ENS Event | |
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17:00 Jan 16, 2015 | |
| Title | Moisture Density Gauge in Trunk of Stolen Car |
| Event Description | The licensee reported that a technician had a Troxler moisture/density gauge, Model #3430 (Serial #19531), locked in the trunk of his car. The technician's brother took the car for a "joy ride" and the car was reported to the Fairfield police as stolen. The brother was pulled over by the police roughly 1/2 hour later. The gauge was recovered undamaged and still locked in the trunk of the car. The licensee reported that they lost possession of the gauge for no more than 1/2 hour and that the brother probably did not intend to steal the gauge. The gauge contains 27mCi of Cesium 137 and 132 mCi of Americium 241. The Fairfield police, bomb squad, and the local FBI responded to the event.
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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| Heller And Johnsen Stratford, Connecticut (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 06-30033-01 |
| Organization: | Heller And Johnsen |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+477 h19.875 days <br />2.839 weeks <br />0.653 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Juan Bedoya 14:00 Feb 5, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Daniel Mills |
| Last Updated: | Feb 5, 2015 |
| 50788 - NRC Website | |
Heller And Johnsen with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 507882015-01-16T17:00:00016 January 2015 17:00:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Moisture Density Gauge in Trunk of Stolen Car 2015-01-16T17:00:00 | |