Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 157 - Radiation Protection › Subchapter XV - Physical Protections of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material › Section DHS 157.9721 - Reporting of events during shipping

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The shipping
				  licensee shall notify the LLEA in the area of the shipment's last confirmed
				  location and the department by telephone within one hour of its determination
				  that a shipment of category 1 quantities of radioactive material is lost or
				  missing. During the investigation required by s. DHS 157.9720(3), the shipping
				  licensee shall provide agreed upon updates to the department on the status of
				  the investigation.
(2) The shipping
				  licensee shall initially notify the department by telephone within 4 hours of
				  the shipping licensee's determination that a shipment of category 2 quantities
				  of radioactive material is lost or missing. The licensee shall further notify
				  the department, if the radioactive material has not been located and secured
				  after 24 hours of the initial determination that the shipment is lost or
				  missing.
(3) The shipping licensee
				  shall notify the designated LLEA along the shipment route as soon as possible
				  upon discovery of any actual or attempted theft or diversion of a shipment or
				  suspicious activities related to the theft or diversion of a shipment of a
				  category 1 quantity of radioactive material. As soon as possible after
				  notifying the LLEA, the licensee shall notify the department by telephone upon
				  discovery of any actual or attempted theft or diversion of a shipment, or any
				  suspicious activity related to the shipment of category 1 radioactive
				  material.
(4) The shipping licensee
				  shall notify the department by telephone as soon as possible upon discovery of
				  any actual or attempted theft or diversion of a shipment, or any suspicious
				  activity related to the shipment, of a category 2 quantity of radioactive
				  material.
(5) The shipping licensee
				  shall notify the department by telephone and the LLEA as soon as possible upon
				  recovery of any lost or missing category 1 quantities of radioactive
				  material.
(6) The shipping licensee
				  shall notify the department by telephone as soon as possible upon recovery of
				  any lost or missing category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
(7) The licensee shall submit a written
				  report to the department within 30 days of providing the telephone notification
				  to an LLEA or the department of the discovery of any actual or attempted theft
				  or diversion of a shipment under subs. (1) to (4). A written report is not
				  required for notifications of suspicious activities related to a shipment. The
				  report shall set forth all the following information:
(a) A description of the licensed material
				  involved, including kind, quantity, and chemical and physical form.
(b) A description of the circumstances under
				  which the loss or theft occurred.
(c) A statement of disposition, or probable
				  disposition, of the licensed material involved.
(d) Actions that have been taken, or will be
				  taken, to recover the material.
(e)
				  Procedures or measures that have been, or will be, adopted to ensure against a
				  recurrence of the loss or theft of licensed material.