The following information was provided by the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency (The Agency) via email:
[The radiation safety officer of] NASHnal Soil Testing (RML IL-02440-01) contacted the Agency at approximately 1200 [CDT] on 9/26/22, to report the theft of a Troxler model 3440 moisture density gauge (S/N 29187) from a jobsite in Michigan City, IN, sometime between the afternoon of 9/24/22 and 0700 on 9/26/22. The Illinois licensee was working in the state of Indiana under Nuclear Regulatory Commission jurisdiction under reciprocity. Local law enforcement had been notified and already departed the scene. Reportedly, the locks on up to ten storage containers were cut and the contents stolen. Two additional gauges were stolen from another licensee, but were recovered on site. The gauges were not co-located and reportedly the stolen gauge was locked within a jobsite box, within a locked storage container. The Agency is actively inquiring if the gauge handle was properly locked and if the gauge was stolen within its transport container.
Agency inspectors will perform a reactionary inspection this week, obtain a copy of the police report to update Nuclear Material Events Database, and any other updates added as they become available.
Illinois Event Number: IL220034
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