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21:00 May 2, 2023 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the State of Florida Bureau of Radiation Control [BRC] via email:
At 1720 [EDT], BRC received a call from [the licensee]. [The licensee] stated two Troxler [soil moisture density] gauges [Model Numbers 3440 and 3430; Serial Numbers 20750 and 77517; and sources 8mCi Cs-137 and 40mCi Am-241/Be] were stolen from their storage facility in Lake Placid, FL. [The] gauges were last signed in to the facility on the 28th of April and sat idle. [The] exact time of loss is not currently known, but [the licensee] went to retrieve the gauges on 5/2/23 at 1700 [EDT]. Law enforcement was notified prior to BRC's contact, however had not yet arrived on the scene at the writing of this report. [The licensee] has been provided department emails to send police reports when they are received. Florida Incident Number: FL23-064 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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| Ae Engineering Lake Placid, Florida (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 4478-1 |
| Organization: | Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.85 h-0.119 days <br />-0.017 weeks <br />-0.0039 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | John Williamson 18:09 May 2, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Brian P. Smith |
| Last Updated: | May 2, 2023 |
| 56499 - NRC Website | |
Ae Engineering with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 564992023-05-02T21:00:0002 May 2023 21:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Stolen Troxler Gauges 2023-05-02T21:00:00 | |