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ENS 4766113 February 2012 05:00:00Agreement StateAgreement State Report - Crushed Troxler Gauge

The following information was received via facsimile: A dump truck ran over a Model 3440 Troxler portable gauge on the shoulder of the NJ Garden State Parkway at mile marker 54. The Troxler portable gauge was a model 3440 containing 8 mCi Cs-137 and 40 mCi Am-241.

  • * * UPDATE ON 2/15/12 AT 11:45 FROM JAMES McCULLOUGH TO KARL DIEDERICH VIA E-MAIL * * *

NJDEP RMP (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Radioactive Materials Program) staff responded to investigate the incident and observe the licensee's actions to recover the damaged device. Staff performed radiation area surveys and wipe tests to assess the situation. The licensee hired a consulting physicist who was observed (at about 9PM) while the device was recovered, shielded, and prepared for transport back to the licensee's office storage location. Notified R1DO (Powell) and FSME EO (Giantelli).