ENS Event | |
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04:00 Aug 30, 2003 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | A Troxler moisture density gauge Model # 3411, Serial # 14338 containing 5.5 millicuries of Cs-137 (serial #50-2959) and 39 millicuries Am-241:Be (serial # 478830) was stolen from the back of a technician's pickup truck while parked at his residence in Roanoke, VA. The Technician called the vendor (Troxler) 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> number and local City of Roanoke authorities. Upon notification of the theft on 9/1/03, the licensee called the Vendor (Troxler) and was told that the gauge had been recovered. The licensee was later informed by the vendor that only the case had been recovered in a lake (Smith Mountain Lake) east of Roanoke and south of Bedford, Va. The licensee plans to contact the vendor for possible detection methods to locate the gauge if in the lake. No press release has been issued at this time. The licensee has been in contact with NRC Region 2 (Jeff Griffis).
The gauge was found intact in the Roanoke river on 09/21/03 @ 13:00. They are making a complete check of the device. Notified Reg 2 (Boland) and NMSS(Brown) were notified. |
| Where | |
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| Froehing And Robertson Richmond, Virginia (NRC Region 2) | |
| License number: | 45-08890-02 |
| Organization: | Froehing And Robertson |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+77.98 h3.249 days <br />0.464 weeks <br />0.107 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Bill Briody 09:59 Sep 2, 2003 |
| NRC Officer: | Gerry Waig |
| Last Updated: | Sep 22, 2003 |
| 40125 - NRC Website | |
Froehing And Robertson with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 401252003-08-30T04:00:00030 August 2003 04:00:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Stolen Troxler Moisture Density Gauge 2003-08-30T04:00:00 | |