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15:15 Oct 16, 2025 | |
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| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Nevada Radiation Control Program via phone and email:
The radiation safety officer for Universal Engineering Services, [license number] 00-11-14033-01, reported to the Nevada Radiation Control Program that a portable gauge had been stolen from the back of a pick-up truck (all chains were cut) at a hotel where an employee was staying in Reno, this morning at 0815 PDT. The gauge in question is a Troxler, model 3430, serial number 37385, with americium-241/beryllium neutron sealed source with an activity of 40 mCi, and a cesium-137 sealed source with an activity of 8 mCi. The licensee is filing a report to the Reno Police Department for the stolen gauge and has been reaching out to local pawn shops. Notification is made under 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i).
The following update was provided by the Nevada Radiation Control Program via email: The gauge has been found and returned to the licensee. Notified R4DO (Vossmar), NMSS_Events_Notification, and ILTAB via 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 |
| Where | |
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| Universal Engineering Services Reno, Nevada (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 00-11-14033-01 |
| Organization: | Nv Div Of Rad Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.4 h-0.0583 days <br />-0.00833 weeks <br />-0.00192 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Corey Creveling 13:51 Oct 16, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Ian Howard |
| Last Updated: | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 57991 - NRC Website | |
Universal Engineering Services with Agreement State | |
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