The following report was received via facsimile:
[A] technician contacted this office at approximately 0810 [EST] to report that a Troxler gauge was stolen. The gauge was stored in the truck bed inside the case. The case with locked gauge inside was chained to the truck. The office compound has a locked gate and fence. The gate was found to be open upon his arrival, the supervisor was there but was not aware of the missing gauge until informed by [the technician]. The truck that had the gauge was parked in the back parking lot. [The] Miami office will investigate.
Florida Incident Number: FL09-086.
Troxler Model Number: 3411-B
Serial Number: 7648
- * * UPDATE FROM STEVE FURNACE TO HOWIE CROUCH @ 1419 EDT ON 6/2/10 * * *
The missing Troxler gauge has been recovered and returned to the owner. The owner is conducting a leak test and will be sending the gauge to the vendor for an operational check.
Notified R1DO (Dentel), FSME EO (McIntosh) and ILTAB (English) 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. For additional information go to
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf