The following information was obtained from the state of
California via email:
A Troxler model 3440, serial number 69286 moisture density gauge was stolen from a gauge user's locked vehicle during the night of March 11, 2017. The vehicle was parked at his residence overnight (in Northridge, CA and with permission from the RSO) due to an early morning job on March 12, 2017. This Troxler model contains an 8 mCi Cs-137 sealed source and a 40 mCi Am-241:Be sealed source.
The Troxler's Cs-137 source rod was locked into SAFE mode with a padlock and the transport case had two locked padlocks. One chain with two locks secured the transport case to the crew cab seat, within the locked truck. Los Angeles Police Dept. [LAPD] responded and found the truck's window had been broken. The police took fingerprints from the vehicle and filed a report. In addition, LAPD advised AESCO to place a Craigs List ad under Lost and Found offering a reward for the return of the stolen gauge.
California report number: 5010-031217
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