During regulatory control carried out on in decommissioned old foundry facility located in LUBLIN (city located near the eastern border of Poland) regulatory inspectors of NAEA discovered lack of 7 lead containers (Type: PrJ20) with Co-60 (non-dangerous source, category 5). The lost or stolen sources contain Co-60 with following activity, on December 7 current year, as follow:
1. 9 MBq
2. 20 MBq
3. 20 MBq
4. 20 MBq
5. 13 MBq
6. 17 MBq
7. 17 MBq
The investigation is being conducted.
Please note that delay in the dissemination of the information to international community is due to clarification procedure. Information is sent as soon as possible after obtaining official data on missing sources.
Location: Closed Iron foundry in Town Lublin Event date: Fri, 05-11-2010
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