The following information was received from the State of
Florida via e-mail:
[The Licensee Operations Manager ] called [the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control] to report a Troxler gauge theft from the truck of [an operator]. The gauge was noted missing from the back of [the operator's] truck on Sunday, November 4, 2018. The Incident was reported to this office [Florida Bureau of Radiation Control] on November 5, 2018 at 1030 EST. [The Licensee Operations Manager] plans to call local law enforcement to report the theft. At the time of this report, [the Licensee Operations Manager] could not furnish [the operator's] residential address.
The gauge contained an 8 mCi Cs-137 source and a 40 mCi Am-241/Be source.
Florida Incident Number: FL18-136
- * * UPDATE FROM MARK SEIDENSTICKER TO TOM KENDZIA AT 1050 EST ON 11/6/2018 * * *
The following information was reported via phone:
The Florida Bureau of Radiation Control was informed that the Troxler gauge has been found. They have no other information at this time.
Notified R1DO (WERKHEISER), ILTAB (via E-mail), and NMSS Events Notifications E-mail group.
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