ENS Event | |
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12:30 Sep 10, 2007 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | On the morning of 09/10/07 the licensee [DELETED] was getting ready to calibrate a Troxler Moisture Density Gauge (Model 3440). The gauge (s/n 22678) was in the back of the company truck on the calibration block. The employee left the truck for 3-5 minutes to use the restroom and when he returned the gauge was gone. The sources in the Troxler gauge are Am-241/Be (40 mCi), and Cs-137 (8 mCi). The employee contacted his supervisor, who in turn contacted the State police (Report # 52-44047). Within 90 minutes the gauge was found in a vacant lot about a mile from the job site. The gauge was checked and found undamaged with the sources in the safe position. No one saw who might have taken the gauge from the truck.
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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| Indiana State Dept Of Transporation Indianapolis, Indiana (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 13-26341-01 |
| Organization: | Indiana State Dept Of Transporation |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+22.38 h0.933 days <br />0.133 weeks <br />0.0307 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Frank Thomas John 10:53 Sep 11, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | John Knoke |
| Last Updated: | Sep 11, 2007 |
| 43629 - NRC Website | |
Indiana State Dept Of Transporation with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 436292007-09-10T12:30:00010 September 2007 12:30:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Stolen Troxler Gauge 2007-09-10T12:30:00 | |