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14:00 Oct 6, 2025 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via email:
On October 6, 2025, at approximately 0900 CDT, the Department received a call from the radiation safety officer (RSO) to report a moisture density gauge was stolen from a company vehicle parked in a gated parking lot at a hotel in Houston. The RSO stated the gauge was chained and locked inside the cab of the vehicle. The RSO stated the handles were pulled from the transport case. The unit is a Troxler model 3440 (S/N 30621) containing a Cs-137 source of 8 mCi and an Am-241/Be source of 40 mCi. Additional information will be provided in accordance with SA-300 Reporting requirements. Texas incident number: 10232 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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| Dynamic Earth, Llc Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 06779 |
| Organization: | Texas Dept Of State Health Services |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.53 h-0.0221 days <br />-0.00315 weeks <br />-7.25994e-4 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Bruce Hammond 13:28 Oct 6, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Robert A. Thompson |
| Last Updated: | Oct 6, 2025 |
| 57970 - NRC Website | |
Dynamic Earth, Llc with Agreement State | |
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