PNO-IV-93-027, on 931005,licensee RSO Reported Theft of Humboldt Moisture/Density Gauge.Stolen Gauge Was Encl in Its Unlocked Transportation Container.Rso Stated That Radiation Levels at Surface of Container Was Low.State of Ks Informed
| ML20057F097 | |
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| Site: | 03028681 |
| Issue date: | 10/06/1993 |
| From: | Cammie Hernandez NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| References | |
| PNO-IV-93-027, PNO-IV-93-27, NUDOCS 9310140110 | |
| Download: ML20057F097 (2) | |
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RAM [.h DDChamberlain Jhdontgomery JLMilhdn 10/6/93 10/h,/93 10/b/93 October 6, 1993 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- PNO-IV-93-027 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region IV staff on this date.
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EVENT NUMBER:
N/A TYPE OF FACILITY:
EVENT DATE: October 4 or 5, 1993 Power Reactor LICENSEE: Alpha-Omega Geotech, Inc.
Fuel Facility FACILITY: N/A Research Reactor Hospital Transportation X
. Material s Well Logging Other i
ADDRESS:
1701 State Avenue LICENSEE EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION:
i CITY:
Kansas City l
STATE: Kansas Notification of Unusual Event ZIP CODE:66110 Alert i
DOCKET:
030-28681 Site Area Emergency LICENSE: 15-23181-01 General Emergency X
Not Applicable i
CONTACT:
Christi Hernandez (817) 860-8217
SUBJECT:
STOLEN GAUGE DESCRIPTION: On October 5, 1993, the licensee's Radiation Safety Officer (RS0) telephoned Region IV to report the theft of a Humboldt moisture / density gauge. Upon completing work using the subject gauge in Lenexa, Kansas, on October 4,1993, a i
licensee employee did not return the gauge to the licensee's facility in Kansas City, Kansas, but took the gauge to his home in Independence, Missouri. The l
employee left the gauge chained to the bed of the truck, which he parked in front of his home at about 6:20 p.m.
At about 7:30 the next morning, October 5, 1993, the l
employee found the chain cut and the gauge missing.
The employee notified the RSO, who then notified the Independence, Missouri, Police Department.
The stolen gauge, which contained 10 millicuries of Cs-137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241/Be, was enclosed in its unlocked transportation container. The RSO stated that the radiation levels at the surface of the container are very low.
The state of Kansas, NMSS, and NRC Region III have been informed.
Region IV received notification of this occurrence by telephone from the licensee's RSO at 9:45 a.m. on October 5, 1993.
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