The licensee notified the
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control that an Instrotek Model 3500
moisture density gauge serial number 3055 was
stolen from the licensee's truck during a lunch break. The
gauge contained 11 mCi of
Cs-137 and 44 mCi of Am-241:Be.
LLEA was notified of the incident.
- * * UPDATE AT 0948 EDT ON 10/23/2017 FROM ANDREW M. ROXBURGH TO JEFF HERRERA * * *
The following update was received from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control via email:
The licensee notified the Department [South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control] at approximately 1330 [EDT] on October 20, 2017 that one of its gauges had been stolen from the back of one of its trucks while on a lunch in Myrtle Beach, SC. The gauge is an Instrotek Model 3500 moisture density gauge serial number 3055. The gauge contained 11 mCi of Cs-137 and 44 Ci of Am-241:Be. The licensee is in the process of getting a copy of the police report to submit to the Department.
Notified the R1DO (Bickett), ILTAB and NMSS_Events (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