Event Notification Report for July 29, 2025
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
07/28/2025 - 07/29/2025
EVENT NUMBERS
57837
57837
Agreement State
Event Number: 57837
Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency
Licensee: Bar Resource International, LLC
Region: 3
City: Rochelle State: IL
County:
License #: 9223741
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales
Licensee: Bar Resource International, LLC
Region: 3
City: Rochelle State: IL
County:
License #: 9223741
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales
Notification Date: 07/29/2025
Notification Time: 14:02 [ET]
Event Date: 07/29/2025
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 08/28/2025
Notification Time: 14:02 [ET]
Event Date: 07/29/2025
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 08/28/2025
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Hills, David (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL) (EMAIL)
Hills, David (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL) (EMAIL)
EN Revision Imported Date: 8/29/2025
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST / MISSING SOURCES
The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
"As a result of an Agency investigation into an unresponsive general licensee, three (3) x-ray florescence analyzers containing 30 millicuries each of Am-241, are being reported as lost or missing. The quantity of radioactive material involved, while unlikely to be dangerous to the public, is immediately reportable to the Agency and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission when lost or missing. Agency staff will conduct a reactive inspection to determine if the portable analyzers are still on site or any additional information is available.
"The company, Bar Source International, LLC (d/b/a Pro Metals LLC) was operating in Rochelle, IL as recently as March 2020. At that time, the company was in possession of a Thermo Niton XLp-818 (s/n 10597), XL3p-800 (s/n 33072) and XL258006651 (s/n 96513). The company has been unresponsive to Agency requests and, according to a former employee, closed sometime on or after March 2020."
Illinois Item Number: IL2500030
* * * UPDATE ON 08/28/2025 AT 1606 FROM KIM STICE TO ROBERT THOMPSON * * *
The following information was provided by the licensee via email:
"The Agency performed a reactive inspection and followed up with the manufacturer. One device (s/n 96513) was confirmed to be de-sourced [while] the other two [devices] (s/n 10597 and s/n 33072) were no longer on site and the whereabouts are unknown. As a result, two sources remain missing."
Notified R3DO (Stoedter), NMSS Events Notification (email), ILTAB (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
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST / MISSING SOURCES
The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
"As a result of an Agency investigation into an unresponsive general licensee, three (3) x-ray florescence analyzers containing 30 millicuries each of Am-241, are being reported as lost or missing. The quantity of radioactive material involved, while unlikely to be dangerous to the public, is immediately reportable to the Agency and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission when lost or missing. Agency staff will conduct a reactive inspection to determine if the portable analyzers are still on site or any additional information is available.
"The company, Bar Source International, LLC (d/b/a Pro Metals LLC) was operating in Rochelle, IL as recently as March 2020. At that time, the company was in possession of a Thermo Niton XLp-818 (s/n 10597), XL3p-800 (s/n 33072) and XL258006651 (s/n 96513). The company has been unresponsive to Agency requests and, according to a former employee, closed sometime on or after March 2020."
Illinois Item Number: IL2500030
* * * UPDATE ON 08/28/2025 AT 1606 FROM KIM STICE TO ROBERT THOMPSON * * *
The following information was provided by the licensee via email:
"The Agency performed a reactive inspection and followed up with the manufacturer. One device (s/n 96513) was confirmed to be de-sourced [while] the other two [devices] (s/n 10597 and s/n 33072) were no longer on site and the whereabouts are unknown. As a result, two sources remain missing."
Notified R3DO (Stoedter), NMSS Events Notification (email), ILTAB (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