ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jul 12, 2007 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | At 9am on 7/12/07 the licensee noticed that their Troxler, Model 3440, S/N 20970, moisture density gauge was stolen. The gauge had been secured in a truck with a lock and chain inside a locked case at 3pm on 7/11/07. The licensee noticed that the lock on the case had been cut and the gauge was gone.
The licensee reported the incident to the Lexington Police Department as case identification number 07131235. The gauge has a 0.04 curie Americium-241 source and a 0.008 curie Cesium-137 source. The sources were last leak checked in April of 2007. The state is following up on this issue. 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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| Fuller, Mossbarger, Scott And May Engineers, Inc. Lexington, Kentucky (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 201-142-51 |
| Organization: | Kentucky Dept Of Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.42 h0.434 days <br />0.062 weeks <br />0.0143 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Brian Parsley 15:25 Jul 12, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | Pete Snyder |
| Last Updated: | Jul 12, 2007 |
| 43485 - NRC Website | |
Fuller, Mossbarger, Scott And May Engineers, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 434852007-07-12T05:00:00012 July 2007 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Stolen Moisture Density Gauge 2007-07-12T05:00:00 | |