ENS 41963

v t e ENS Event
12:30 Aug 30, 2005
Title	a State Licensee Reported One of Their Troxler Moisture Density Gauges Had Been Stolen
Event Description	A Troxler moisture density gauge was stolen from the company truck while parked at the private residence of a Wingerter Laboratory employee. The gauge was checked out from the company at 0630 and taken to his residence to pick up job related paperwork. While at the job site the RSO was notified at 0830 that the gauge was missing. The driver said he made no stops while driving from his residence to job site. The Troxler gauge (model 3440, serial #19973) contained 8 mCi (milliCuries) of Cs-137; 40 mCi of AM-241/Be. Wingerter is offering a $1000 reward for the return of the gauge in local newspaper. Florida incident #FL05-120 This is less than the quantity of a IAEA Category 3 source. Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. For some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are IAEA Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks.

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Where
Wingerter Laboratory North Miami, Florida (NRC Region 1)
License number:	0673-1
Organization:	Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control
Reporting

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Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1.92 h0.08 days <br />0.0114 weeks <br />0.00263 months <br />)
Opened:	Steve Furnace 14:25 Aug 30, 2005
NRC Officer:	Chauncey Gould
Last Updated:	Aug 30, 2005
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