ENS 46994
ENS Event | |
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04:00 Jun 26, 2011 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Stolen Portable Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following was received via fax:
Fairway Testing Co. license no. C2322, called 6/27/11 to report that a Troxler model 3411 s/n 4363 portable density gauge was stolen from a company vehicle on Sunday, June 26. The device contained 8 mCi Cesium 137 and 40 mCi of Americium 241/Beryllium. The employee worked late on Friday, June 24 and did not have access to the permanent storage location since the building is locked after 5:00 p.m. The driver took the vehicle to his residence on Brookside Drive in Stony Point, Rockland County and parked it in his driveway. The device was in its transport container, which was doubly chained to the bed of the pickup truck. On Sunday morning, the employee observed that the container was still in the bed of the pickup before he left his residence for the day in a family vehicle. When he came home that night he did not check the vehicle. On Monday morning, he realized that both chains were cut and the transport box along with the device was stolen. Other items were also stolen from the vehicle which leads to speculation that the perpetrators were not specifically after the density gauge. The local police were notified and a police report has been initiated. The licensee has thirty days to send a written response and to notify the NYS DOH (New York State Department of Health) of any substantial development in the case. NY State Event #: NY-11-11
The following update was received from NY DOH via fax: On 7/5/11, DOH was notified via fax that a load of scrap metal tripped the alarm at Gerdau Ameristeel in Sayreville, NJ. The load was returned to the originator (Teplitz in Nanuet, NY) and then to Orange County Metal recycling (OCMR) in Middletown, NY. OCMR staff identified, isolated and secured the source of the trip and contracted Co-Physics to characterize. In cooperation with DOH, Co-Physics contacted Troxler with model and serial numbers from the item and identified it as the cesium source from the stolen gauge. Fairway Testing and Stony Point Police have been notified. Fairway Testing is aware of its responsibility for proper disposition of the source. The Am-Be source is still unaccounted for. A search of Teplitz is underway. No Reward offered. No Press Release issued. Notified R1DO (Dentel), FSME (White) and Canada via fax. 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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| Fairway Testing Stony Point, New York (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | NYS C2322 |
| Organization: | New York State Dept. Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+35.83 h1.493 days <br />0.213 weeks <br />0.0491 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Robert Snyder 15:50 Jun 27, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Pete Snyder |
| Last Updated: | Jul 20, 2011 |
| 46994 - NRC Website | |
Fairway Testing with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 469942011-06-26T04:00:00026 June 2011 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Stolen Portable Moisture Density Gauge 2011-06-26T04:00:00 | |