The following information was provided by the
Georgia Radioactive Material Program (the Department) via email:
A call was made to the Department on March 20, 2024, to report a missing nuclear gauge from the radiation safety officer (RSO) with Atlantic Coast Consulting. Per the conversation, the RSO stated that the gauge was placed on the tailgate of the truck by the technician at the landfill work site. It was out of its storage case and not secured in the truck. The technician went on a lunch break, and, when he returned, the gauge was missing. The RSO stated that criminal activity is not suspected at this time. The licensee will be contacted for more detailed information. The Department will update this report as more information comes in.
Nuclear Gauge Information
Isotope: Cs-137/Am-241
Activity: 10mCi/50mCi
Manufacturer: CPN
Model: MC1DRP
Serial #: MD90805260
Georgia Incident No.: 80
- * * UPDATE ON 03/22/2024 AT 1209 EDT FROM KAAMILYA NAJEEULLAH TO IAN HOWARD * * *
The following update was provided by the Georgia Radioactive Material Program (the Department) via email:
The official written report from Atlantic Coast Consulting, Inc. was received on March 22, 2024. [The] RSO informed the local police authority of the lost gauge and [told] them to be on the lookout. Upon receipt we will update this report as more information comes in.
Notified R1DO (Ford), NMSS Events (email), and ILTAB (email).
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