Event Notification Report for August 29, 2020
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
08/28/2020 - 08/29/2020
EVENT NUMBERS
54866
Agreement State
Event Number: 54866
Rep Org: TEXAS DEPT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Licensee: O'CONNOR & KEZAR LLC
Region: 4
City: San Antonio State: TX
County:
License #: L06318
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Karen Blanchard
HQ OPS Officer: Ossy Font
Licensee: O'CONNOR & KEZAR LLC
Region: 4
City: San Antonio State: TX
County:
License #: L06318
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Karen Blanchard
HQ OPS Officer: Ossy Font
Notification Date: 08/29/2020
Notification Time: 16:14 [ET]
Event Date: 08/29/2020
Event Time: 09:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 08/29/2020
Notification Time: 16:14 [ET]
Event Date: 08/29/2020
Event Time: 09:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 08/29/2020
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
RAY KELLAR (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
- CNSNS (MEXICO) (EMAIL)
RAY KELLAR (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
- CNSNS (MEXICO) (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN VEHICLE WITH MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
The following was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Agency) via email:
"The licensee notified the Agency at approximately 1315 CDT that one of its company pickups had been stolen and a Troxler model 3440 moisture/density gauge (SN: 37337) was secured in the bed of the truck. The gauge contains 40 milliCurie americium-241 and 8 milliCurie cesium-137 sources. The technician had a late testing and then went to his residence from the job site due to a serious water leak that was occurring there. After fixing the leak, it was late and he fell asleep and did not return the gauge to the licensee's facility. He last saw the vehicle/gauge at approximately 0100. At approximately 0900, he discovered the vehicle, with the gauge, had been stolen. The set of keys to the locks securing the gauge and the insertion rod were in the cab of the truck. Local police were notified. Police will notify the local pawn shops and the licensee will search local buy/sell/trade internet sites for the gauge and other equipment. More information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300."
Texas Incident # I-9790
* * * UPDATE ON 08/29/20 AT 2018 EDT FROM KAREN BLANCHARD TO OSSY FONT * * *
The following update was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via email:
"The licensee's Radiation Safety Officer notified the Agency at approximately 1847 CDT that he has possession of the gauge and it was back at their facility. He had been called by the San Antonio Fire Department HAZMAT at approximately 1800 that they had been called to a location where the gauge was - the gauge was sitting on the edge of a street next to the curb. The latches on the transport case were unlocked but the gauge and all other equipment were present. The chains and locks that secured the gauge in the bed of the truck were also present. There was no damage to the transport container or the gauge. Technicians put the device through its normal testing procedures and it is fully operational. Any further information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300."
Notified R4DO (Kellar), and NMSS Events Notification, ILTAB, and CNSNS (Mexico) via email.
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 from the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Agency) via email:
"The licensee notified the Agency at approximately 1315 CDT that one of its company pickups had been stolen and a Troxler model 3440 moisture/density gauge (SN: 37337) was secured in the bed of the truck. The gauge contains 40 milliCurie americium-241 and 8 milliCurie cesium-137 sources. The technician had a late testing and then went to his residence from the job site due to a serious water leak that was occurring there. After fixing the leak, it was late and he fell asleep and did not return the gauge to the licensee's facility. He last saw the vehicle/gauge at approximately 0100. At approximately 0900, he discovered the vehicle, with the gauge, had been stolen. The set of keys to the locks securing the gauge and the insertion rod were in the cab of the truck. Local police were notified. Police will notify the local pawn shops and the licensee will search local buy/sell/trade internet sites for the gauge and other equipment. More information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300."
Texas Incident # I-9790
* * * UPDATE ON 08/29/20 AT 2018 EDT FROM KAREN BLANCHARD TO OSSY FONT * * *
The following update was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via email:
"The licensee's Radiation Safety Officer notified the Agency at approximately 1847 CDT that he has possession of the gauge and it was back at their facility. He had been called by the San Antonio Fire Department HAZMAT at approximately 1800 that they had been called to a location where the gauge was - the gauge was sitting on the edge of a street next to the curb. The latches on the transport case were unlocked but the gauge and all other equipment were present. The chains and locks that secured the gauge in the bed of the truck were also present. There was no damage to the transport container or the gauge. Technicians put the device through its normal testing procedures and it is fully operational. Any further information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300."
Notified R4DO (Kellar), and NMSS Events Notification, ILTAB, and CNSNS (Mexico) via email.
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