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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 44422 | 15 August 2008 05:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Stolen Moisture Density Gauge | On Friday, August 15, 2008, the agency (State of Texas) received a phone call left as a message for an employee out on leave that a moisture density gauge (Humbolt model 5001EZ) was stolen after it was left at a work site. It was apparently left out of the transport case and the technician was distracted with other duties. When the employee returned there was no trace of the device. The RSO stated that a full investigation will be performed to ascertain how the instrument was left unattended and the local law enforcement authorities have been notified. A $300 reward has been offered for return of the device. Incident Investigation Program (IIP) has notified LEA and pawn brokers to be on alert for stolen device. Company (and State Agency) will conduct a thorough investigation. Protocols for proper storage and handling of gauges will be stressed at a future safety meeting and all employees will receive training on the consequences of mishandling company property. Sealed sources :Radionuclide(s): 10 mCi, Cs-137 & 40 mCi, Am/Be-241 Serial Numbers: device 515; Cs-137, 8567GF; Am-241, NJ00479 TX-I-8541 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. This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source |