PNO-II-98-022, on 980404,truck W/Model MC-1 Density Gauge, Containing 11 Mci of Cs-137 & 50 Mci of Am-241,stolen from Construction Site.Truck Recovered on 980406 W/O Gauge.Local Authorities Are Investigating Incident
| ML20216E461 | |
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| Issue date: | 04/13/1998 |
| From: | Woodruff R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| PNO-II-98-022, PNO-II-98-22, NUDOCS 9804160213 | |
| Download: ML20216E461 (1) | |
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- April 13, 1998 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-II-98-022 Thio preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE cefoty or public interest significance. The information is as initially rcesived without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region II staff in Atlanta, Georgia on this date.
Facility Licensee Emeraency Classification Atcc Associates Notification of Unusual Event (An Agreement State Licensee) Alert M2riotta, Georgia 30066 Site Area Emergency Liccnse No: GA-665-1 General Emergency X Not Applicable Subjcct: STOLEN PORTABLE GAUGE A rapresentative of the Georgia Radioactive Materials Program reported on April 13, 1998, to the NRC Operations Officer, that a licensee's Campbell '
Pccific , Model MC-1, moisture density gauge and the licensee's truck wOro stolen from a construction site located in Atlanta, GA at 11:20 a.m., on April 4, 1998. The truck was recovered on April 6, 1998, but {
the gauge and other contents of the truck were missing. '
Tha device contains 10 millicuries of cesium-137 and 50 millicuries of amtricium-241. The licensee's field coordinator reported to the State that the vehicle keys were taken, but that the device keys are never kept with the vehicle keys.
Local authorities have the incident under investigation. The State is working with the licensee in preparing a press release.
This information is current as of 4:00 p.m., April 13, 1998.
Contact:
R. Woodruff (404)562-4704
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