ENS Event | |
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06:00 Dec 16, 2009 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Stolen Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following report was received via e-mail:
On December 16, 2009, at 0729 hours0.00844 days <br />0.203 hours <br />0.00121 weeks <br />2.773845e-4 months <br />, the licensee notified the [Texas] agency that sometime during the previous night, a company truck containing a Humboldt model 5001 EZ moisture density gauge serial # 3566 was stolen from an employee's home. The gauge contains a 10 millicurie Cesium (Cs) -137 source and a 40 millicurie Americium-241 /Beryllium (Am/Be) source. Local law enforcement was notified and a report filed. The employee is on his way to the company's office to file a complete report. The [Texas] agency has notified the Texas Association of Pawnbrokers of the theft. The company is licensed in the State of Illinois (IL-01828-01) and operating in Texas under reciprocity. It is unknown at this time how the gauge was stored in the vehicle or the address where the vehicle was located when it was stolen. This [Texas] agency will supply additional information as it is obtained.
The following report was received via e-mail: On December 22, 2009, at 0809 hours0.00936 days <br />0.225 hours <br />0.00134 weeks <br />3.078245e-4 months <br />, the license notified the agency that on the evening of December 21, 2009, the stolen truck was located in an impound yard. The gauge was still on the truck. The gauge was inspected and was undamaged. The gauge has been returned to storage. No additional information is available at this time. The licensee stated that a written report will be provided within the next week. Notified R4DO (Walker), FSME (Villamar), and ILTAB (e-mail). The Texas agency notified the State of Illinois. Texas Incident Number I-8693. 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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| H. H. Holmes Testing Laboratory Wheeling, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | IL-01828-01 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+4.75 h0.198 days <br />0.0283 weeks <br />0.00651 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 10:45 Dec 16, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | Karl Diederich |
| Last Updated: | Dec 22, 2009 |
| 45573 - NRC Website | |
H. H. Holmes Testing Laboratory with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Stolen Moisture Density Gauge 2009-12-16T06:00:00 | |