Event Notification Report for October 07, 2018
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
10/06/2018 - 10/07/2018
EVENT NUMBERS
53655
Agreement State
Event Number: 53655
Rep Org: WA OFFICE OF RADIATION PROTECTION
Licensee: WOOD ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS, INC
Region: 4
City: KIRKLAND State: WA
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MORGAN BULLOCK
HQ OPS Officer: OSSY FONT
Licensee: WOOD ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS, INC
Region: 4
City: KIRKLAND State: WA
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MORGAN BULLOCK
HQ OPS Officer: OSSY FONT
Notification Date: 10/09/2018
Notification Time: 14:51 [ET]
Event Date: 10/07/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [PDT]
Last Update Date: 10/09/2018
Notification Time: 14:51 [ET]
Event Date: 10/07/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [PDT]
Last Update Date: 10/09/2018
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
Person (Organization):
HEATHER GEPFORD (R4DO)
GRETCHEN RIVERA-CAPELLA (NMSS DAY)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
- CNSC (CANADA) (EMAIL)
HEATHER GEPFORD (R4DO)
GRETCHEN RIVERA-CAPELLA (NMSS DAY)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
- CNSC (CANADA) (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE DEVICE
The following was received via email from Washington State:
"Over the weekend of October 6-7 2018, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, INC at 420 Lake Washington Blvd. NE, STE 200, in Kirkland, Washington 98033, was broken into and a portable XRF [x-ray fluorescence] device was stolen. Police report with case number 18-37870 was filed with the Kirkland police department.
"'The lock to the main door of the storage unit was cut, and the lock to the large steel nuclear gauge/XRF device storage cabinet, located inside the storage unit, was cut. [The licensee] verified all four (4) nuclear gauges [they] have in [their] inventory are accounted for and in [their] possession. The steel cable running through the nuclear gauge cases and locked to the steel cabinet was not cut. However, the portable XRF device (information below) stored on the upper shelf of the steel cabinet was stolen, and has been recorded as stolen by the Kirkland Police Department.'
"The stolen XRF device:
-Manufacturer: Niton - Thermo Fisher Scientific
-Model: XLp-306A
-Serial Number: 24923
-Source: Cd109 - 40 mCi (resourced 02/2018 - current approx. 27 mCi)
-Transport/carrying case was locked."
Incident Report No: WA 18-025
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
The following was received via email from Washington State:
"Over the weekend of October 6-7 2018, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, INC at 420 Lake Washington Blvd. NE, STE 200, in Kirkland, Washington 98033, was broken into and a portable XRF [x-ray fluorescence] device was stolen. Police report with case number 18-37870 was filed with the Kirkland police department.
"'The lock to the main door of the storage unit was cut, and the lock to the large steel nuclear gauge/XRF device storage cabinet, located inside the storage unit, was cut. [The licensee] verified all four (4) nuclear gauges [they] have in [their] inventory are accounted for and in [their] possession. The steel cable running through the nuclear gauge cases and locked to the steel cabinet was not cut. However, the portable XRF device (information below) stored on the upper shelf of the steel cabinet was stolen, and has been recorded as stolen by the Kirkland Police Department.'
"The stolen XRF device:
-Manufacturer: Niton - Thermo Fisher Scientific
-Model: XLp-306A
-Serial Number: 24923
-Source: Cd109 - 40 mCi (resourced 02/2018 - current approx. 27 mCi)
-Transport/carrying case was locked."
Incident Report No: WA 18-025
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