ENS 40939
ENS Event | |
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01:30 Aug 11, 2004 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost/Stolen Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | A moisture density gauge, model CPN MC-3, containing approximately 8 milliCuries of Cs-137 and 30 milliCuries of Am-241 was lost from the back of a pickup truck while traveling from a jobsite in Carlsbad, CA to the company home office in San Diego. The jobsite was on Cassia Road (Thomas Guide, page 1127, D4-E4). It was reported that the gauge was inadvertently left in the back of the pickup truck without being put into the transportation case, neither the gauge nor the transportation case were secured to the truck, and the truck tailgate was left down. Both the gauge and the transportation case apparently fell out of the truck in the first few miles of travel. The driver noticed the tailgate down shortly after turning onto Palomar Airport Road from El Camino Real (Thomas Guide, page 1127, E2). The driver back tracked and found the case but not the gauge. Local law enforcement authorities were notified, and the RSO went to the scene to assist in attempting to locate the gauge.
Mr. Greger reported that the lost gauge was recovered about 1 block from the jobsite today at approximately 1300 PDT. Additional recovery details will be provided tomorrow, 8/12/04. Notified R4DO (Linda Smith), NMSS (Daniel Gillen), TAS (Aaron Danis), Mexico (CNSNS) by facsimile.
The gauge was recovered around 1 pm on 8/11/04. It had apparently fallen from the truck a short distance from the construction site. Someone apparently found it and placed it on an adjacent sidewalk. An adjacent business owner (DELETED) noticed the gauge on the sidewalk in front of their business at the end of the day 8/10/04. When the gauge was still there the next morning, they called the phone number of a gauge service company (Mauer Technical Services) listed on a sticker on the gauge, and reported that the gauge was apparently abandoned. Mauer contacted the company that owned the gauge (Christian Wheeler Engineering), who recovered the gauge. When found, the gauge was locked with the source in a shielded position. There was no apparent damage to the gauge. California RHB authorities will be pursuing enforcement action with Christian Wheeler Engineering for the loss of the gauge. Some details of the loss that were initially reported to California RHB apparently were incorrect. The attached Investigation form has been revised to reflect our current knowledge of this matter." [See Below] A moisture density gauge, model CPN MC-3, containing approximately 8 mCi of Cs-137 and 30 mCi of Am-241 was lost from the back of a pickup truck while traveling between jobsites in Carlsbad, CA on 8/10/04. The truck left a jobsite on Cassia Road (Thomas Guide, page 1127, D4-E4) with the gauge. It was reported that the gauge was inadvertently left in the back of the pickup truck without being put into the transportation case, and with the truck tailgate was left down. Within a couple miles of travel, the driver noticed the tailgate down while he was driving on El Camino Real (Thomas Guide, page 1127, E2). The driver back tracked, but could not find the gauge. Local law enforcement authorities were notified, and the RSO went to the scene to assist in attempting to locate the gauge. Notified R4DO (Linda Smith), NMSS (Daniel Gillen), TAS (Matt Hahn) |
| Where | |
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| Christian Wheeler Engineering Carlsbad, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 6560-37 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.8 h-0.158 days <br />-0.0226 weeks <br />-0.00521 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | R. Greger 21:42 Aug 10, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | Mike Ripley |
| Last Updated: | Aug 12, 2004 |
| 40939 - NRC Website | |
Christian Wheeler Engineering with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 409392004-08-11T01:30:00011 August 2004 01:30:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost/Stolen Moisture Density Gauge 2004-08-11T01:30:00 | |