The following information was received from the State of
Arizona via email:
At approximately 1830 MST on July 22, 2014, the Agency [Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency] was informed that the licensee had a Troxler Model 3430, SN 35843, portable moisture density gauge stolen from the back of a truck. The theft occurred at approximately 1500 MST. The gauge was locked in a metal box fastened to the bed of the truck which was parked unattended at the Fry's parking lot. The gauge contains 10 mCi of Cesium-137 and 40 mCi Am-241:Be.
Phoenix Police Department [Maryvale] is investigating and has issued report number 20141264003.
The Agency continues to look for the source.
The states of CA, NV, CO, UT, and NM, Mexico, U.S. NRC and FBI are being notified of this event.
- * * UPDATE FROM AUBREY GODWIN TO VINCE KLCO AT 1135 EDT ON 7/25/14 * * *
Clarification provided that police department is Phoenix (Maryvale). Address of the incident is 4320 West McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85009.
Notified R4DO (Miller), FSME 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