A company carrying out road works in Krakow reported the loss of a gammagraphic device (flaw detector), which contains a highly active radioactive source. The device weighs 6-8 kg and is approximately 30 cm long, 20 cm high and 15 cm wide.
Cracow. They lost the radioactive device. “Serious threat to life and health”
The flaw detector went missing on the night of March 21-22 in the modernist Krakow district of Nowa Huta.
The National Atomic Energy Agency recommends that under no circumstances should you open or cut the device, because even short-term contact with an uncovered radioactive source inside may pose a serious and direct threat to human life and health.
– informs the Małopolska Provincial Office in Krakow in a press release.
Cracow. The road workers lost a radioactive flaw detector. Where to report if you find him?
If anyone has information about the location of the device, they should immediately notify the nearest Police unit (emergency numbers 112 and 997), the Provincial Crisis Management Center of the Małopolska Voivodeship Office in Krakow (tel.: 987 or 12 39 21 300) or the Radiation Emergency Center of the State Atomic Energy Agency (tel.: 22 19 430).
Defectoscopy is a branch of research that deals with the discontinuity of materials, i.e. detection exactly defects. Various methods are used to search for material defects, such as cracks, voids or corrosion defects. Gammagraphy, for this purpose, exposes the examined item to gamma radiation, resulting in a gammagram that enables the identification and assessment of defects.
Source: Gazeta
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