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Troxler moisture density gauge was
stolen from an open bed truck at the employee's residence. The
gauge was chained in the back of the truck. The theft was discovered at 0545 PST on 3/11/2010. "
RSO was notified at 0550 PST, Las
Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMPD) at 0555 PST and the Nevada State Health Division at 0556 PST. The State is following the incident and working with LVMPD. Follow-up information will be provided to the NRC on the situation and entered into
NMED. LVMPD Event No.: 100311-0802.
Troxler model 3440
Serial Number: 17916
Sources: Am-241:Be 40 mCi Be (Model No.47- Serial No.13357) and Cs-137 8 mCi 137 (Model No. 50,Serial No. 7401)
Nevada Incident Number: NV100003
- * * UPDATE FROM SNEHA RAVIKUMAR TO PETE SNYDER ON 3/26/10 AT 1303 EDT * * *
At 0900 PDT on 3/25/10, the RSO reported that the gauge had been found by local police. When the RSO examined the gauge on 3/26/10, he found that the gauge was undamaged, intact and in good condition with only the outer lock of the case broken.
Notified FSME EO (McIntosh), R4DO (Deese) and ILTAB (Hahn).
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
This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the
IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source.