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22:00 Nov 23, 2008 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | While at the office, Site002, on Sunday, November 23, 2008, the licensee had a truck with a gauge secured in the bed which was stolen by cutting the chain and lock. The employees had left to go to a jobsite and upon returning to the office noticed that the gauge had been stolen. The Dallas Police Department was notified and a report was filed. The Agency was notified at the start of business on Monday, November 24, 2008. The gauge was a Troxler 3430 (S/N 334330) and had two sources, 8mCi of Cs-137 (S/N 750-8953) and 40mCi of Am-241 (S/N 471455).
TX Incident #- I-8582 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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| Giles Engineering Dallas, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 4919 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+15.33 h0.639 days <br />0.0912 weeks <br />0.021 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Ray Jisha 13:20 Nov 24, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Joe O'Hara |
| Last Updated: | Nov 24, 2008 |
| 44681 - NRC Website | |
Giles Engineering with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 446812008-11-23T22:00:00023 November 2008 22:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Stolen Troxler Moisture Density Gauge 2008-11-23T22:00:00 | |