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| ENS 48867 | 29 March 2013 17:22:00 | An auction lot of industrial equipment was purchased by West Tech, Inc., an electronics recycling company, at an auction in Milpitas, California. The auction lot was subsequently delivered to West Tech, Inc. in Sparks, Nevada. A CPN density gauge, s/n M17031878, manufactured 1/1/1976, originally containing 50 mCi Americium-241/Be and 10 mCi Cs-137, was found in the auction lot. After discovering the gauge, West Tech, Inc. notified InstroTek, Inc. (parent company of CPN) which notified the State of Nevada Radiation Control Program. The State of Nevada Radiation Control Program dispatched inspectors. The gauge was found to be in its shipping container. The gauge appeared to be undamaged and intact. Swipes were taken and no contamination was found. The State of Nevada Radiation Control Program has impounded the gauge. The State of Nevada will provide more information as it becomes available.
The State of Nevada informed the State of California that after checking with the manufacturer, the recovered CPN Moisture Density gauge, S/N M17031878 was registered to American Soil Testing, Licensee # CA5059-43. The gauge will be returned to the manufacturer for disposal. HOO Note: See EN #48895 for report of stolen gauges. Notified R4DO (Deese), FSME Events Resource via email and Mexico via fax. |
| ENS 46257 | 17 September 2010 18:23:00 | The following information was received via facsimile: A nuclear gauge, Troxler Laboratories 4640 Thin Lift density gauge, Serial No. 1997, Nuclide CS-137, GBq 0.296, mCi 8, was damaged in a construction zone hit-and-run accident. The RSO for a construction company was carrying the thin lift gauge to his truck when he was struck by a female driver in a grey sedan. The RSO, who was approximately 10 feet inside the coned area of the construction control zone, was able to move his body at the last minute and did not sustain major injuries. The gauge was destroyed but the source remained intact in the damaged housing. The RSO and the Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) conducted radiation surveys. NHP contacted Radiation Control Program 30 minutes after notified. The licensee reported to RCP within 3 hours. The damaged gauge has been leak tested and is stored at the licensee's facility pending instruction from Troxler on shipping for disposal. The State of Nevada has not yet assigned a state event number. |
| ENS 44520 | 25 September 2008 17:52:00 | A moisture density gauge was stolen from the J.A. Cesare company in Henderson, NV between 0300 and 0500 on 9/25/2008. A state investigator is at the scene but has not reported details of the theft at this time. Serial Number: MD90204856 Sources: 10 mCi Cs-137 and 50 mCi Am-241/Be Additional information will be reported on 9/26/2008.
The State reports that the stolen moisture density gauge has been recovered by police at a pawn shop. The gauge had not been tampered with and has been returned to the licensee's RSO. It was determined that the gauge was left in a company vehicle in the licensee's parking lot when it was originally stolen. The State also noted that the gauge was actually a CPN Model MC-1DR (preliminary information had indicated that the gauge was a Troxler). Notified R4DO (Jones), FSME (Tadesse), and ILTAB (e-mail). 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 43818 | 3 December 2007 12:56:00 | At approximately 1330 (PST) on Tuesday November 27, 2007, a technician and asst. RSO for the City of Henderson NV, drove away from a jobsite where he had been taking a backscatter density measurement with a Troxler 3440 Nuclear Density Gauge. He left the gauge sitting on the side of the road with the probe unlocked and not in a safe mode. At 1333, he returned to the site to find that the gauge had been removed. The RSO filed a report with Henderson PD (on 11/27/07) and phoned in a report to Nevada Radiological Health Section the following day (11/28/07) at 1010. The gauge (Serial #26655) contains (2) sealed sources: 8 milliCuries Cs-137, and 40 milliCuries Am-241/Be . The licensee issued a press release (print, radio, and TV) to notify the public of the incident, warn them of the potential danger and ask for the return of the gauge. Nevada Item Number: NV070009 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. |