The State provided the following information via email:
At approximately 9:00 AM July 17, 2007, the Agency was informed that the Licensee had a gauge in a pickup truck traveling north from 67 Avenue and Lower Buckeye to I-10 noticed at the I-10 ramp the gauge was missing. He began the trip at approximately 7:00 AM. The Gauge case was secured in the truck as required. He did not put the gauge in the case however. The gauge is a Troxler Model 3430, Serial Number 39005 and contains 8 mCi of Cesium-137 and 40 mCi Am:Be-241. The Company plans a press release and will offer a reward for the gauge.
Phoenix PD is investigating.
The Agency continues to investigate this event.
The states of CA, NV, CO, UT, and NM and Mexico and U.S. NRC and FBI are being notified of this event.
Arizona report number: 07-010
- * * UPDATE PROVIDED BY AUBREY V. GODWIN TO JASON KOZAL ON 07/27/07 AT 1306 EDT * * *
The gauge has been recovered. It was found by a street sweeper. It was not opened and no radiation exposures appear to have occurred.
The states of CA, NV, CO, UT, and NM and Mexico and U.S. NRC and FBI are being notified of this event.
Notified the R4DO (Smith), FSME (Thorp), ILTAB (via e-mail) , Mexico (e-mail).
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.