Incidents
2025-07-07 | USA, Michigan | Damaged Gauge
Facility Type: Construction Isotope: Cs-137 / Am-241/Be Activity: Standard gauge Summary: Somat Engineering gauge struck by construction equipment. Source intact. Source: NRC Event Notification
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Incidents
2025-07-07 | USA, Texas | Theft
Facility Type: Construction Isotope: Cs-137 / Am-241/Be Activity: 10 mCi Cs-137, 40 mCi Am-241/Be Summary: Instrotek 3500 moisture density gauge stolen in Fort Worth. Source: NRC Event Notification
Signals
JUNE 2025 NEWSWIRE
Editor’s note: June 2025 was a month where radiation detection sat quietly inside bigger stories: customs modernization, non-intrusive inspection standards, accelerator upgrades, and environmental monitoring. RPMs and large-scale scanners continue to be treated as part of integrated border-security architectures; at the same time, research groups are
Signals
United States Procurement
|Signal #5 | June 23, 2025 |
Incidents
2025-06-01/17 | Mexico | Theft & Recovery
Facility Type: Industrial Radiography Isotope: Ir-192 Activity: High (Category 2) Summary: Gamma radiography camera hijacked during transport. Recovered intact June 17 in Tultepec, State of Mexico, after inter-agency search. Source: SEGOB Mexico | NRC Event Notification
Signals
May 2025 Newswire
Editor’s Note May 2025 was a “plumbing and infrastructure” month for radiation detection: less about spectacular new threats, more about how we maintain, train, and modernize the systems that are already in the field. From handheld RIDs and data-driven algorithms for radiation portal monitors, to multi-country preparedness
Incidents
2025-05 | USA, Illinois | Loss
Facility Type: Industrial Isotope: Am-241 Activity: 90 mCi (3 XRF devices) Summary: Three XRF analyzers discovered missing during investigation at Bar Resource International, Rochelle. Source: NRC Event Notification
Signals
United States Regulation
|Signal #4 | May 23, 2025 |
Incidents
2025-05 | International Shipment | Loss
Facility Type: Medical Isotope: I-125 Activity: 157 seeds Summary: 157 brachytherapy sources lost during shipment from Chicago to East London, Africa. Source: NRC Event Notification
Signals
Laredo, Texas Deployment
|Signal #3 | May 20, 2025 |
Incidents
2025-05-20 | USA, Arizona | Damaged Gauge
Facility Type: Construction Isotope: Cs-137 / Am-241/Be Activity: ~10 mCi Cs-137, ~40 mCi Am-241/Be Summary: InstroTek gauge run over by water truck at Gilbert construction site. Source remained shielded, no release. Source: Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency
References
Radioactive Materials in Fires: Understanding Cobalt-60 & Cesium-137 Risks
What happens when materials that power our medical treatments and industrial processes, like Cobalt-60 (Co-60) and Cesium-137 (Cs-137), are caught in a fire? It’s a scenario with serious implications for public safety and our environment. These radioactive sources, vital in everything from cancer therapy to