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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection was informed that a vehicle containing a Troxler gauge Model 3411B, S/N 19870, was involved in an accident. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection responded to the scene. The gauge was damaged, but radiation levels around the gauge were normal. The licensee's Radiation Safety Officer took possession of the gauge.

• * * UPDATE AT 0944 EDT ON 6/17/16 FROM KAREN FLANIGAN TO MARK ABRAMOVITZ * * *

The following report was received via e-mail: Local HAZMAT notified the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) that a vehicle that was towed from the scene of a motor vehicle accident was found to contain a portable (nuclear) gauge. NJDEP staff responded to the towing yard and identified the device as a Troxler 3411-B moisture-density gauge belonging to New Jersey licensee Atlantic Engineering Laboratories, Inc. The source rod was fully retracted, but the sliding block on the bottom of the gauge was stuck open. The exposure rate at the opening in the plate was 5.2 mR/hr. The licensee's RSO came to the site, closed the sliding block, performed a leak test, and returned the device to its Type A package. The RSO took possession of the gauge for transport to the licensee's licensed storage location. Am-241/Be source - 44 mCi Cs-137 source - 9 mCi Notified the R1DO (Kennedy) and NMSS Resources (via e-mail).