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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 44861 | 18 February 2009 19:45:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report Involving a Stolen Moisture Density Gauge | The following report was received from the State of Alabama via fax: At 1:45 PM CST the Alabama Office of Radiation Control received a call from Qore, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama (Alabama license No. 708). They reported that a CPN Model MC1DR (S/N MD30406940) had been stolen from the back of one of their trucks. The licensee indicated that the device case had been secured with 2 separate locked chains, but that they had been cut. The device had been stolen sometime during the morning or early afternoon while the truck was parked at an employees residence in Center Point, Alabama. The licensee is filing a report with local law enforcement. They are also sending an information flyer to area pawn shops, and will issue a message to the media regarding the device, and offer a reward for information leading to the recovery of the device. This information is accurate as of 3:20 PM CST. Further information, including methods to prevent a recurrence, is forthcoming from the licensee. Alabama Incident # 09-08 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. | ||
| ENS 42753 | 3 August 2006 14:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report from South Carolina on Damaged Moisture Density Gauge | The State provided the following information via email: The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control was notified on Thursday, August 3, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., that a Humboldt Scientific Model 5001 portable moisture density gauge had been damaged on a job site in Mauldin, South Carolina. The gauge contained 11 millicuries maximum of Cesium 137 and 44 millicuries maximum of Americium 241:Be. (The licensee's representative) with QORE, Inc, made the report. The gauge was reportedly run over by a bulldozer while in use on the job site. (The licensee's representative) was present at the job site at the time of the event. (The licensee's representative) informed SC DHEC that the area had been roped off with both the gauge in its original position and the bulldozer inside the contained area. No individual had approached the gauge following the incident. (The licensee's representative) was advised to maintain surveillance of the device until DHEC personnel could respond. Once on site, DHEC personnel determined there was no release of material and no contamination of the bulldozer, the personnel involved or the roped area. The source was able to be retracted into the shielded position and the gauge placed in its transport container. The licensee secured the container in a locked storage box until disposition by the manufacturer could be accomplished. Departmental investigation is ongoing and updates will be made through the national NMED system. SC Report No.: SC060010 |