ENS 43789
ENS Event | |
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23:30 Nov 16, 2007 | |
| Title | Lost Troxler Gauge Model 3430; S/N 33784 |
| Event Description | On 11/16/07 at 1830, an employee of Craig Testing Laboratory was traveling from a McDonald's restaurant to a Wawa convenience store. When the employee reached the convenience store, he noticed the tailgate of his truck was down, and the Troxler moisture density gauge model 3430; serial number 33784 was missing. The employee notified the company RSO and the Hamilton Township Police Department (Case No. 07-63766). A search of the traveled route near the intersection of route 40 and route 50 was conducted without success. The employee stated that when he was at the restaurant the gauge was present in the back of the pickup truck but not properly secured under lock and key. However, when the employee reached the convenience store (which was about a mile away) the gauge and other items were missing. Those other items included a box of concrete cylinder molds and a concrete pressure meter. The licensee does not believe the items were stolen. The licensee believes the gauge and items fell out of the truck. The activity of the sources are: Am-241 (40 millicuries) and Cs-137 (8 millicuries). The licensee has searched e-Bay and Craig's List and is placing reward ads in the local area and ads in the local newspaper.
This morning, the licensee recovered the gauge from a private citizen. The citizen stated that he received the gauge from an acquaintance. The gauge was intact and in pristine condition. Radiation surveys were normal and the source was secure and shielded. The licensee is awaiting leak test results before placing the gauge back in service. The State of New Jersey will be notified by the licensee as it is now an Agreement State. The licensee's New Jersey license is RAD110001-507930. Notified R1DO (Schmidt), FSME EO (McIntosh) and ILTAB via email. 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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| Craig Testing Laboratorys Mays Landing, New Jersey (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 29-18018-01 |
| Organization: | Craig Testing Laboratorys |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.05 h0.419 days <br />0.0598 weeks <br />0.0138 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Ian Craig 09:33 Nov 17, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | Joe O'Hara |
| Last Updated: | Apr 27, 2011 |
| 43789 - NRC Website | |
Craig Testing Laboratorys with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 437892007-11-16T23:30:00016 November 2007 23:30:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Lost Troxler Gauge Model 3430; S/N 33784 2007-11-16T23:30:00 | |