ENS Event | |
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08:00 Dec 7, 2004 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | On December 7, 2004 at noon, the [Radiation Safety Officer] RSO contacted the [State of California Radiological Health Branch] Office to report a nuclear density gauge (Troxler model 3440, serial #15945) with a nominal 40 mCi Am:Be source (serial #47-11302) and a nominal 8 mCi Cs-137 source (serial #50-4969) had been stolen out of a locked construction trailer at Blossom Housing site off of Flynn Springs Road in the County of San Diego sometime between 11 am on Monday, December 6, 2004 and 7 am on December 7, 2004, when the theft was discovered. The gauge was last seen by the gauge user when he locked it up on Friday [12/03/04] at 3:30 pm in a trailer owned and used only by Geocon, Inc. A job foreman with another company reported he had noticed the trailer was locked shortly before he left the job site on Monday, December 6, 2004 at 11 am. Besides being inside the locked trailer, the case containing the gauge was locked with a padlock and the case was chained and locked to the trailer. The dead bolt lock on the trailer door had been drilled out and the gauge, gauge case, chain and lock, along with the door lock had been removed from the premises. A police report was filed with the San Diego County Sheriff's office (case #04084256A).
A reward will be offered for the return of the nuclear gauge. The FBI was apparently informed of the theft by the San Diego Sheriff's office, as the licensee reported receiving a call from the FBI. The California report number for this event is 120704. |
| Where | |
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| Geocon, Inc San Diego, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 3924-37 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.9 h0.454 days <br />0.0649 weeks <br />0.0149 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Robert Greger, Chp 18:54 Dec 7, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Dec 7, 2004 |
| 41248 - NRC Website | |
Geocon, Inc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 412482004-12-07T08:00:0007 December 2004 08:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report from California on Stolen Troxler Gauge 2004-12-07T08:00:00 | |