ENS 46050
ENS Event | |
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13:00 Jun 28, 2010 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Stolen Troxler Gauge |
| Event Description | The following report was received via email from the State of Oklahoma:
On June 28, 2010, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) received notification from Standard Testing and Engineering Company (Standard) of Oklahoma City operating under license number OK-17054-03 that one of Standard's nuclear gauges was stolen from the home of an employee living in Tulsa, OK. The gauge is a Troxler Model 3411B moisture/density gauge, serial number 16968. The gauge contained a 0.30 GBq 137-Cs source serial number 506707 and a 1.48 GBq 241-Am source serial number 4712391. Standard stated that it is against company policy to store gauges at employee residences and that the employee has been terminated. It is unclear at this time if the gauge was properly stored within the gauge restraints that are installed in all Standard company vehicles. There is no reason to believe that this is anything other than a common theft. The licensee has notified local law enforcement. The ODEQ is notifying the FBI. The company has not issued a press release. ODEQ will seek to either issue a press release, or have the company issue a press release to help raise public awareness of the appearance of the gauge and the level of risk it poses, in case it is abandoned in a public place.
The portable gauge reported stolen on June 28th at approximately 4:15 PM has been recovered. A citizen contacted a company that provides services to portable gauge users, and the company contacted Oklahoma DEQ and provided us with information to contact the citizen. We [OK DEQ] placed the licensee in contact with the person who had found the gauge, and the gauge was recovered at about 11 AM on June 30. The gauge appears to be undamaged. Notified R4DO(Lantz), FSME EO(Luehman), and ILTAB 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 |
| Where | |
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| Standard Testing And Engineering Company Tulsa, Oklahoma (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | OK-17054-03 |
| Organization: | Ok Deq Rad Management |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+4.38 h0.183 days <br />0.0261 weeks <br />0.006 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Mike Broderick 17:23 Jun 28, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | Eric Simpson |
| Last Updated: | Jul 1, 2010 |
| 46050 - NRC Website | |
Standard Testing And Engineering Company with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Stolen Troxler Gauge 2010-06-28T13:00:00 | |