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Event Notification Report for August 16, 2015

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center

EVENT REPORTS FOR
08/15/2015 - 08/16/2015

EVENT NUMBERS
51325

Agreement State
Event Number: 51325
Rep Org: COLORADO DEPT OF HEALTH
Licensee: DESERT NDT
Region: 4
City: BRIGHTON   State: CO
County:
License #: CO 902-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DEREK BAILEY
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Notification Date: 08/17/2015
Notification Time: 15:05 [ET]
Event Date: 08/16/2015
Event Time: 00:00 [MDT]
Last Update Date: 08/17/2015
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
BOB HAGAR (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFIC (EMAI)
Event Text
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - RADIOGRAPHY TRUCK DARKROOM ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN

"On Sunday August 16, 2015, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Radioactive Materials Unit, received a phone call on the after-hours emergency response line. The Corporate RSO for Desert NDT, CO 902-01, reported an attempted break-in on a radiography truck. The attempt occurred while the vehicle was parked overnight at the Cotton Wood Suites, 12095 Mariposa Street, Westminster, CO 80234. The radiographer's reported that the door to the darkroom had been tampered with, the door was not breached, therefore the alarm never activated. Evidence of the attempted break-in was identified the following morning, Sunday, August 16, 2015. All radioactive materials were accounted for by Desert, NDT, no theft occurred.

"The approximate time of break-in occurred between the hours of 1755 MDT, Saturday, August 15, 2015 and 0815 MDT, Sunday, August 16, 2015. The radioactive material involved in this incident was 39 Ci of Ir-192, Source SN: Y560, Model: Industrial Nuclear Company Model 7. The source was inside a QSA Delta 880 camera. The Westminster Police were called and a police report was filed. The police report number is: 2015-14914."