The following information was provided by the
Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control (
BRC) via email:
The BRC received a call on Monday 7/10/2023 at 1335 [EDT] from Miami-Dade Police reporting they found two Troxler gauges in an empty lot next to the incident location address. One gauge belonged to the licensee (CTI Construction Testing and Inspection, Inc.), the other gauge belonged to another company (see FL23-103) [NRC EN 56616]. Miami-Dade Police on the scene said they had contacted the owner of the gauge and someone was en route to retrieve it. Miami-Dade Police sent pictures of the gauge, and the gauge appeared to be intact. An attempt was made to contact the [company] RSO on 7/11/2023, and a voice mail was left to return the call. Another company RSO (on license #3298-1) was contacted, who said the gauge is back in their possession with no damage.
The BRC Inspector is to conduct a more thorough investigation with each licensee.
Florida Incident Number: FL23-104
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