Re: Stolen camera holds lethal radiation inside - Update

["Michael Mokrzycki" <Michael_Mokrzycki@ap.org>]

Further, from today's NRC Daily Events Report at
http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/DAILY/der.htm


Mike Mokrzycki
mmokrzycki@ap.org
not my own opinions only because i didn't state any


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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   35477
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| REP ORG:  FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL  |NOTIFICATION DATE:
03/17/1999|
|LICENSEE:  NDT & INSPECTIONS                    |NOTIFICATION TIME:
07:39[EST]|
|    CITY:  PEMBROKE PINES           REGION:  2  |EVENT DATE:
03/17/1999|
|  COUNTY:  BROWARD                   STATE:  FL |EVENT TIME:
05:12[EST]|
|LICENSE#:  2941-1                AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:
03/17/1999|
|  DOCKET:
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|                                                |KERRY LANDIS         R2
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|                                                |DON COOL  EO         NMSS
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+------------------------------------------------+ROSEMARY HOGAN       IRO
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  EAKINS                       |
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|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |
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                                   EVENT TEXT

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| THE FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL REPORTED A STOLEN RADIOGRAPHY
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| CAMERA.
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|

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| THE CAMERA (AEA TECHNOLOGY MODEL 66B) IS THE PROPERTY OF NDT &
INSPECTIONS   |
| OF PEMBROKE PINES, FL.  IT CONTAINS 88.3 CURIES OF IRIDIUM-192.  IT WAS
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| STOLEN FROM A TRAILER AT THE RADIOGRAPHER'S HOUSE IN PEMBROKE PINES, FL
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| BETWEEN 0400 AND 0440 ON 03/17/99.  THE SOURCE SERIAL NUMBER IS C9062.
THE  |
| INDIVIDUALS THAT STOLE THE DEVICE ALSO HAVE THE KEYS FOR THE CAMERA.
THERE  |
| WILL BE A PRESS RELEASE BY BROWARD COUNTY.
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| THE FLORIDA REPORT NUMBER IS FL99-039.
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| CONTACT THE HOO FOR STATE TELEPHONE NUMBER.
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| * * * UPDATE AT 1230 ON 03/17/99 BY STRANSKY * * *
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| THE NRC ENTERED THE MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL RESPONSE MODE AT 1230 AS A
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| RESULT OF THIS EVENT.  THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED IRO (CONGEL),
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| CHAIRMAN'S  OFFICE (WEBER), EDO (TSCHILTZ), OPA (LANDAU), AND OTHER
FEDERAL  |
| AGENCIES (VIA FAX AND PHONE).
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