The following report was received from the
Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (the Division) via email:
The licensee was at a temporary jobsite and stepped away from their vehicle. An unknown man ran up to the vehicle and stole the truck and its contents. At the time the truck was stolen, a Moisture Density Gauge containing licensed material was secured in the bed of the licensee's truck in its transportation case. The licensee notified the police and has begun actions to recover the gauge. The Division is waiting for additional information from the licensee.
Utah Event Report ID Number: UT 210006
- * * UPDATE FROM SPENCER WICKHAM TO THOMAS KENDZIA AT 1259 EDT ON 11/4/21 * * *
The following information was received via e-mail:
At the time of this notification (UT 210006) we did not have information pertaining to the gauge. Please see the following gauge information.
Model: Instrotek 3500, Serial Number: 3823, Cs-137: 11 mCi, Am-241: 44 mCi.
The licensee has recovered the stolen gauge. The gauge was still locked and chained in the transport vehicle in it's transport package and had not been tampered with. The Division will update and send the NMED report once the event is closed.
Notified R4DO (KOZAL), NMSS Events Notification group (email), and ILTAB (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