ENS 42221

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v t e ENS Event
05:00 Dec 21, 2005
Title	Stolen Troxler Moisture Density Gauge
Event Description	A licensee's employee had his 1988 Cadillac Brougham stolen while it was parked in front of his house in Westland, MI and a Troxler moisture density gauge was inside the vehicle (Model 3440, S/N 13815, containing 8 millicuries of Cs-137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241:Be). The gauge was locked in its wired down casing. The vehicle was stolen sometime between 1900 and 0400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-4 months <br /> on 12/21/05 and 12/22/05 respectively. The licensee contacted NRC Region III, the Westland Police (report No.0542989) and the State Police who subsequently contacted the State Homeland Security. * * UPDATE AT 1705 ON 12/22/05 FROM J. KALISZ TO A. COSTA * * * The licensee reported that the automobile was taken away at the owner's location by a car repossession company. The gauge and its case were intact inside the car and have been recovered by the licensee. Notified R3 DO (Peterson), NMSS EO (Camper) and TAS (email). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL 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. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are 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.

ENS 42221 +/-
Where
Mcdowell And Assiciates Ferndale, Michigan (NRC Region 3)
License number:	21-18724-01
Organization:	Mcdowell And Associates
Reporting

10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+33.17 h1.382 days <br />0.197 weeks <br />0.0454 months <br />)
Opened:	John Kalisz 14:10 Dec 22, 2005
NRC Officer:	Arlon Costa
Last Updated:	Dec 22, 2005
42221 - NRC Website
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Mcdowell And Assiciates with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
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