This event was entered per the request of NRC Region 1
On the morning of 3/7/07 the reporting company noticed that a Troxler Moisture Density Gauge (Model 3411B, Serial Number 13563) was missing. The gauge was used Friday 3/2/07 at a jobsite at 35050 Halls Road, Clewiston, Florida and placed in a storage trailer. The jobsite was on a Seminole Indian Reservation.
The trailer had not been broken into. The Seminole Reservation authorities are investigating. The licensee will submit a written report.
This report was originally reported to the state of Florida, see event # 43219
reported on 3/7/07, since the reporting company was a Florida Licensee (License
Number 3424-1). The reporting company also called the NRC on 3/7/07 at 15:18
regarding this same event.
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.