The following was received via fax:
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) was notified on Friday, June 10, 2011, at 0955 hrs., that a Troxler 3411-B gauge, s/n 4793, containing 8 mCi of Cs-137 and 40 mCi of Am-241:Be had been stolen during the armed theft of a company vehicle at approximately 0530 hrs. on June 10, 2011. The RSO called to report the theft of the material. He stated that the Varnville police had been notified and were handling the incident. The SCDHEC inspector took the initial report and proceeded to call the South Carolina Fusion Center to report the incident.
The RSO was advised by the SCDHEC inspector to submit a written report detailing this event to the SCDHEC within 30 days. The event is open and pending the licensee's investigation and report to the SCDHEC, updates will be made through the national NMED system.
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