The writer received a call from [an employee] of Building and Earth Sciences at approximately 9:00
AM on September 19, 2002. The employee reported that a
Troxler Model 3430 gauge (S/N 30199) had been
stolen sometime during the night of September 18, 2002, from their truck working under reciprocity in Memphis,
Tennessee.
The gauge had been left chained in the back of the truck overnight at [ . . . . . ]. The chain had been cut, and the gauge taken. The licensee's employee had contacted both the State of Tennessee and had filed a report with the local police.
The licensee is continuing their investigation, and considering additional methods to expedite recovery of the gauge.
Contact the Headquarters Operations Officer for additional information.
The State provided the following information via email:
[Mississippi] DRH [Division of Radiological Health] received a phone call from Desoto County [MS] EMA [Emergency Management Agency] on 12-20-07 about a Troxler Model 3430 moisture/density gauge ( Serial # 30199 ) that was found by a member of the public in the woods. The moisture/density gauge had been stolen on September 19, 2002, (NRC Event 39201) in Memphis, Tennessee, while Building & Earth Sciences was working under reciprocity of their Alabama Radioactive Material License AL-1266. The theft was originally reported to Alabama Radiation Control, Tennessee Division of Radiological Health, and the Memphis Police Department. The gauge was picked up by Mississippi Division of Radiological Health on 12-21-07 and returned to our office where it was leak tested and stored. Building & Earth Sciences was contacted and is going to pick the gauge up on 1-3-08. No leakage was detected.
Notified the R1DO (Conte) and
FSME EO (Flannery).