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Event Notification Report for September 06, 2018

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center

EVENT REPORTS FOR
09/05/2018 - 09/06/2018

EVENT NUMBERS
53583

Agreement State
Event Number: 53583
Rep Org: TENNESSEE DIV OF RAD HEALTH
Licensee: ADVANCED MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES (AMETEK)
Region: 1
City: OAK RIDGE   State: TN
County:
License #: R-01003-J18
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: ANTHONY HOGAN
HQ OPS Officer: ANDREW WAUGH
Notification Date: 09/06/2018
Notification Time: 16:46 [ET]
Event Date: 09/06/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/06/2018
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
Person (Organization):
CHRISTOPHER LALLY (R1DO)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Event Text
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST OR STOLEN SOURCES

The following was received state of Tennessee via email:

"AMETEK conducted an inventory of their sources and found 4 sealed sources that were unaccounted for and possibly lost or stolen. The total amount of all four of the sources was 8.76 microCi. They are as follows:

"Mixed gamma, 133 kBq, serial number 1249
Am-241, 2,200 Bq, serial number SS6712
Am-241, 3.873 kBq, serial number 1868
Sr-90, 5 microCuries"

State Event Report ID NO.: TN-18-151

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