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| ENS 51227 | 13 July 2015 19:17:00 | At approximately 1745 EDT the State of Florida was contacted by the Radiation Safety Officer for MC Squared, Inc. The RSO reported a probable stolen Troxler gauge. Model number 3411B Serial Number: 13563. The company vehicle was parked at a contractor's site at the intersection of Anderson and West Waters Avenue in Tampa, FL. The gauge and packaging were chained and locked to the bed of the truck and was also strapped down. When the technician came out around 1600 EDT he noticed it was missing. They were only parked in that area between 30 minutes to an hour and the lock is also missing. The Hillsboro County Sherriff's office was notified. A report was filed by the Hillsboro County Deputy, Report Number: 15-441038. When the report is completed it will be available to the State of Florida. The Troxler gauge sources are 40 mCi of Am/Be, and 8 mCi of Cs-137. State of Florida Incident Number: FL15-068. The State of Florida is continuing to investigate this event. 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 |