ENS 42710
ENS Event | |
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11:00 Jul 17, 2006 | |
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| Event Description | The State provided the following information via email:
The licensee reported that a Troxler portable moisture/density gauge, model 3430, serial number 25598, was stolen between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. today. The gauge was in a 1987 Toyota Camry when the car itself was stolen from the residence of an employee living in Renton, Washington. The gauge was in the trunk of the car at the time of the theft. The licensee reported that the trunk was locked, the transport box was locked and the gauge was locked. The licensee did not have a required second outer level of security in place to keep an unauthorized individual from removing the locked box with the gauge. The licensee did not keep the gauge stored at the licensed storage location as required by license condition. The user retrieved the gauge Sunday night (July 16, 2006) from the licensed storage location located several miles north of his residence for use today at a temporary jobsite several miles south of his residence. The theft was reported to the Renton Police Department (police report #4626) and was assigned Case #06-7698. " Washington Event Report # WA-06-050
[State of Washington, Radioactive Materials Section] received a written report on January 11, 2007, from Professional Service Industries, Inc., (PSI) that the portable moisture/density gauge had been found and recovered on August 22, 2006. The gauge was discovered in the front yard of a residence in Kent, Washington. This is approximately 1 mile from where the vehicle had been stolen. The King County, Washington, Sheriff's Department was notified of the find by the resident at the Kent location. The Sheriff's Office notified PSI of the find. PSI went to the residence, inspected the gauge and determined that it was undamaged. The source rod was locked in the shielded position but the transportation box appeared to have been opened because the locking hasp had been broken. The gauge was placed back into secure storage at a PSI licensed storage location. The gauge was later leak tested [in August 2006]. The test was negative. Corrective actions included: 1) The gauge user was required to provide the department with a written report of events that lead to the gauge becoming uncontrolled gauge. In the report the gauge user gave reasons for violating license requirements, 2) The user was required to attend a re-training session that included maintaining proper security for portable gauges. The user was required to make written confirmation of the requirements, and 3) The user was required to assist in providing similar training to other PSI gauge users. During that training session, the gauge user gave a lessons learned summary of the incident. Notified R4DO (Campbell) and NMSS EO (Burgess). Notified ILTAB (via email) and Canada (via fax). 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. |
| Where | |
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| Professional Service Industries Inc Tacoma, Washington (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | WN-IR021-1 |
| Organization: | Wa Division Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+5.72 h0.238 days <br />0.034 weeks <br />0.00784 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Arden Scroggs 16:43 Jul 17, 2006 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Jan 17, 2007 |
| 42710 - NRC Website | |
Professional Service Industries Inc with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Missing Moisture Density Gauge ENS 427102006-07-17T11:00:00017 July 2006 11:00:00 Agreement State Washington Agreement State Report of Stolen Troxler Gauge 2013-10-09T14:30:00 | |