for a reportable transportation event. Therefore, we are requesting the Event No. 46380 be retracted and will contact NMED personnel to retract NMED event 100544."

Notified the R4DO (Clark), FSME EO (Suber), NMSS EO (Pstrak), ILTAB (Matt Hahn)

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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf