ENS 43816
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14:45 Dec 1, 2007 | |
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| Event Description | The State provided the following information via facsimile:
On Saturday, 12/01/07 at 10:45 a.m., the agency was contacted through the 24-hour emergency answering service by the licensee's RSO, reporting the theft of their Troxler, Model 3430 moisture/density (m/d) [gauge]. The RSO reported that the employee was enroute to a job site and stopped at a Valero gas station on Tidwell Road in Houston, TX at approximately 8:45 a.m. to get gas. The employee finished pumping the gas, returned the nozzle to its hook and walked to the back of the bed of his Silver Dodge F1500 pickup truck to check the bracing of the gauge, when he noticed that a vagrant from the bus stop jumped in the truck and began to drive off. The employee banged on the window of the driver side and was subsequently drug alongside the truck for a distance, while the perpetrator sped off, jumped a median and eventually escaped. The RSO reported that the gauge was in its transport case, triple locked, and securely braced in the bed of the truck, but the [keys for the gauge locks] were on the same ring as the truck keys. The Houston local law enforcement (LLE) were immediately notified and a police report was filed and assigned case # 175693707-U. [Incident Investigation Program (IIP)] instructed the RSO to submit a picture of the gauge to the LLE to assist them in locating the gauge. The RSO was also asked to consider placing an advertisement in the local newspaper offering a reward. IIP informed the RSO that TDSH would submit an email notification to Texas Association of Pawn Brokers (TAPS) with a description of the gauge to possibly assist in its location. Gauge Information: Mfg: Troxler, Model #: 3430, Serial #: 026027 Source information: 1) Cesium-137; 8 milliCuries, Serial #: 75-9095 2) Am-241:Be 40 milliCuries, Serial#: 47-22446 Last Leak lest: Monitoring Services on 08/14/07 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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| Aviles Engineering Inc. Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L03016 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
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| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.03 h-0.0846 days <br />-0.0121 weeks <br />-0.00278 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Latisha Hanson 12:43 Dec 1, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Rotton |
| Last Updated: | Dec 1, 2007 |
| 43816 - NRC Website | |
Aviles Engineering Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 438162007-12-01T14:45:0001 December 2007 14:45:00
[Table view]Agreement State Texas Agreement State Report - Stolen Troxler Moisture Density Gauge 2007-12-01T14:45:00 | |