The following information was received by email:
On April 14, 2014 at approximately 0600 MST, the licensee discovered that a portable gauge was stolen out of the bed of a pick-up truck at a technician's home. The gauge was being housed in a transport box, which was chained to the bed of the truck. The lock was cut and the entire box was stolen. The gauge is a CPN MC Series, serial #MC380404231, and contained 50 millicuries of Cs-137 and 10 millicuries of Am-241.
The Agency [Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency] continues to investigate the event.
The USNRC, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, FBI, and Governor's Office are being notified of this event [by the Agency].
Arizona Event: 14-007
- * * UPDATE AT 1722 EDT ON 5/5/14 FROM GORETZKI TO SNYDER * * *
The following information was received by email:
On May 3, 2014, at approximately 0300 [MST], the Agency received a telephone call from the Phoenix Fire Department that they had responded to an incident at an apartment complex where a radioactive gauge was found. The gauge was found next to a dumpster by the apartment security guard while he was doing his rounds. The Agency responded and took possession of the gauge. The lock on the handle was still intact and the shutter was closed. It was noticed that the electronics looked like they had been tampered with but the gauge seemed to be in good condition otherwise. A survey of the gauge was performed, with nothing out of the ordinary noted.
The investigation into this event is closed.
Arizona Supplemental Notice: 14-007
Notified R4DO (Whitten), FSME Events Resource (email) and Mexico (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