Event Notification Report for October 17, 2024
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
10/16/2024 - 10/17/2024
EVENT NUMBERS
57388
57388
Agreement State
Event Number: 57388
Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services
Licensee: East Texas Testing Laboratory, Inc.
Region: 4
City: Fort Worth State: TX
County:
License #: L01423
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Art Tucker
HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard
Licensee: East Texas Testing Laboratory, Inc.
Region: 4
City: Fort Worth State: TX
County:
License #: L01423
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Art Tucker
HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard
Notification Date: 10/17/2024
Notification Time: 12:02 [ET]
Event Date: 10/17/2024
Event Time: 05:45 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 10/17/2024
Notification Time: 12:02 [ET]
Event Date: 10/17/2024
Event Time: 05:45 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 10/17/2024
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Taylor, Nick (R4DO)
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Taylor, Nick (R4DO)
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AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN NUCLEAR GAUGE
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via phone and email:
"On October 17, 2024, the Department was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that a Troxler model 3440 gauge had been stolen from the back of one of the company's pickup trucks. The gauge contains a 40 millicurie americium-241:beryllium source and an 8 millicurie cesium-137 source. The RSO stated the technician went to the truck at 0545 CDT this morning and found that the chains holding the gauge in the truck had been cut and the gauge and transport case were missing. The RSO stated that because the gauge had not been used this day, the cesium source rod should have been locked in the fully shielded position. The City of Fort Worth's police department was notified of the theft. The RSO is traveling to the office where the gauge was normally stored to interview the technician involved in the event.
"Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300."
Texas NMED #: TX240039
Texas Incident #: 10138
* * * UPDATE ON 10/17/2024 AT 1435 EDT FROM ART TUCKER TO NATALIE STARFISH * * *
"The Department has sent a notice of this event to the City of Fort Worth Emergency Management Office."
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 information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via phone and email:
"On October 17, 2024, the Department was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that a Troxler model 3440 gauge had been stolen from the back of one of the company's pickup trucks. The gauge contains a 40 millicurie americium-241:beryllium source and an 8 millicurie cesium-137 source. The RSO stated the technician went to the truck at 0545 CDT this morning and found that the chains holding the gauge in the truck had been cut and the gauge and transport case were missing. The RSO stated that because the gauge had not been used this day, the cesium source rod should have been locked in the fully shielded position. The City of Fort Worth's police department was notified of the theft. The RSO is traveling to the office where the gauge was normally stored to interview the technician involved in the event.
"Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300."
Texas NMED #: TX240039
Texas Incident #: 10138
* * * UPDATE ON 10/17/2024 AT 1435 EDT FROM ART TUCKER TO NATALIE STARFISH * * *
"The Department has sent a notice of this event to the City of Fort Worth Emergency Management Office."
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