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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 45059 | 12 May 2009 04:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Four Troxler Gauges Found Missing | The State of Florida provided the following via fax: (The licensee RSO) found 4 Troxler gauges missing from (a) storage facility (located in Winter Park, FL) on 12 May 2009. (The) gauge handles were locked, also a second lock to (the) structure and door was locked to storage room (when last checked by the licensee). (The) owner is contacting local police department and will offer an award. (The Florida Bureau of Radiation Protection) Orlando Inspection Office will investigate. The four Troxler gauges each contained 8 mCi Cs-137 and 40 mCi Am-241/Be sources. Three of the Troxler gauges were Model 3430 (S/N: 29922, 35106, and 35474), and the fourth Troxler gauge was a Model 3440 (S/N: 23037). Florida Incident Number FL09-042. 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. |