The following was received via an email from the state of North Carolina:
A portable nuclear density gauge was reported stolen from a job site located at a large construction site in Kernersville, NC. The gauge was secured in a large Conex box (large cargo container) at the site. Inside the Conex box there is a rigid box secured to the inside of the Conex box. The gauge was secured and locked inside of this rigid box and the Conex box itself was locked as well. On 4/11, licensee personnel discovered that the rigid box containing the gauge was missing from inside the Conex box.
An inspector has been assigned this incident for investigation and details will follow to update, close, and complete this report.
North Carolina Tracking Number: 220003.
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