ENS 43175
ENS Event | |
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17:30 Feb 20, 2007 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Stolen Troxler Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health Services' Radiological Health Section was notified at approximately 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20, 2007, by a representative from John Turner Consulting, Inc., of the theft of a portable soil moisture/density gauge from its vehicle on Tuesday afternoon, February 20, 2007, which was located at the licensee's facility in Dover, New Hampshire. The Licensee reported that a Troxler Model 3430 (Serial # 36724) portable gauge containing 9 millicuries of Cesium-137 and 44 millicuries of Americium-241: Beryllium was stolen from the licensee's vehicle parked at the licensee's facility located in [address deleted] Dover, New Hampshire. The locked gauge was padlocked in its original carrying case, which was attached to the bed of the vehicle with two chains with two separate locks. The State is following the incident. Local law enforcement has been notified by the licensee. Follow-up information will be provided to NRC."
NH Event Report ID No.: NH-07-001
The following information was provided by the State via email: As of approximately 4:35 p.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007, the portable nuclear gauging device reported by NH Licensee John Turner Consulting, Inc. (License No. 423R) has been recovered and was retrieved by the licensee. The licensee's representative has confirmed that the gauge had been left with the Madbury (NH) Police Department, located near the Dover, New Hampshire city line, and was locked inside of its locked case when recovered. The New Hampshire Radiological Health Section will be dispatching an inspector or inspectors to the licensee's facility on Wednesday, February 21, 2007, to conduct further investigation into this incident. Notified R1DO (T. Jackson), FSME EO (Moore), 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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| John Turner Consulting, Inc Dover, New Hampshire (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 423R |
| Organization: | Nh Dept Of Health & Human Services |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.4 h-0.1 days <br />-0.0143 weeks <br />-0.00329 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Twila Kenna 15:06 Feb 20, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Rotton |
| Last Updated: | Feb 20, 2007 |
| 43175 - NRC Website | |
John Turner Consulting, Inc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 431752007-02-20T17:30:00020 February 2007 17:30:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State - Stolen Troxler Moisture Density Gauge 2007-02-20T17:30:00 | |