ENS Event | |
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10:00 Aug 15, 2008 | |
| Title | Troxler Moisture Density Gauge Stolen from the Bed of a Truck |
| Event Description | An authorized gauge user while working at a jobsite site in McDowell County, WV stayed overnight at a motel in Grundy, VA which is just across the state line. Sometime between 2200 hours0.0255 days <br />0.611 hours <br />0.00364 weeks <br />8.371e-4 months <br /> on 8/14/08 and 0600 hours0.00694 days <br />0.167 hours <br />9.920635e-4 weeks <br />2.283e-4 months <br /> on 8/15/08, a Troxler Model 3440 (S/N 27535) containing two sources, i.e., 8 millicuries Cs-137 and 40 millicuries Am-241/Be, was stolen from the bed of the employee's pickup truck. The Troxler gauge was locked inside its case and contained inside a locked transport box chained and bolted to the bed of the truck. The chain had been cut and the lock on the transport box broken to remove both the Troxler gauge and its case.
The licensee notified the NRC Region I Office (Marie Miller) and filed a police report with the Grundy City Police department who are investigating the theft. The licensee has made no determination whether a reward will be offered. 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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| West Virginia Paving Dunbar, West Virginia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 47-17070-01 |
| Organization: | West Virginia Paving |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+0.12 h0.005 days <br />7.142857e-4 weeks <br />1.64376e-4 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Dallas Boggess 10:07 Aug 15, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Aug 15, 2008 |
| 44415 - NRC Website | |
West Virginia Paving with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 444152008-08-15T10:00:00015 August 2008 10:00:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Troxler Moisture Density Gauge Stolen from the Bed of a Truck 2008-08-15T10:00:00 | |