On December 10, 2004, (Friday), the Licensee had dispatched operator [deleted], for a job with a
Troxler 3440, Serial No. 33733, containing two sealed Special Form sources: 8.0 mCi (nominal)
Cs-137, Serial No 750-9391, and 40.0 mCi (nominal) Am-241/Be, Serial No 47-22867. Upon completion of the job the operator was returning to the company office, he decided to stop by the Wal Mart store in Harris County,
Texas. Upon returning to his company truck, Ford F150 fleetside, License Plate No. [deleted], he determined that the
gauge was missing from the tiedown location. Looking into the bed of the truck he noted that the cable securing the
gauge to the truck had been cut and was laying in the bottom of the truck bed near the tailgate, still locked into place. The operator reported the incident to his supervisor and was advised to report the incident to the Harris County Constable's Office - Precinct #4. While he was making the report, Case No 0412101909, the company R.S.O. reported the incident to the
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) on-call duty officer. Due to the R.S.O. being at home, he did not have the source Serial Numbers. The source serial numbers were reported to the Agency on Monday afternoon at 1:15 p.m.
Licensee is considering offering a reward and announcing the loss to local media.
Texas Incident No.: I-8191
- * * UPDATE FROM RAY JISHA TO W GOTT AT 1517 ON 12/23/04 * * *
A technician from another company was offered the gauge for sale. The technician consulted his supervisor who told him to purchase the gauge. The gauge was determined to be the stolen gauge from Stork. The gauge was intact and was returned to Stork. An update will be provided to the local law enforcement.
Notified
NMSS (T Essig), R4DO (Spitzberg), TAS (J Foster) (email), and faxed to Mexico.