ENS 43380
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ENS Event | |
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12:15 May 22, 2007 | |
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| Event Description | At 0830 on 5-22-07, the radiation safety officer notified [California Radiological Health Branch] that a vehicle (Chevy Silverado with an attached camper shell) was stolen with a nuclear gauge locked in the camper shell (Troxler, model 3440, #18250 with 8 mCi Cs-137 & 40 mCi Am-241:Be). The gauge was locked inside a transport case, the transport case was chained, blocked, & braced in the camper shell. The gauge user does not remember if the door to the camper shell was locked. The gauge user had not secured and locked the club to the steering wheel and he does not think the handle of the gauge was locked. The driver discovered the theft around 0515 this morning when he returned to his vehicle after being in a donut shop for approximately 10 minutes. The donut shop is located in Bellflower on the corner of Alondra and Eucalyptus. The Lakewood Police Department were notified and they took the report of the theft. The RSO was asked to notify [California Radiological Health Branch] immediately if the gauge was recovered. The licensee will be cited for failing to properly secure the gauge. Corrective actions: The licensee will counsel the gauge user, will provide refresher training to all gauge users on the required security of the gauge while in transit, and will perform unannounced inspections of each gauge user's vehicle to ensure they are following the company's established policies and procedures regarding the security of gauges while in transit."
Lakewood Police Report #: 607-14202-1337-093 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. This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source. |
| Where | |
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| Converse Consultants Monrovia, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 4507-19 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.13 h-0.00542 days <br />-7.738095e-4 weeks <br />-1.78074e-4 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Donelle Krajewski 12:07 May 22, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Rotton |
| Last Updated: | May 22, 2007 |
| 43380 - NRC Website | |
Converse Consultants with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 433802007-05-22T12:15:00022 May 2007 12:15:00
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