ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jun 11, 2018 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Stolen Moisture-Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of Texas via email.
On June 11, 2018, the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) notified the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] that one of their Troxler 3440 moisture/density gauges (SN: 67091), containing a 40 milliCurie americium 241 source and an 8 milliCurie cesium-137 source, could not be accounted for. The gauge was last used at a temporary job site on May 25, 2018. The technician that used the gauge stated to the RSO that he had returned the gauge to the storage area at their facility in Midland, Texas, that afternoon. He further stated the insertion rod was locked. The gauge, along with another, were to have been picked up by, and transferred to, another licensee (a company associated with the licensee) the week of May 28th. On June 4, 2018, the RSO discovered the gauge had not been picked up/transferred nor was it in the storage area. He began an investigation. The RSO interviewed the technician and facility supervisor and reviewed documentation. The gauge had not been used by the licensee since May 25th. The associated licensee conducted a physical inventory of all of its gauges. The associated licensee's RSO was on vacation and could not be reached until June 11th. After it was confirmed with him that the associated company did not have possession or any further knowledge of the gauge, the RSO made the notification. The RSO is continuing his investigation. More information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300. Texas Incident #: 9583 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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| Beyond Engineering And Testing Llc Round Rock, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L-06924 |
| Organization: | Texas Dept Of State Health Services |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+8.45 h0.352 days <br />0.0503 weeks <br />0.0116 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Karen Blanchard 13:27 Jun 11, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Jun 11, 2018 |
| 53452 - NRC Website | |
Beyond Engineering And Testing Llc with Agreement State | |
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