The following was reported by the
Florida Bureau of Radiation Control (
BRC) via email:
[The branch administrator and vice president] of Ardaman & Associates, called the BRC at 1030 EDT to report a stolen moisture density gauge. Their technician was at a job site where he says there are two entrances, but not much security to check who comes and goes. Before doing his readings, he noticed a truck parked close by but did not make anything of it since there are other workers on site. After he was done he went to the trailer to get his reports and left the gauge outside. A few minutes later he says someone came to notify him they saw an individual from the truck take possession of the gauge and drive off the site. They called the police to report the stolen Troxler gauge, serial number 36530 model 3430. Police report number to follow."
Florida Incident Number: FL23-143
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