ENS Event | |
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19:00 Sep 25, 2006 | |
| Title | Troxler Moisture Density Gauge Lost During Shipment |
| Event Description | On 09/20/06 Troxler Naperville, IL office sent a Troxler Model # 3430 to Weaver Boos Consultant office located at 5677 DTC Blvd, Suite 102, Greenwood Village, CO. The gauge was to have arrived at the Weaver Boos Consultant, Greenwood Village, CO office on 09/22/06. Licensee contacted the shipper, FedEx. Fedex is looking for the gauge. The gauge contains 8 millicuries of Cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241/Be. The serial number of the gauge is 29815. The licensee reported this incident to NRC Region III office.
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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| Weaver Boos Consultants Grifith, Indiana (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 13-26305-01 |
| Organization: | Weaver Boos Consultatns |
| Reporting | |
| Information Only | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.87 h-0.161 days <br />-0.023 weeks <br />-0.0053 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Don Ward 15:08 Sep 25, 2006 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | Sep 25, 2006 |
| 42861 - NRC Website | |
Weaver Boos Consultants with Information Only | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 428612006-09-25T19:00:00025 September 2006 19:00:00
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