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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 42785 | 17 August 2006 07:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State - Stolen Moisture Density Gauge | The State provided the following information via facsimile: A Troxler 3430, serial # 35800 was stolen out of the back of a pickup truck parked at the RSO's residence on the evening of 8/17/06. The lock securing the gauge was cut. The gauge was found three blocks away from the RSO's residence on the morning of 8/18/06 in a ditch. A leak test of the gauge is being performed this same date. An inspection of Raney Geotechnical will be performed on 8/22/06. A Troxler 3430 typically contains: 8 mCuries Cs-137 40 mCuries Am-241:Be * * * UPDATE FROM K. FUREY TO P. SNYDER AT 1532 ON 8/25/06 * * * The State provided information stating that the original incident happened between 9pm and 6am the evening of August 17, 2006 and confirmed that the gauge contained 8 mCi of Cesium 137 and 40 mCi of Americium 241. Notified R4DO (T. Pruet) and NMSS EO (C. Reamer). 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. |