ENS 41708

v t e ENS Event
13:45 May 16, 2005
Title	Agreement State Report - Lost/Stolen and Recovered Moisture Density Gauge
Event Description	The State provided the following information via facsimile: Description of Event: Received a report that a Troxler gauge had been found in the middle of Stevens Creek Road. Date of event: 5/16/05. A delivery truck driver recovered the gauge from the street and notified the Augusta-Richmond County Fire Department. The fire department then notified the Georgia Radioactive Materials Program. The gauge was a model 3430 Troxler Moisture Density Gauge. Isotope: Cesium 137 and Americium 241, Beryllium. Amount of Activity: 8 mCi [millicuries] Cs 137 and 40 mCi Am/Be. Describe clean-up actions taken by RCP: None. List radiation measurements taken by RCP: Took measurements to confirm source was in proper position in gauge and did not exceed transport index. The Augusta Chronicle published a story in this event on May 16, 2005.

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Where
Csra Testing & Engineering Co. Augusta, Georgia (NRC Region 1)
License number:	GA 620-1
Organization:	Georgia Radioactive Material Pgm
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+48.97 h2.04 days <br />0.291 weeks <br />0.0671 months <br />)
Opened:	Elizabeth Drinnon 14:43 May 18, 2005
NRC Officer:	Pete Snyder
Last Updated:	May 18, 2005
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