Texas Incident No.: I-8065
Event date and time: 10/21/03, discovered approx. 8:10 cst
Event location: Humble, TX storage shed
Event type: Stolen radiography camera
Notifications: The licensee notified the local police, BRC, and other radiography companies in the area.
Event description: SPEC Model 150 exposure device, sn #0336, 32 Ci [Curies], Ir-192 source, model G-20, sn #KF1204
The licensee arrived at work this morning, found the security gate wide open, the lock cut on the storage shed, the lock cut on the vault and the camera missing. The only thing taken was the camera, all other equipment was still in place and the darkroom was still locked. The licensee had only one camera. The camera was used on a job yesterday and secured after use.
There are about 60 other storage sheds located within the fence. The only one broken into was the licensee's storage shed. Other radiography companies in the area were contacted by the licensee, also the local police were notified.
The incident has not received any media attention. The Agency [BRC] is investigating the incident.
Transport vehicle description: None reported
Media attention: None reported.