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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 55773 | 7 March 2022 14:30:00 | Agreement State | Stolen Troxler Gauge | The following information was received from the Arizona Department of Health Services (the Department) via email: The Department received notification from the licensee that a portable gauge was lost/stolen. A technician last saw the gauge on 03/04/2022 at a jobsite in Phoenix at 1320 (MST). The technician then realized that the gauge was no longer in his possession on 03/07/2022 when he arrived at his first jobsite at 0730 (MST) in Tucson. The gauge is a Troxler 3430P, Serial Number 72511, containing approximately 8 millicuries of Cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of Americium-241:Beryllium. The Department has requested additional information and continues to investigate the event. The licensee has reported the gauge stolen to the cities of Tucson and Phoenix. The report numbers are as follows: City of Phoenix - #2022-00000355178, City of Tucson - #2203078513 Arizona Incident Number: 22-006 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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf | ||
| ENS 54428 | 9 December 2019 07:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Lost and Found Moisture Density Gauge | The following was received via email from the Arizona Department of Health Services: On December 9, 2019, the Department (Arizona Department of Health Services) was notified of a stolen portable gauge. Shortly after the initial notification, the licensee called back to update their notification and said the truck was impounded with the gauge secured in a metal box in the back of the truck. The gauge is an Instrotek Xplorer 3500. The Department is continuing to investigate the event. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300. Arizona incident number 19-031 |