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11:00 May 4, 2007 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | The following information was provided via e-mail:
On Friday, May 4, 2007, around 10:20 a.m., the Agency received notification by Alliance Laboratories, Inc., that a 2002 metallic gray Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck that was carrying a moisture/density gauge, Humboldt Scientific Inc, Model 5001, SN#4455, with two sources 11 mCi of Cs-137, SN 1654CM, and a 44 mCi Am-241, SN NJ04752, was stolen sometime between 0600-0800 hrs. from an apartment complex in Houston, Texas. Houston Police Department has been notified and the case number is 06-4781007B. The Agency also notified the [Headquarters] Operations Officer at the NRC, at 1040 hours0.012 days <br />0.289 hours <br />0.00172 weeks <br />3.9572e-4 months <br />, and the event number is 43342. Texas Incident Number: I-8409. 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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| Alliance Laboratories, Inc Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L05586 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+0.67 h0.0279 days <br />0.00399 weeks <br />9.17766e-4 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Ray Jisha 11:40 May 4, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | May 4, 2007 |
| 43342 - NRC Website | |
Alliance Laboratories, Inc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 433422007-05-04T11:00:0004 May 2007 11:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report from Texas - Stolen Humboldt Moisture Density Gauge. 2007-05-04T11:00:00 | |