ENS 40520

v t e ENS Event
18:00 Feb 14, 2004
Title	Agreement State Report Involving a Stolen Troxler Moisture Density Gauge
Event Description	At approximately 1300 hours0.015 days <br />0.361 hours <br />0.00215 weeks <br />4.9465e-4 months <br /> on 2/14/04, the technician returned home for lunch in the company truck with a Troxler Model 3430, S/N 30167, gauge containing two sources, i.e., 8 millicuries Cs-137 and 40 millicuries Am-241/Be, locked in its case in the truck bed. The chain securing the case was cut and the Troxler stolen. The technician has the key which locks the source in the retracted position. The Miami Police Department and the Florida State Warning Point were notified. The company will issue a press release and reward for the return of the gauge. Florida Incident No. FL04-116. Update on 02/15/04 at 1549 EST by Mr. Jerry Eakins taken by MacKinnon*** The Troxler gauge was found next to a garbage dumpster located on a grocery store parking lot. The gauge was still in its case and had not been damaged. Miami HAZMAT came to the scene and took radiation readings of the gauge in its case. Radiation readings were 2 millirem/hr (expected value). The gauge has been returned to its assigned owner. R1DO ( Jim Trapp) & NMSS EO (Gary Janosko) notified.

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Where
Universal Engineering Services Lake Worth, Florida (NRC Region 1)
License number:	1136-3
Organization:	Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.5 h-0.146 days <br />-0.0208 weeks <br />-0.00479 months <br />)
Opened:	Jerry Eakins 14:30 Feb 14, 2004
NRC Officer:	Steve Sandin
Last Updated:	Feb 15, 2004
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